The Healthy Guyabano/Soursop Tea is Not for my Health
By Thelma
@thelme55 (76476)
Germany
June 14, 2019 7:50am CST
Yes. I have just discovered it. An hour ago, I drunk my Guyabano tea powder for the 1st time in my life. I bought this pack of tea before I left my home country Philippines. I heard a lot of the health benefits from drinking this tea.
I was searching in my kitchen cupboard for another kind of tea for me to drink after my lunch. While drinking my mug of this tea, I was reading about soursop tea powder online.
Then suddenly, I felt that my mouth and my throat were getting so dry. My mouth started to feel numb that I kept on pinching it. I felt that my eyes are getting smaller and my neck and head are getting heavy. All these signs are not foreign to me.
Just on time, my hubby came in the living room and I told him what was happening. "You have to drink coffee", he said. I know he hates the smell of coffee but he knows this would be a remedy. I think my blood pressure was getting low.
I made coffee and drunk it. I feel a bit better now. After what happened, I googled the side effects of the soursop tea. It is not good for person with anemia. That's good to know.
So, you see. I am health conscious but not all healthy food and teas are good for my health. Have you drunk soursop tea before?
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
14 Jun 19
@thelme55 Call your doctor and talk to them. See if you should take some diphenhydramine, or come in to be checked out. You had an extreme allergic reaction. I wonder if you were to have put a drop or two on your inner arm if you would have had a rash. Oat straw tea is a very pleasant tea that helps build your blood, very mild tasting.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Jun 19
The tea and the fruit can cause symptoms resembling Parkinson's Disease, Shavkat.
The cancer fighting properties claimed for that fruit have not been studied. (You should read all the things people claim this fruit/plant are good for! It reminds me of snake oil salesmen trying to sell their "product" to the people of the frontier in the United States. Many claims but no proof and in some cases, the after effects are deadly!)
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
14 Jun 19
I have never had it, but have read about it. To me it sounded as if you were experiencing anaphylactic shock, very dangerous. It is a severe allergic reaction that will close your airways. Yes, caffeine is a good home remedy. Epinepherine is a shot they give at the hospital, or people get a prescription "epi pen" for home. Also taking benadryl (diphenhydramine) is helpful for after effects.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Jun 19
I was thinking the same thing, she is allergic to it.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
15 Jun 19
Yes, I think I was allergic to it. I wonder now, when I was in the Philippines, I ate the fresh fruit of Guyabano but I was not sick. Maybe there was something in this powder tea that I am allergic to. Thank you @GardenGerty. I will think about this medicine when ever something like this happen. I hope not. This was the second time that I have allergic reaction to a drink. The first time when I drunk Red Bull.
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Jun 19
Oh, my! That tea can be dangerous to some people! It can cause problems resembling Parkinson's Disease and is considered toxic!
I am confused! How is drinking this considered health conscious?
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Jun 19
@andriaperry Which still contain the basic ingredients of the fruit/leaves. None of them are good for you! (There is some risk even in eating the fruit. In moderation, the fruit is safe enough, but I wouldn't risk even that!)
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
15 Jun 19
@DaddyEvil I was not allergic to the guyabano fruit as I always ate it when I am in my home in the Phillippines. Never felt sick after eating that fresh fruit.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Jun 19
Uhm... it can also cause symptoms resembling Parkinson's Disease, Valerie!
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@ptrikha_2 (45501)
• India
14 Jun 19
I am not aware of this one. Some foodstuffs and drinks are not suitable for some of us.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Jun 19
I haven' t heard nor seen that kind of tea before. Though, I know that soursop has its very healthy benefits and that no. 1 is for treating cancer.
I think, it will not be good for me, since I think I am a bit anemic. That's because I always lack sleep.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
20 Jun 19
@SIMPLYD I think the people should research first not only about the health benefits but also the side effects of taking this tea. I should have read the side effects first before drinking this tea. I could have save myself from the side effects.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
14 Jun 19
no ma'am, i've not partaken'n such. i try to 'lways warn folks that 'natural' don't mean all can take 't. ya need to check fer 'nteractions with meds 'n whate'er health hiccups ya might've. some 'f that schtuff can be lethal. i'm glad yer hubs 'twas there 'n ya got 't figured out.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
14 Jun 19
This guy gave Tony a bottle of soursop pills to "cure " his cancer. Tony took it a week and he got sick with his heart and stopped.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
15 Jun 19
Soursop can also cause symptoms resembling Parkinson's Disease, Andria!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Jun 19
@DaddyEvil Yes, he wont take it anymore. Not enough good reported to risk it.
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@parpande (1515)
• Bangalore, India
15 Jun 19
@thelme55 perhaps it is the fruit known by the name 'cancer fruit' in India though it`s not common . Even I had ordered the fruit online once as it is never noticed being sold in the market , but it was very solid from the inside . Most likely it was raw or it was not ripe . I am not sure of the tea but this is my story with the fruit and thanks for spreading the word on ill effects ....
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
16 Jun 19
@LowRiderX yes. I noticed now that you live in Servia. Thanks for commenting. Have a nice day.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
15 Jun 19
This guyabano or soursop fruit is a tropical plant and maybe that is why you have not heard about it @LowRiderX.
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@LowRiderX (22907)
• Serbia
15 Jun 19
@thelme55 Yes, that's true. If it's a tropical plant, then we certainly do not have it here
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
18 Jun 19
My husband is from The Bahamas and talks about soursop all the time. I'm doing ginger tea these days. They say it has a lot of health benefits. I quite like the taste.
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
19 Jun 19
Ginger tea is not only healthy but also delicious. I prefer to make the ginger tea from the ginger roots. Thanks @cmoneyspinner
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@florelway (23141)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
15 Jun 19
I boiled some air dried guyabaNo leaves before but I stop because I feel dizzy. 
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@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
15 Jun 19
I see. So you had also experienced a side effect of drinking guyabano tea @florelway. Thanks.
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@florelway (23141)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
15 Jun 19
@thelme55 yes, that is why I stopped drinking it. 
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