Grapes (Vinifera) are a nourishing and slightly laxative fruit that can support the body through illness, especially of the gastro-intestinal tract and liver. Because the nutrient content of grapes is close to that of blood plasma, grape fasts are recommended for detoxification. Analgesic. The fresh fruit is antilithic, constructive, cooling, diuretic and strengthening. A period of time on a diet based entirely on the fruit is especially recommended in the treatment of torpid liver or sluggish biliary function. The fruit is also helpful in the treatment of varicose veins, haemorrhoids and capillary fragility. The dried fruit is demulcent, cooling, mildly expectorant, laxative and stomachic. It has a slight effect in easing coughsIt can also increase blood pressure and heart rate, which can make you feel jittery, prevent sleep, and increase visits to the bathroom.There is concern that gaurana, in combination with grapes -containing substances that target the sympathetic nervous system, may have additive effects on blood pressure. . Some tannins have earned a reputation as potential defensive components against DNA damage. Various tannins, such as procyanidins from grape seeds are believed to be protective against certain forms of cancer. For thousands of years, the
fruit and plant of Vitis vinifera, the European grapevine, have been
harvested for both medicinal and nutritional value; its history is intimately entwined with the history of
wine.The wild European grape, Vitis sylvestris, is native over a broad area extending from Spain in the west to the eastern Mediterranean, southern
Transcaucasia and parts of central Asia. It is a vine of humid forests and streamsides Vitis (grape) is a native of Asia Minor and North America that has been cultivated for wine and table grapes. The Egyptians are believed to have first cultivated grapes 6000 years ago. The majority of wines and table grapes are made from varieties of the European Vitis vinifera. Many other species of Vitis are native to the United States and produce edible fruit which can be purple, blue, black, or amber.
However, a 1998 animal study from Ireland, published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacolocy, indicated that even at high doses, tissues remain unaltered. Furthermore, guarana, when supplied at low concentrations in water, inhibited lipid peroxidation. The research, reported in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology and conducted in Brazil (where guarana is native) revealed that guarana reduced lipid peroxidation, even in small doses. Lipid peroxidation has the potential to damage cell membranes. This may help to explain why guarana protected the animal models in the study from gastric ulceration induced by the administration of ethanol . Modern research on
resveratrol, a chemical found in grape skins, as a tool against cardiovascular disease, cancer and aging, has begun to back up some of the assertions of the folk healers. The research says, "Resveratrol has been shown to modulate the metabolism of
lipids, and to inhibit the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins and the aggregation of platelets
The Combination among great plants in the earth...Vitis Vinifera,Saffron and Guarana
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