Guinea Hen Weed

It grows wild in most green spaces in Jamaica and is often mistaken for a pesky weed that destroys the beautiful sight of a well-manicured law, but the guinea hen weed is filled with healing properties and is now the subject of major scientific and medicinal research.

The plant is indigenous to the Caribbean, the Amazon rainforest, Central and South America, and Africa. The scientific name of the guinea hen weed is Petiveria Alliacea. It is also called ‘Infection Bush’ or ‘garlic weed’ in some areas.

The plant is filled with properties that beats back infection and boosts the fighting powers of the immune system.

Hailed in some quarters as the miracle plant, medical practitioners worldwide have found it to be among the most interesting and important medicinal plants in the world.

It is known to have anti-carcinogenic properties, meaning its kills the dreaded cancer cells.

Men with prostate cancer have been drinking this tea made from the plant for decades. There are agents in the guinea hen weed plant called poly and trisulfides. Both are known to stymie the growth of cancer cells. These properties inhibit a certain variety of protein called “kinase” that exists within cancer cells and is known to be the reason cancer cells to spread throughout the body.

In addition, the plant has many other health benefits, including the lowering of blood sugar and assisting with digestive disorders.

It also acts as a pain reliever, helps with digestive disorders, reduces feelings of nausea, prevents degeneration, fights infection and common viruses, beats back arthritis and cleans the fallopian tubes.

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The Powerful Disease-Fighting Benefits of Guinea Hen Weed Tea

Guinea Hen Weed Tea is an antimicrobial and immunostimulant making it a doubly powerful disease-fighting herbal tea.  Often known as anamu by natives in its indigenous Amazon homeland, this super plant has been used for medicinal, herbal and culinary purposes with astounding results.  Studies completed worldwide have found this unique plant contains properties that combat a variety of infections and diseases.

Guinea Hen Weed, or anamu, is composed of a variety of antioxidants such as tannins and flavenoids, naturally occurring steroids found in plant cell membranes, photochemicals and sulfuric compounds.  The blend of these potent elements has never been seen in any plant known to man. Research indicates that when combined in a plant like Guinea Hen Weed, these ingredients act as an antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial.  As you can imagine, this phenomenal plant has huge potential in a medical context for treating or supporting existing treatments of many diseases that threaten the human population. 

Let’s start with one of the biggest diseases plaguing our modern world. While there are many known and suspected causes of cancer, the proliferation of free radicals and build up of inflammation are two of the worst culprits. Guinea Hen Weed may be a great preventative solution as it contains powerful levels of antioxidants. But it goes above and beyond with a combination of the sulfur compounds dibenzyl trisulfide and the photochemicals astilbin, benzldehyde and coumarin. In laboratory tests, these prove to have anti-cancerous effects. Additionally, the compounds in Guinea Hen Weed do not attack healthy cells. In a plant-screening done by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Guinea Hen Weed was named one of 34 plants that have active anti-cancer elements.

Guinea Hen Weed has even more amazing benefits. Clinical trials show that Guinea Hen Weed is a broad spectrum antimicrobial, working to fight off many strains of viruses, fungus, yeast and bacteria. Tests have shown promising results for using the plant to support people with hepatitis C, E. coli, staph infections, bovina diarrhea, pseudomonas and shingella, as well as a mycobacterium tuberculosis. Guinea Hen Weed is a cyolooxygenase-1 inhibitor that helps support joint pain. Plus, Guinea Hen Weed may have benefits for diabetics.