Daswani Poonam G, Gholkar Manasi S, Birdi Tannaz J
Department of Medicinal Plants, The Foundation for Medical Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pharmacogn Rev. 2017 Jul-Dec;11(22):167-174. doi: 10.4103/phrev.phrev_17_17.
The rural population in India faces a number of health problems and often has to rely on local remedies. Linn. (guava), a tropical plant which is used as food and medicine can be used by rural communities due to its several medicinal properties. A literature search was undertaken to gauge the rural health scenario in India and compile the available literature on guava so as to reflect its usage in the treatment of multiple health conditions prevalent in rural communities. Towards this, electronic databases such as Pubmed, Science Direct, google scholar were scanned. Information on clinical trials on guava was obtained from Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Clinicaltrial.gov. The literature survey revealed that guava possesses various medicinal properties which have been reported from across the globe in the form of ethnobotanical/ethnopharmacological surveys, laboratory investigations and clinical trials. Besides documenting the safety of guava, the available literature shows that guava is efficacious against the following conditions which rural communities would encounter. (a) Gastrointestinal infections; (b) Malaria; (c)Respiratory infections; (d) Oral/dental infections; (e) Skin infections; (f) Diabetes; (g) Cardiovascular/hypertension; (h) Cancer; (i) Malnutrition; (j) Women problems; (k) Pain; (l) Fever; (m) Liver problems; (n) Kidney problems. In addition, guava can also be useful for treatment of animals and explored for its commercial applications. In conclusion, popularization of guava, can have multiple applications for rural communities.
印度农村人口面临诸多健康问题，常常不得不依赖当地的治疗方法。番石榴（学名：Psidium guajava Linn.）是一种热带植物，可作为食物和药物，因其多种药用特性，农村社区可以使用。我们进行了文献检索，以评估印度农村的健康状况，并汇编有关番石榴的现有文献，以反映其在治疗农村社区普遍存在的多种健康状况中的用途。为此，我们扫描了诸如PubMed、Science Direct、谷歌学术等电子数据库。关于番石榴临床试验的信息来自Cochrane对照试验中央注册库和Clinicaltrial.gov。文献调查显示，番石榴具有多种药用特性，这些特性已在全球范围内以民族植物学/民族药理学调查、实验室研究和临床试验的形式得到报道。除了记录番石榴的安全性外，现有文献表明，番石榴对农村社区可能遇到的以下病症有效。（a）胃肠道感染；（b）疟疾；（c）呼吸道感染；（d）口腔/牙齿感染；（e）皮肤感染；（f）糖尿病；（g）心血管疾病/高血压；（h）癌症；（i）营养不良；（j）妇女问题；（k）疼痛；（l）发烧；（m）肝脏问题；（n）肾脏问题。此外，番石榴对动物治疗也可能有用，并可探索其商业应用。总之，番石榴的推广对农村社区有多种用途。
