Noni tree

Other Name: Clam tree, mountain together, rich, noni

Scientific name:

They belong coffee (Rubiaceae)

Description tree

Noni tree height of 6 - 8 meters, smooth body, often grows wild in damp places, along the banks of rivers and streams. The tree has many branches of large, oval leaves grow on, pointed at the top, long 12-15 cm. Flowers bloom in May 1-2, ripening in July - 8. Fruit ovoid, shaggy, long about 5-6 cm, while the small light blue, pink and white

color when ripe, spicy odor. C intestine results ó a soft layer of edible rice, the center has a hard. Human long hung 6-7 mm long horizontal 4-5 mm, with 2 drawer 1 soft granules

Distribution harvest processing:

Noni tree grows wild in south-east Asia, the western press, eastern Polynesians, West Indies, Hawaii. in Vietnam often grows in the southern provinces. Almost all parts of the plant have medicinal are: fruit, leaves, bark, roots

Chemical Composition: bark, fruits and roots contain glucoside anthraquinonie, alkaloids, polysaccharides, sterols (fruit and leaf), individual results may also proxeronine, coumarin ....

Pharmacological effects: some experiments on animals have shown clear effects of Noni roots as follows:

Mild laxative and long-term

Mild diuretic

Soothe nerves in the sympathetic nervous

Hypotension

Negligible toxicity, and not addictive

Usage and dosage

Noni roots are used as medicines for high blood pressure, a number of institutions of higher pharmacy Noni roots. Daily oral dosage of 30 - 40g, drinks like tea, after about 15 days will result. People southern Vietnam creased used as a drug seizures, hypotension, hemorrhage treatment, discharge, white zone, bronchitis , cough, cold forged .... Noni leaf pound up to cure pimples , heal the skin, excellent oral treat dysentery, diarrhea, fever and tonic treatment. (Do Tat Loi - Medicinal plants and herbs Vietnam)

According to Herb's Complete ANDREW FINMH Chevallier (Publisher Integrated HCM published in 2006), the "From the late 1990s, drug use noni plant spread and is now used as a medicine in the form of food unexpected effect. It is used to treat conditions such as obesity, diabetes , cancer, pain, decreased immunity, high blood pressure, heart disease and depression ... with a list of diseases How many people skeptical about the value of the drugs noni tree. But the tree fruit juice and noni almost no damage, can treat many chronic diseases such as pain, infectious diseases such as arthritis, heart disease, circulatory disease and cancer, in the tradition of noni juice was used as a mouthwash. The juice of the noni tree is the best drink when stomach is empty.

Study: The study is limited to the noni tree that has fruit of potentially important drug. Some studies suggest that noni fruit of characteristic pain, stimulate immunity and cancer. There are studies that suggest noni tree contains Proxeronine reasonable amount that the body needs to produce xeronine. This alkaloids active substances in the cells of the body, helps the body fight infections, heal and support the activities of the cell. When under stress or infection, the body needs to xeronine rise, many people lack Proxeronin to be able to maintain enough xeronine necessary. "

Because noni plant toxicity but no cure many diseases, there are many pharmaceutical companies manufacture the juice extracted from Noni fruit noni name used to drink daily, treatment and prevention.