Can you eat the seeds of the guava, also known as "chicken dropping fruit"? Blood sugar-lowering effects and pest and disease control

Guava, also called baiyao or "chicken dropping fruit," is a tree in the myrtle family. Guava is mostly cultivated in the tropical regions of our country, and it has many effects and uses. It can stop bleeding, clear heat, and more. So can guava lower blood sugar? Are guava seeds edible? What are the methods for guava pest and disease control?

1. Can guava lower blood sugar?

According to analysis by nutritionists, every 100 grams of guava flesh contains on average 125 to 180 mg of vitamin C, about three times that of citrus. Therefore, some medical scientists abroad have used guava juice as a drink for infants. Guava fruit is brightly colored, with tender flesh and a delicate fragrance. Besides being eaten fresh, it can also be made into jam, jelly and juice, and can also be used medicinally. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that guava is warm in nature and sweet-sour in taste, with the effects of astringing and stopping diarrhea, stopping bleeding and relieving itching, and is mainly used for diarrhea, chronic dysentery, eczema, and bleeding wounds.

As for the blood sugar-lowering effect of guava, Japanese scientists confirmed it in animal experiments. In Taiwan, China, using guava juice or jam to treat diabetes is very common. There are also examples of this among the people on the mainland; for example, for mild patients, taking 1 to 3 cups of guava juice after each of the three daily meals is effective. If 50 grams of dried guava fruit and one bitter melon are decocted in water and taken 1 to 2 times a day, it also has a fairly good effect on improving diabetes symptoms.

2. Are guava seeds edible?

Yes. Everyone likes to eat guava, but no one likes to eat guava seeds. In fact, guava seeds are good for the stomach and help with digestion.

Guava seed polyphenols are a strong antioxidant:

1. They can promote joint adaptability and skin elasticity,

2. Protect the cardiovascular system,

3. Resist inflammation and reduce sports injuries,

4. Reduce vision damage caused by diabetes and promote improvement in visual acuity,

5. Promote brain function.

3. Guava pest and disease control

The main pests and diseases of guava include canker, damping-off, nematode disease, anthracnose,

sooty mold, fruit rot, mealybugs, cotton aphids, peach fruit borers, whiteflies, aphids and yellow sting moths, among others. Canker and damping-off can be controlled by applying Bordeaux paste (made by mixing 1 part copper sulfate, 2 parts slaked lime and 3 parts cow dung into a paste) to the wounds. Anthracnose, fruit rot and sooty mold can be controlled with 50% zineb, 1000-fold dilution of 50% thiophanate-methyl, or 800-fold dilution of 75% chlorothalonil.

Nematode disease is the medium through which damping-off occurs, and once infected it is quite difficult to treat. To control this disease, healthy seedlings should be selected as potted plants; the potting nutrient soil should be mixed with phoxim, lime and the like for disinfection, and once diseased plants are found they should be promptly pulled out or cut off and burned to prevent spread. Peach fruit borers can be controlled with 2000-fold dilution of 2.5% cyhalothrin emulsifiable concentrate. Aphids, whiteflies and the like can be controlled with 1000-fold dilution of 25% buprofezin or 1000-fold dilution of 40% methidathion.