From the Healing Practice of Ati Tribe of Panay.
His name is Simplicio Ascano, a coconut wine gatherer. It was his full-time occupation. He climbed coconut trees in order to gathered the collected sap coming from its flowers. This sap was then mixed with baluk to enhanced its flavor before it was sold as tuba, a coconut wine.
Then one day, he met an accident. He fell down from a coconut tree and in the process broke some of his ribs and damaged some parts of his liver.
He was brought to Manila for a medical surgery operation at a private hospital. After few weeks he was brought home and recuperated in our village.
He was suffering from stress thinking that he will not live long enough. He became irritable He also grimaced in pain every time his wound was jolted. He has no appetite to eat and his health started to deteriorate.
When their farm helper saw his pathetic condition he told him to drink soursop juice in order to relieved the pain as well as the stress he was experiencing.
He asked what was the basis of it. The man said nothing about the medicinal value of soursop juice for he was unschooled, but he swore that it was effective. Their helper told them that in their village they used this kind of healing practice. It was adapted by the villagers based on the practice of Ati tribe who frequented in their place.
So he decided to follow his advice for it cost nothing for him for soursop tree grew abundantly in their coconut farm.
It was effective indeed. He recovered fast and now this man drank regularly soursop juice for good health.
Soursop is guyabano in Filipino language.
Check http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/guyabano.htm
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