What Can Noni be Used For?

The noni tree originates in the south pacific, most likely Hawaii, growing in the back lava soil left behind by the Island’s many volcanoes. It can grow up to 30 feet tall, and is related to the coffee tree, being in the Rubiaceae family. It will also grow in shady forests, sandy and rocky shores, saline soils, secondary soils, and limestone outcrops. It is however more common and grows better in the lava soil beds. Today it grows in Tahiti, French Polynesia, Southeast Asia, all of the Pacific Islands, and even in the Dominican Republic.

Although it has been a staple food for some small countries, it is mostly called the starvation or famine fruit simply because it tastes quite bad in it’s raw, fruit form. The outside resembles that of a large mottled white potato with buds on it similar to the knobs on pineapples. It has a sour smell when ripening, much like that of cheese when it is curing and so has been given the nickname of the ‘cheese fruit.’ Its other names include the scientific name of Morinda Citrifolia, and general names like Great Morinda, Indian Mulberry, Mengkudi, Beach Mulberry, and Tahitian Noni usually according to where it has been found to grow.

The main use of the fruit is the juice and ground powder. The powder itself is loaded with Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Calcium with trace amounts of sodium. It is also a good source of dietary fiber and carbohydrates. Noni is said to have boosting power for your metabolism. This fruit also contains a sufficient amount of essential fatty acids, flavanoids, polysaccharides, indoids and phytoestrogens.

Noni has a trace element called beta-sitosterol, an anti-cholesterol ingredient. Many health food stores carry other parts of the plant in ground form for the making of natural herbal medicines and remedies. Some countries, like China and Japan use the flowers, fruit, bark, leaves and roots, which is basically the whole plant in their home made remedies. They say it is good for fever, eye irritations, throat and gum infections, bowel, intestine and general stomach problems and lung problems.

The leaves of the noni tree are used in Malaysia as a poultice on the chest to relieve coughs, nausea and colic. The fruit is used in Indochina for lumbago, asthma, and dysentery. It is also made into a poultice an applied to broken bones to help relieve pain.

This Queen Fruit or Canoe Fruit as it was named by early Polynesian tribes, traveled with them wherever they went. Because of its healing and health benefits it was one of the things the tribe would consider essential to travel or take with them. They would eat the fruit, drink the juice, use it for medical purposes and save the seeds to plant.

Health Benefits of Noni Juice

There is a tree in Hawaii that grows to about 20 feet. It actually lives and thrives in the black lava soil left by volcanoes among most tropical islands. The fruit of this tree is known simply as Noni. Although the tree has been cultivated and transplanted in other tropical areas, it thrives best in these volcanic soils near the ocean, producing a crop of fruit all year round. The transplanted and newly cultivated crops in other areas only grow in a shrub like form and do not produce as much as the native plant does.

There is not one part of this tree that cannot be used. The fruit is good for you in many ways, both cooked or raw. The seeds are good for replanting and roasting and the tree bark and leaves are crushed and used in herbal and natural remedies.

Noni juice is sold under many different brand names, but it is usually always mixed with other fruit juices to make the taste acceptable. Noni juice contains 17 of the 20 known amino acids… This includes the 9 amino acids that are essential to a healthy system. Noni Juice also contains mostly all essential fatty acids that are beneficial to healthy skin, healthy nerve cells. These fatty acids also help in keeping the heart and blood vessels healthy.

Glycosides are important in the destruction of free radicals and cancer cell prevention. Limonene is another trace mineral that is found in citrus juices like orange and grapefruit, and also is essential in fighting cancer. Both of these essentials are found in healthy and acceptable amounts in Noni Juice.

Nitric Oxide is also contained in Noni Juice, and it is well proven to assist many different parts of our bodies including normal brain functions, blood cell health, the entire immune system, our lungs and airways, and even healthy heart functioning. In fact, Nitric Oxide is considered to be one of the most important substances that the body needs to heal itself and function correctly… And noni provides a more concentrated source of nitric oxide than most other food sources known.

Phytonutrients and Polysaccharides have reversing effects on pollution. They also have anti-aging effects on your skin and cells. These nutrients are also important in generating nourishment to our cells, organs and tissue. They fight free radicals and help in fighting off cancerous cells. Selenium is a trace element that is found in Noni Juice that effects the elasticity of our skin, and helps reverse the aging process by keeping oxygen flowing through our blood and preventing clotting and hypertension. Selenium amounts in our soil have been depleted in most of the civilized world, but noni juice has excellent amounts of this important mineral.

Medical researchers have come to the conclusion that the body needs extra amounts of Xeronine on a daily basis. The body is not able to absorb and store enough of this trace element to keep us functioning healthy. Noni Juice, which is the world’s best source of Xeronine, has enough of this element to replenish what the body needs and loses day by day.