11.27.2013
"Apatot" is a plant what we call in the Phillipines for Nonu, Nono, or Noni which has become popular for years ago in treating ailments and disorders in the body. People in our place who’ve been using it called it as a “miracle plant” as they testified that they have been cured from their illnesses.
Back in year 2000, one of our staff from vacation in Leyte told me that his mother, who suffered from acute arthritis which she could hardly walk has been cured by the treatment of Noni juice. He said Noni juice is very popular in their town because many were cured from any ailments even without a doctor medication or buying medicines from the drugstores.
On that time here in our place, South Cotabato, Noni also became popular. In fact, it was sold and grabbed by many in the market -- from roots to barks, twigs, leaves and fruits. The barks were sold in pack and used as a tea by boiling it with water. The matured fruits were sold at P150.00 – P200.00 per kilo and even the young ones were sold out at a lower price. As most people using it, they used to ripened the matured fruits and smashed into a puree and the juice is extracted through a cloth. The young ones are boiled and also taken as a tea. The twigs were sold at P10.00 for making use of it anyhow. But mine, as user of natural medicines, I tried planting it, hoping and praying it would grow someday; and wow!, the twigs grew up and became a big tree.
My story...
On that time here in our place, South Cotabato, Noni also became popular. In fact, it was sold and grabbed by many in the market -- from roots to barks, twigs, leaves and fruits. The barks were sold in pack and used as a tea by boiling it with water. The matured fruits were sold at P150.00 – P200.00 per kilo and even the young ones were sold out at a lower price. As most people using it, they used to ripened the matured fruits and smashed into a puree and the juice is extracted through a cloth. The young ones are boiled and also taken as a tea. The twigs were sold at P10.00 for making use of it anyhow. But mine, as user of natural medicines, I tried planting it, hoping and praying it would grow someday; and wow!, the twigs grew up and became a big tree.
My husband would not believe in it! He hates the smell of ripe Noni fruit and he even warned me not to store it in the refrigerator. But when he suffered from painful rheumatism that always forced him to go to a doctor, he secretly tried for a spoonful of the pure juice each day, as he confessed. I laughed at him when I caught him on the act because he swore before not to try it when he confronted me. His illness completely cured by just taking spoonful of pure juice each morning and evening. We both became a regular user of Noni juice. I also use to add it to juice drinks for my children.
Clinics, hospitals and drugstores at that time lack patients and customers because people were only relying on the effectiveness of Noni and other plants. This maybe the reason why Noni was banned claiming that it is dangerous to health and that will possibly cause to death. I don’t believe it! I think they’re just making bad stories against it because as far as I know, according to the history, Noni has been used as a food source of Polynesians and became a staple food choice in times of famine to sustain strength. So whatever people say or how they banned Noni, we remain using it until now. I think more than ten years (now 20 years in Year 2024 with God's grace) of using, it is more than enough to prove that it is safe to use." Thanks God I found this fruit! Milyong salamat po sa Dios!
Updated: 02.26.2024
