Mga residente sa Iligan City, umiinom ng tubig mula sa puno ng saging sa paniniwala na nakakagamot ito diumano ng… high blood?! Ito na nga kaya ang sagot sa mahal na pang-maintenance na gamot para sa altapresyon? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 [Music]
00:02 Listen carefully to this news, but first, let's verify if it's true that the residents of Iligan City in Mindanao
00:14 drink the water from the banana tree.
00:20 [Music]
00:22 This wide banana tree in Sardab, Barangay Dig Kilaan, Iligan City, is being used by residents every day
00:32 not to get fruits, but to collect the water from the banana trees
00:44 that they drink at the believed to be non-toxic. This is a high blood or high blood pressure medicine.
00:52 [Music]
00:54 [Speaking in Tagalog]
01:09 This is the answer to the high blood pressure medicine for high blood pressure.
01:17 [Speaking in Tagalog]
01:19 Dongs, 37 years old, has been taking his high blood pressure medicine for 3 years.
01:26 I can't breathe. My lungs are tight. I feel like I'm losing my strength.
01:31 When it's hot, my blood pressure is 190 over 110.
01:35 [Speaking in Tagalog]
01:46 This is why he came up with a solution.
01:49 He drinks water from the banana tree every day.
01:56 [Speaking in Tagalog]
02:01 To make sure that the water will come out, the tree must be cut at the top of the tree.
02:08 Then, we cut it. We cut it at 5 in the afternoon and 6 in the afternoon.
02:13 We wrap it in plastic so that no insect can get in.
02:17 And we put guma. It's really clean because the plastic has not been used for a long time.
02:22 Tomorrow, I will collect the water.
02:24 [Music]
02:30 [Speaking in Tagalog]
02:32 [Music]
02:38 [Speaking in Tagalog]
02:45 In one day, he can drink 4 liters of water.
02:49 [Speaking in Tagalog]
02:55 After 8 days of drinking banana water,
03:00 his blood pressure is 190 over 110.
03:07 He is worried that he might fall.
03:12 I can't move. So, I feel like my blood pressure is going down.
03:15 When I went there, my blood pressure was 140 over 90.
03:18 I thought I would really get a stroke.
03:19 What he taught Dongs, the Albularyong Siharlito,
03:25 is that drinking banana juice from a banana tree as a medicine for high blood pressure is his dream.
03:32 At night, I sleep. I always lay down on the bed.
03:38 I sleep and I use the banana for my high blood pressure.
03:42 [Music]
03:45 [Speaking in Tagalog]
03:49 [Music]
03:53 Harlito made his wife, Maria, drink the juice from the tree.
03:58 Her blood pressure is 200 over 110.
04:02 I can't drink. I sleep and I lie down on the bed.
04:06 Maria was amazed by the result.
04:10 I thank God for this. My blood pressure is 140 over 90.
04:16 When I drink banana juice, my blood pressure doesn't go down.
04:22 Because of their testimony, many people in their barangay agreed.
04:28 I am thankful to my mom, dad, and my neighbors.
04:34 At first, my blood pressure was 150 over 90. Now, it's 120 over 80.
04:38 The evidence of the testimonies is that many people have passed the banana tree.
04:44 Others didn't even notice the fruit.
04:49 Junisa's BP reached 180 over 100.
04:56 I eat pork and pork belly. I fry it.
05:00 My body aches. That's what I hide in my hibernation.
05:04 But since she started drinking banana juice every day,
05:09 she stopped drinking it for her maintenance.
05:12 It's a big reduction in their expenses.
05:17 It's reaching 400 pesos per month.
05:21 My blood pressure is 170 over 90.
05:25 But is there a basis in science and medicine
05:29 that the juice from the banana tree can lower the blood pressure?
05:35 Is it safe to drink?
05:39 One of the banana trees that was collected by Harlito's water
05:43 was examined by a botanist or plant expert.
05:47 We got a sample of water to test in the laboratory.
05:57 We need one liter.
05:59 The collected water was brought to Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology
06:06 where it was subjected to a so-called phytochemical screening.
06:11 I need to evaporate this.
06:13 So five evaporating dish per sample.
06:16 The next day, the results came out.
06:21 Positive for alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, and esteroids.
06:27 It has properties like anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, anti-mitotic.
06:35 High blood pressure medicine is effective.
06:38 It can lower the blood pressure.
06:41 But it needs to be studied.
06:45 Based on the ocular inspection, the water looks clean.
06:49 But when it's drained, the color changes.
06:53 The way they cover it with plastic is not hygienic.
06:57 We still can't conclude that it's safe.
07:00 There is no study that says that the water from banana trees has medicinal properties
07:06 because no clinical trial is exploring this as of now.
07:10 We can't say if it's safe to drink because bacteria can easily contaminate.
07:15 It has a lot of potential. Hopefully, it looks like it's safe to study.
07:21 Medicine is dynamic.
07:24 We can learn from nature.
07:26 I hope our colleagues, doctors and scientists, don't get it wrong.
07:31 Maintenance is important because blood pressure needs to be controlled.
07:36 We can't predict when the blood pressure will suddenly rise.
07:40 We should exercise regularly and avoid salty foods.
07:49 It's important to lower blood pressure, aside from medicine.
07:53 In tropical areas like the Philippines,
07:55 if you cut a banana, it will easily multiply.
07:59 If it's massive, that's the problem because the tree is exposed.
08:04 That's where the entry point of bacteria and viruses will attack the banana plants.
08:11 I'll think about it first if I should stop or not.
08:13 Because all the people who drink here don't get infected.
08:17 They all recover.
08:18 I'll continue to drink until I recover and my blood pressure is normal.
08:23 Banana trees have a lot of benefits.
08:27 From fruits, leaves, roots and the tree itself.
08:34 Isn't this the only tree with a heart?
08:38 But before we believe that banana trees have a long-term cure,
08:44 let's wait for the experts to say.
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