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Pineapple Ananas comosus

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Common Names
Pineapple ,
Botanical Name
Ananas comosus
Family
BROMELIACEAE
Pineapple Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Digestion/Indigestion * Gout * IBS * Lupus * Rheumatoid Arthritis *
Properties:
Parts Used: Fruit, stem
Constituents:bromelain

Pineapple contains a proteolytic enzyme bromelain, which digests food by breaking down protein. Only modest quantites of blomelain are in the edible parts of the fruit, all commercially all commercially available bromelain is derived from the stem. Bromelain supplements are particularly poplar among athletes for treating all sorts of physical aches and injuries. There are questions about how well bromelain is absorbed, and to many herbal authorities the value may be overstated. Nature gave us many similar proteolytic enzymes, (like Ginger), that are more highly concentrated in the edible parts of the plants. Pineapple is healthy fruit, a good source of manganese, as well as containing significant amounts of Vitamin C.

Side Effects:
If you are taking a prescription blood thinner, be careful with bromelain, which works similarly.
How to Use: Pineapple
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referencesPineapple Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Bromelain for :Improve digestion
Improve digestion Bromelain can effectively improve the digestion of proteins and other foods. It assists the body by enhancing the assimilation of herbs, vitamins and other nutrients.
bromelain for :Digestive aid, Sports injuries
Digestive aid, Sports injuries Bromelain "releases" inflammation by breaking down proteins in swollen tissues. It also helps the digestion of proteins, stops blood clot formation, and has antiviral properties. Bromelain inhibits the formation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a chemical in the body that causes inflammation. At the same time, it stimulates the production of prostaglandin E: (PGEj), an anti-inflammatory chemical.

Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Pinnapple (bromelain) for :Anti-inflammatory
Anti-inflammatory Research demonstrates bromelain helps the body eliminate substances related to arthritis and triggers the release of a prostaglandin that tamps down inflammation.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Bromelain for :Improve digestion
Improve digestion Bromelain can effectively improve the digestion of proteins and other foods. It assists the body by enhancing the assimilation of herbs, vitamins and other nutrients.
bromelain for :Digestive aid, Sports injuries
Digestive aid, Sports injuries Bromelain "releases" inflammation by breaking down proteins in swollen tissues. It also helps the digestion of proteins, stops blood clot formation, and has antiviral properties. Bromelain inhibits the formation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a chemical in the body that causes inflammation. At the same time, it stimulates the production of prostaglandin E: (PGEj), an anti-inflammatory chemical.

Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Pinnapple (bromelain) for :Anti-inflammatory
Anti-inflammatory Research demonstrates bromelain helps the body eliminate substances related to arthritis and triggers the release of a prostaglandin that tamps down inflammation.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Plant Description


The pineapple has 30 or more trough-shaped and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem. The pineapple is a multiple fruit, spirally-arranged flowers along the strem each produce a fleshy fruit that becomes pressed against the fruits of adjacent flowers, forming what appears to be a single fleshy fruit. Wikipedia

History and Traditions
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Pineapple has been used as a medicinal plant in several native cultures. The root and fruit are either eaten or applied topically as an anti-inflammatory and digestive. It is traditionally used as an anti-parasitic agent in the Philippines.

Bromelain has been known chemically since 1876. In 1957, bromelain was introduced as a therapeutic compound when Heinicke found it in high concentrations in pineapple stems.

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