Noni or Morinda citrifolia is a healing plant, first discovered in South East Asia by ancient Indian Healers. It grows as a tree in tropical climates and is able to withstand almost any soil conditions. This tree takes approximately 18 months to mature, after which its bears fruit and flowers all year round. The mature tree has large leaves with equally large veins and oval shaped Noni fruits. Botanists surmise that the Noni tree can grow up to 30 feet if given the opportunity.

Ancient Indian healers are the responsible party for discovering the healing properties of Noni. They discovered that the entire plants including the bark, leaves and fruits have healing powers and they used it to treat many ailments. The success of this fruit in treating ailments is the cause for its indoctrination as a sacred part of Ayurvedic Medicine (ancient Indian medicine, which is still used today as an alternative to conventional medicine).

The discovery of the powers of Noni in South East Asia, soon extended across oceans because of the practices of those who used it. Early Polynesians made it a practice to travel with Noni in their canoes as a method of keeping diseases at bay. They held the fruit as a sacred element of medicine and believed in its powers. Traveling with Noni is one of the reasons why it spread from South East Asia to the Pacific and other tropical regions. Today Noni grows in many tropical climates including the Caribbean.

Discovery and Migration of Noni
Ancient Indian healers are the responsible party for discovering the healing properties of Noni. They discovered that the entire plants including the bark, leaves and fruits have healing powers and they used it to treat many ailments. The success of this fruit in treating ailments is the cause for its indoctrination as a sacred part of Ayurvedic Medicine (ancient Indian medicine, which is still used today as an alternative to conventional medicine).

The discovery of the powers of Noni in South East Asia, soon extended across oceans because of the practices of those who used it. Early Polynesians made it a practice to travel with Noni in their canoes as a method of keeping diseases at bay. They held the fruit as a sacred element of medicine and believed in its powers. Travelling with Noni is one of the reasons why it spread from South East Asia to the Pacific and other tropical regions. Today Noni grows in many tropical climates including the Caribbean.

Medicinal uses of Hawaiian Noni
The Noni plant is very important in both ancient medical history because of its ability to treat many ailments and also because the entire plant has healing powerful properties. The discovery of this plant came at a time when ancient Indian healers set out on a mission to find medicinal plants rather than just food. They experimented on the entire plant and found that the leaves, bark, fruits and roots were all useful as medicinal agents. As travelling across oceans became more common, the teachings of the use of Noni as a healing plant migrated.

Polynesians and other Pacific Islanders brought some of the teachings from South East Asia about Noni to their homes and applied it to their reality. They discovered that the fruit of the plant held the most power and that they could use it for a variety of illnesses whether green or ripe. Polynesians were very interested in the diversity of the healing properties of the fruit. They took full advantage of its ability to reduce pain and inflammation and its ability to treat tuberculosis among other "mystery ailments" at the time. They also used the bark to treat wounds and to make dyes, the leaves to treat Vitamin A deficiency in children and the roots to make healing beverages.

Due to the role of the Polynesians, Noni reached Hawaii and also became a staple in their healing practices. They used it just like the Polynesians and cultivated it to continue their supply of healing trees. Some say the care with which the Hawaiians placed in the cultivation and the practice of the use of Noni, gives those Islands the most potent Noni. This is debatable because Noni worldwide is a powerful plant and produces healing regardless of the tropical region where it grows. There is however, more history with the plant in those regions because of its migration to and widespread use in Hawaii since it arrived there.

Medicinal uses of Noni Today
Today there are many claimed and proven benefits of Noni. It is no longer just a sacred plant in Ayurvedic or ancient Polynesian and Hawaiian medicine, it is now well researched. The fruit of this powerful plant can lay claim to pain and inflammation reduction in arthritis and other pain related ailments. It can also lay claim to the improvement of the quality of life in some cancer patients.

Cancer and pain are not the only ailments that Noni targets, it is said to reduce symptoms associated with diabetes, urinary tract infections and liver ailments. There is no concrete research to prove this but many believe that the healing powers of this fruit can extend to more serious ailments. There is always ongoing research to discover the many other uses of this plant and how it can help with treating ailments in today's world.

Adverse Reactions to Noni
Noni is a powerful plant, with much of its healing properties concentrated in the fruits. Like many other medications made from natural or synthetic sources, this fruit also has side effects that affects some patients more than others. The main adverse reactions are: hyperkalemia (high blood potassium levels), high blood sugar in some patients, diarrhea, coughing and skin rashes. Since this drug is not packaged and sold by a drug company then it is hard to find statistics about just how many people experience adverse reactions. If one should experience severe adverse reaction, stop taking Noni and report to a medical doctor to get further advice.

Noni has many benefits in both ancient and modern medicine. No one can argue that this plant does not exhibit healing properties. There are many people who take advantage of its healing properties and use it to treat themselves or manufacture it for widespread distribution. This is a good move since many drug companies also research the plant for healing properties.

The future of Noni, lies in its ability to reduce pain and inflammation. Most of the research in other areas (cancer, diabetes) returns results not good enough to produce the drug on a wider scale to treat those ailments. Research with pain display excellent results and shows that the fruit of this plant has excellent capabilities in treating pain and inflammation.

Noni holds a well-deserved powerful place in the history of medicine. This plant is good in its entirety for treating many ailments and scientists are yet to debunk it as a fraud.

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