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Symptoms of long-term use can include decreased fertility, cardiopathy, and several forms of
cancer, according to epidemiological studies of caffeine use” (SKY). Seems to me they should,
to be fair, have said this under green tea as well. “Hazards and/or side effects not known for
proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2).
Extracts (Guarana) — Caffeine’s effects (and hence those of guaranine) are well known and
include CNS stimulation, increasing metabolic rate, and mild diuresis (SKY). Guarana and
caffeine apparently counteract scopolamine, improving rats’ ability to remember. At 0.3 mg/ml,
guarana, containing only 0.0062 mg/ml caffeine, was more effective than ginseng in adaptogenic
swimming tests. Mice swam statistically significantly longer than controls when forced to swim
(Espinola et al., 1997). Many caffeine activities are shared, perhaps synergistically with theo-
phylline and theobromine.
GUAVA (Psidium guajava L.) ++Synonyms — P. cujavillus Burm. f., P. pomiferum L., P. pumilum Vahl, P. pyriferum L.
Activities (Guava) — Antibacterial (1; TRA; VAG); Antidiarrheic (1; TRA); Anti-HIV (1; VVG);
Antimutagenic (1; TRA); Antioxidant (1; VVG); Antiseptic (1; JFM; VVG); Antispasmodic (1;
TRA; 60P); Antitumor (1; VVG); Astringent (1; IED; VVG; WBB); Candidicide (1; TRA); Expec-
torant (f; IED); Hemostat (1; VVG); Hypoglycemic (1; TRA; VAG; VVG); Radioprotective (1;
TRA); Sedative (1; TRA); Vasoconstrictor (1; VVG).
Indications (Guava) — Aging (1; VVG); Bacteria (1; TRA; VAG; 60P); Bleeding (1; JFM; VVG);
Boil (f; VVG); Cancer (1; TRA; VVG); Candida (1; TRA); Cardiopathy (1; VVG); Catarrh (f; IED;
JFM); Cholera (f; JFM); Colic (f; JFM); Congestion (f; JFM); Conjunctivosis (f; AAB); Cough (f;
VVG); Cramp (1; TRA; 60P); Dermatosis (f; IED; JFM); Diabetes (1; TRA; VVG); Diarrhea (1;
AAB; TRA; VVG); Dysentery (1; AAB; JFM; VVG); Dysmenorrhea (f; DAV; 60P); Dyspepsia (f;
AAB; IED; 60P); Edema (f; JFM); Enterosis (f; JFM); Fever (f; VVG; WBB); Fistula (f; JFM);
Fungus (1; AAB); Gastrosis (f; JFM); Gingivosis (1; AAB); Gout (f; DAV); Hepatosis (f; 60P);
High Blood Pressure (f; IED); HIV (1; VVG); Infection (f; IED; VVG); Inflammation (f; WBB);
Insomnia (1; TRA); Jaundice (f; IED); Leukorrhea (f; AAB; JFM); Malaria (f; IED; VVG); Mange
(f; JFM); Nausea (1; DAV; TRA); Nervousness (1; TRA); Ophthalmia (f; AAB); Parasite (f; IED);
Proctosis (f; WBB); Prolapse (f; WBB); Rash (f; IED); Respirosis (f; IED); Ringworm (f; JFM);
Salmonella (1; TRA); Scabies (f; VAG; ZUL); Shigella (1; TRA); Shock (f; DAV); Sore (f; AAB;
IED; JFM); Sore Throat (f; AAB); Sprain (f; WBB); Staphylococcus (1; AAB; TRA); Stomachache
(f; JFM); Stomatosis (f; AAB); Swelling (f; DAV; JFM); Tumor (1; VVG); Ulcer (f; AAB; JFM;
WBB); Urethrosis (f; JFM); Uterosis (f; JFM); Vertigo (f; DAV; TRA); Worm (f; IED); Wound (f;
AAB; VVG; WBB); Yeast (1; TRA).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Guava) — Do not use more than 30 days
(TRA). Not for children or pregnant or lactating women (TRA).
GUGUL (Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari) ++Synonyms — Balsamodendrum mukul Hook. ex Stocks, B. wightii Arn., C. mukul (Hook. ex
Stocks) Engl.
I have seen gugul spelled guggul and treated under the scientific names Commiphora molmol, C.
mukul (synonym of C. wightii), and C. wightii, as I call it here. I doubt that there are many people
who can swear on a stack of Bibles whether a resin is one or the other species or a mixture of
many species. Let the buyer beware.