anannas :

Juice of leaves used as anthelmintic and vermicide. For intestinal animal parasites, a decoction of fresh young leaves, 4x daily.

- Leaf extract used as antimicrobial, vermicide, purgative, emmenagogue, abortifacient, and anti-inflammatory.

- Ripe fruit good for acid dyspepsia and aids digestion,.

- Juice of ripe fruit increases urine flow, gently laxative, cooling and digestive.

- In India and in the Moluccas, immature pineapple juice is taken internally as vermifuge for children and abortifacient for women.

- In Tripura, India juice of underground stem used for dyspepsia.

- In Malacca, used as diuretic and treatment of gonorrhea.

- The acid in the ripe fruit taken for acid dyspepsia, the tryptic ferment aiding digestion.

- In the Gold Coast, the immature fruits are boiled and taken as remedy for venereal diseases.

- Juice of ripe fruit considered antiscorbutic, diuretic, diaphoretic, aperient, refrigerant and digestive.

- Juice of unripe fruit considered acid, styptic, diuretic, anthelmintic and emmenagogue.

- In Mexico, juice of fruit used as anthelmintic.

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anannas - Ananas cosmus Merr., Ananas sativus Linn. - Bromeliaceae