Enjoyed the world over as something of an icon of the tropical experience, the pineapple was used in indigenous medicine for a wide range of ailments; uses that are only now being confirmed by modern scientific methods.
While most know pineapple as an exceptionally delicious tropical fruit, indigenous peoples used it to treat a variety of ailments. Unfortunately, much of this intimate plant knowledge was considered by early anthropologists to be based on mere “superstition” and subsequently disregarded, so few in the modern world have been made aware of its formidable healing powers.
Thankfully, research on the medicinal properties of pineapple has steadily accumulated over the past few decades, to the point where the conventional medical system has been compelled to take notice.
Bromelain, for instance, is a protein-digesting enzyme extract from the pineapple plant, and has even been found to be superior to the highly toxic chemotherapy agent 5-fluorouracil as an anti-tumor agent in preclinical research.
This remarkable compound, concentrated primarily within the stem (i.e. fibrous core), which is often wastefully discarded, has been researched for the following potential medicinal applications:
- Allergic Airway Disease
- Asthma
- Breast Cancer
- Breastfeeding Problems: Poor Milk Production/Quality
- Colitis
- Colon Cancer
- Constipation: Post-operative
- Debriding Agent
- Dyspepsia
- Edema
- Glioma (Brain Cancer)
- Immune Disorders: Low Function
- Inflammation
- Irritable Bowel Disease
- Influenza
- Liver Damage
- Lung Cancer
- Melanoma
- Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)
- Osteoarthritis of the Knee
- Sinusitis
- Skin Cancer
- Tendon Injury
- Thrombophlebitis
- Thrombosis (pathological clot)
How To Eat Pineapple To Get The Benefits of Bromelain
