In a recent study in CDRI, Lucknow, India, it has been found that the dried alcoholic extract of the seeds are good to reduce the level of blood sugar. The jamun fruit and jamun leaves are good for diabetes patients. The black plum has anti-diabetic features. Jamun helps to convert starch into energy and keep your blood sugar levels in check. Additionally, Jamun reduces the symptoms of diabetes like frequent urination and thrusting.
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ALTHOUGH JAMOON (also jamon) is known as “the fruit of the gods”, it remains one of the most disrespected silent doctors in Barbados. This makes me cry daily.
If not for some of the indigenous wine makers in the Caribbean, jamoon would die a natural death or slowly become near extinction. How many Barbadians or Caribbean people know what is a jamoon?
When I was a little girl, my mother and her friend Merlene introduced me to jamoon. They made jamoon products as a part of the community outreach at one of the social centres. It took me a while to appreciate the fruit and the purple juice which coloured my fingers each time I bit or squeezed the fruit. However, I am very anxious to write about the health benefits of jamoon which research shows is excellent for treating diabetes.
Jamoon contains water, calcium, iron, vitamins A and C, magnesium, phosphorous, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, carbohydrates, folic, fibre, fat and protein. Jamoon is also known as Indian berry, Jambolan, Java plum, Black plum and Duhat plum. The fruit, seeds, leaves and bark are used for healing.
It is amazing that in the Philippines and in other countries, jamoon is used to treat several health challenges including dysentery, acne, diarrhoea, gingivitis, mouth ulceration, loss of appetite, leuorrhea, bronchitis, asthma, anemia, jaundice and heart disease. Jamoon, if consumed daily, can also prevent hardening of the arteries, and liver diseases likes necrosis and fibrosis. It can increase haemoglobin count and purify the blood.
Further research on the website shows that “jamun vinegar is good to reduce enlargement of the spleen and who have urine retention problems. Jamun’s ployphenolic compounds are effective against cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, asthma and arthritis [and] various digestive disorders – flatulence, bowel spasm and stomach disorders”.
Diabetics who continue to be troubled about decreased sexual activity must try consuming jamoon. I want to know about the results.
Finally, as our CARICOM leaders concluded their 36th regular heads of government conference in Barbados under the theme CARICOM: Vibrant Societies; Resilient Economies, I do hope that the environment, silent doctors and medicinal trees were reviewed as economic assets. Health tourism is vital.
* Annette Maynard-Watson, a teacher and herbal educator, may be contacted via silentdoctors@gmail.com or by telephone 250-6450.
* DISCLAIMER: It is not our intention to prescribe or make specific claims for any products. Any attempts to diagnose or treat real illness should come under the direction of your health care provider.
