In Search Of New Natural Remedies: Passion Fruit

Online, December 30, 2010 (Newswire.com) - If you are in to natural remedies as an alternative to expensive and dangerous prescription drugs you have no doubt already heard of the benefits of apples, prunes and even pears, but what about passion fruit?

Passion fruit has been most prominently grown and used as a natural remedy in Central and South America but today can be found growing in the southern United States, South Africa, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and the middle east. As a natural remedy the powers of passion fruit date back to the Aztecs who used it regularly in herbal medicine. Still today modern medicine and doctors in Latin American countries like Peru use passion fruit juice for treating urinary tract infections. Although passion fruit is often used as a natural remedy to increase libido it is said that it actually was given its name by Spanish missionaries who claimed the flower and vines reminded them of Christ.

Today there are many uses for passion fruit as a natural remedy using various parts of the fruit and plant. A natural anxiolytic passion fruit can be used to treat depression and insomnia. Most commonly this is done by making a tea from the leaves, though chewing the leaves has also been used as a natural pain reliever. The high fiber found in passion fruit seeds is often used for aiding digestion and is beneficial for lowering cholesterol, which also helps prevent heart failure. The large amounts of vitamin C and A in passion fruit have many health benefit from helping maintain healthy eyes to bones.

Passion fruit antioxidants act as a natural antihistamine which as an extract has been said to cure whooping coughs and even bronchitis. Clinical tests have scientifically proven that passion fruit peel extract has the ability to significantly reduce asthma symptoms. Other uses for passion fruit as natural remedies include aiding fat loss, and inclusion in a variety of herbal teas and even bath salts as part of more complex natural remedies.

If you are suffering from symptoms you may want a stronger fix by eating fresh passion fruit, drinking passion fruit juice, using the leaves or taking peel extracts in tablet form. However you will also find an array of delicious recipes that include passion fruit for getting your regular dose from salads to sauces and even mouth watering desserts.