It doesn’t smell good and it doesn’t taste good but very few natural products can beat it in curing your health problems, building up your immune system and boost your energy level.

1000s of years in Polynesia

Nonu (or Noni) is an evergreen shrub or bush that can grow to a height of between 3 – 7 meters. The fruit looks like a green grenade which is covered with reddish brown seed pits that give it a lumpy texture. The fruit starts green, turns yellow, ripens to whiteness & falls from the tree.

The tree bears fruit all year round. Once one fruit is picked, a new one will take its place after only 4 weeks!

Nonu originated in India, it now grows in various parts of the world such as SAMOA, French Polynesia, Hawaii, and other pacific island countries. It grows best in mineral-rich volcanic ash and Samoa is a country of 2 main island settled on volcanic ash ground.

The earliest reference to nonu being used as a medicine date back several thousand years to Indiaan Sanskrit writings when it was used in Ayurvedic medicine. Nonu is used in the native medicinal systems of the Pacific islands and used in Samoa for 2000+ years. Parts used include the bark, leaves, flowers, fruit & seeds.
Nonu was, and still is, prescribed by the native Polynesian healers to treat pain, inflammation, burns, skin problems, intestinal worms, nausea, food poisoning, fevers, bowel & menstrual problems, insect & animal bites etc.

Noni in the western world

Although the noni plant has only recently gained attention in the west, other cultures have been using noni juice and other noni products for hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of years. Throughout Asia, Polynesia, India, South America, various Pacific islands and other areas, the noni plant has been used to treat ailments as diverse as fever, eyesight problems, skin problems, respiratory issues and digestive difficulties, amongst others. Such wide-ranging applications are part of the reason for noni juice’s popularity in the west today, and also for the scepticism with which it is regarded by many people, who often see such claims as over-inflated. Still, sceptics aside, the fact remains that many people, both today and throughout history, appear to benefited greatly by using noni juice and other noni products.

International Research

In the past 50 years, scientists and researchers around the world have begun to better understand how the compounds found in Nonu fruit work. The majority of the published research has come from researchers at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine, as well as other laboratories in France and Japan.

Conditions Reported to Respond to Nonu or Noni.

Number of Persons who took Nonu with the below mentioned condition – and the % of people that claimed it helped

Allergy – 2659 – 87%

Arthritis - 1394 – 79%

Asthma – 6714 - 71%

CFIDS  Fibromyalgia – 2693 – 79%

Depression  lessened symptoms -  1258 -   78%

Diabetes Types 1 and 2 – 4634 – 83%

Digestion – 2641 – 90%

Energy  increased -  13331 – 90%

Heart disease - 1796 - 77%

High Blood pressure decreased - 1554 - 85%

Immune System - 3485 - 78%

Kidney Disease – 3134 - 66%

Menstruation - 3161 - 80%

Mental Acuity- increased alertness - 4615 - 73%

Multiple Sclerosis - 20 - 50%

Muscle increased body-building - 1006 - 69%

Obesity- lost some excess weight - 4599 - 72%

Pain- including headaches - 5622 - 87%

Respiratory Problems - 3068 - 71%

Skin and Hair Problems - 813 - 79%

Sleep improved - 1687 - 74%

Smoking stopped - 729 - 56%

Stress coped better - 5616 - 73%

Stroke - 1500 - 53%

0. Well-being- felt better - 6564 - 80%

As I am living in Samoa where Nonu plays a big roll in peoples lives (and in my own) I will continue to report on how we use it and it’s effects.

Please give us your comments on the Nonu….

Mats Loefkvist    www.samoa-experience.com