Soursop is called by various names in different languages. Graviola in Portuguese, durian belanda in Malay, babana in Indonesian, guanabana in Spanish, gayubano in Philippines, and pawpaw (not to confuse with papaya) in Brazilian. Soursop grows in tropical countries and are common in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, the Caribbean, Central America and the sub-Saharan African countries.
Making tea from the leaves and bark. You can either use fresh leaves or dried ones. As the leaves are very potent, you only need one or two leaves for one person. You only need to steep the leaves in boiling water, just like making ordinary tea. The strength of the tea depends on the number of leaves and the length of time the leaves are left in the water. Other benefits are alleviating migraine headache, diarrhea, cough, back pain, stress, high blood pressure, and nerve ailment. If you are suffering from insomnia, try drinking this tea before going to sleep. As for children who like to bed wet, this tea will help prevent it. All said, the sour sop fruit, seeds, bark, roots and leaves have been found to even cure cancer.
To soothe inflammation and swelling, place crushed soursop leaves on the affected area. There are many other ailments that soursop is supposed to be effective, but a general awareness of the power of soursop is good enough for us to eat more of the fruit as well as drink the tea.
Caution
Take note - research has suggested that there may be a connection between consumption of soursop and atypical forms of Parkinson's disease because of the high content of annonacin present in soursop. So whatever it is that we consume, it would be wise do things in moderation.
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