Table 7.8 Traditional uses of coconut in treatment of various diseases
Coconut part Preparation Use
Country
Reference
Shell fiber
Tea
Diarrhea
Brazil
Esquenazi et al.
(2002)
Amenorrhea
Haiti
Weniger et al. (1986)
Venereal diseases
treatment
Trinidad
Wong (1976)
Extract
Antipyretic, kidney
inflammation
Guatemala
Caceres et al. (1987)
Diuretics, gonorrhea
treatment
Peru
Ramirez et al. (1988)
Urogenital inflammation
caused by Trichomonas
vaginalis
Mexico
Calzada et al. (2007)
Amenorrhea,
dysmenorrhea
Trinidad
Wong (1976)
Diabetes treatment
Jamaica
Morrison (1994),
Mitchell and Ahmad
(2006)
Asthma treatment
Haiti, Peru
Hope et al. (1993),
Ramirez et al. (1988)
Cream
Abscesses, dermatitis
treatment, and injuries
Guatemala
Caceres et al. (1987)
Burns
Haiti
Weniger et al. (1986)
Root
Tea
Diarrhea and stomach
pains
Papua New
Guinea
Holdsworth and
Wamoi (1982),
Holdsworth (1992)
Extract
Antipyretic, diarrhea
treatment
Indonesia
Brondegaard (1973)
Coconut
pulp (solid
albumen)
Oil
Preventing hair loss,
wound healing
Fiji,
Indonesia
Singh (1986), Sachs
et al. (2002)
Milk
Diarrhea treatment
Ghana
Yartey et al. (1993)
Oral contraceptive
Indonesia
Hirschhorn (1983)
Pulp
Aphrodisiac
Mozambique Amico (1977)
Relief to rashes caused by
HIV-AIDS infections
Kenya
Nagata et al. (2011)
A decoction of the
pulp
Treatment of fever and
malaria
Malaysia
Al-Adhroey et al.
(2011)
Coconut
water
inflorescence
Water
Treatment of renal
diseases
Fiji
Singh (1986)
Tea
Treatment of changes in
the menstrual cycle
India
Bhandary et al. (1995)
Source: Lima et al. (2015)
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