Noni juice

Other names: Mengkudu, Morinda citrifolia

Noni, also known as morinda citrifolia, is a small shrub native flowering of the Pacific Islands, Polynesia, Asia, and Australia. It grows to a height of 10 metres high, and the leaves are dark green and oval shaped. The flower heads grow to become mature yellow fruit that have a strong odor.

Noni juice is widely available as juice or concentrated liquid. It is also found in tablets and capsules.

In medicine traditional Polynesian, noni fruit (Morinda citrifolia) was used for numerous health conditions, such as constipation, diarrhea, inflammation of the skin, infection and mouth sores. He has an unpleasant odour and taste, he is regarded as a last result resort by many cultures. Manufacturers today sweeten noni juice to improve the taste.

Traditionally, the leaves of the noni tree were used locally for the healing of wounds.

Noni juice, like many other fruit juice, is a source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Antioxidants can help prevent certain diseases and help slow the age changes in the body.

In animal studies, the assessment of the effects of noni suggest that it may have anticancer effects, pain relief and improving the immune system. However, these studies used especially extremely high doses which would be difficult to get to the juice. More important still, there is not enough reliable evidence on the safety or effectiveness of noni for any condition of health in humans.

Noni is strongly encouraged for a very wide variety of conditions, such as arthritis, atherosclerosis, bladder infections, boils, intestine conditions, burns, cancer, syndrome of chronic fatigue, circulatory weakness, colds, cold sores, constipation, diabetes, drug addiction, inflammation of the eye, foot, fractures, gastric ulcers, gingivitis, headache, heart disease, hypertension, improvement of digestion, immune weakness, indigestion, kidney disease, malaria, menstrual cramps, menstrual disorders, mouth sores, disorders respiratory, ringworm, sinusitis, inflammation of the skin, sprains, stroke, thrush and injuries. There is no real evidence, however, that noni is effective for these conditions.

There is no secondary effect officially established noni juice. In the absence of evidence, noni should not be used by pregnant women or nursing mothers, children or people with liver disease or kidney.

Noni juice is rich in potassium, so it must be avoided by people with kidney disease or taken, potassium-sparing diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers because it can result in hyperkalemia, dangerous elevation of potassium levels

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