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Will chewing guava leaves control diarrhea?

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Yes: If the diarrhea lasts more than 10 days or is very severe, the patient should contact his or her physician to see if tests should be done, such as stool culture or analysis for parasites or clostridium difficile infection.

Answered 12/31/2014

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Guava Leaves: Indigenous people in brazil ; mexico use an oral concoction of guava leaf water to treat diarrhea, gas ; abdominal pain. The leaves ; shoots are used as an anti-spasmotic.

Answered 11/3/2013

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