The evergreen soursop tree is native to Central and South America. Soursop tree in Brazil is called ‘Graviola’ and in Spanish as ‘Guanabana’. People living in this region have used soursop fruits and leaves for treating many ailments in a natural way, owing to its immense medicinal properties.
In recent times, the demand for Graviola (Guanabana) fruit has increased fourfold, due to the discovery of its medicinal value as per some studies, in the treatment of cancer. Soursop in any form whether it is fruit or leaves is good for your health.
How To Make Soursop Leaf Tea?
Soursop tea is easy to prepare. The tea is concocted from broad and lengthy soursop leaves. If the tree is in your backyard you can use fresh leaves, or you can also order or purchase from natural medicine stores.
- The first step is to pluck 3 to 4 fresh and not-so-mature leaves of the soursop tree. Tender leaves give good flavor and are rich in flavonoids.
- Wash them with plain water to remove the dust and dry the leaves with a paper napkin.
- Shred the leaves into three to four pieces and keep them aside.
- Boil one cup of water in a pot and place the guanabana leaves in the teacup and pour the boiling water over the leaves. Cover the cup with a lid and let it steep for 30 minutes. Usually, 30 minutes is the drawing period, however, if you want a better flavor let it remain for few more minutes.
- Now your tea is ready. You can add honey or sugar as per your choice.
Soursop Tea For Cancer Treatment
Soursop for cancer treatment needs a special mention. The Graviola fruit, its juice as well as the tea prepared from soursop leaves, according to researchers, is beneficial in treating cancer. Soursop can attack cancer cells in a natural way and there is no nausea, weight loss, and hair loss that is usually common after chemotherapy. Besides, the benefit noted with soursop extract is that it attacks only the cancer cells and does not harm the healthy cells around the tumor.
According to an independent study done by some researchers, the guanabana leaves and its tea effectively kill the cancer cells especially cancer cells of the prostate, lungs, colon, breast, and pancreas. Even though there is no reputable scientific cancer institute that has backed this claim, there are some alternative therapy practitioners who back soursop for cancer cure.
Benefits Of Soursop Leaf Tea
Besides its use for cancer cure, let us know other benefits of soursop tea:
- Guanabana is rich in flavonoids and antioxidants. These natural antioxidants help to fight against free radicals that are responsible for many diseases.
- Soursop tea is known for its medicinal benefits in treating hematuria (blood from urine) and urethritis (burning urination). To treat the symptoms, drink soursop tea early in the morning.
- For centuries guanabana is used to treat colds and coughs. Scientific research has found that it contains vitamin C.
- Gastric problems such as indigestion and diarrhea are well treated by drinking soursop tea. Soursop promotes digestion and assimilation of food.
- Drinking soursop tea can also solve your gallbladder problems.
- Drinking soursop tea helps the healing of wounds.
- Certain skin disorders such as acne, blemishes can be treated by drinking soursop tea as it is an effective blood purifier.
