"Guava leaves extract as main ingredient in making Herbal Soap

for washing wounds"

Background of the study:

Nowadays people are focusing in herbal plants especially those who are common in
the environment. One of the example is the guava plant (Psidium guajava Linn).
Based on research this plant is good for healing and treating wounds and other skin
infections. So in my research I wan't to make a bathing soap out of it, cause I know
that it is effective. People, researchers, scientists were focusing to medicinal plants.
They want to prove that there are plants that are more effective against diseases
especially in skin. This study refers to a plant that can be made into a bathing soap
and improves its quality while using this plant (guava leaves). I want people to
handle easily in treating their skin disorders. Instead of boiling the leaves, now it’s
easy to apply. Boiling takes much time.

In the next of our series on Far Eastern plant we look at Guava or Psidium guajava
In folk medicine, extracts of roots, bark, and leaves are used to treat gastroenteritis, vomiting,
diarrhoea, dysentery, wounds, ulcers, toothache, coughs, sore throat, inflamed gums, and a number of
other conditions (Morton 1987). This plant seemed worthy of an in depth review.

Family: Myrtaceae

Description: It is a low evergreen tree or shrub 6 to 25 feet high, with wide-spreading branches and
square, downy twigs, is a native of tropical America. It is a common vegetation cover by roads and in
waste places in Hawaii. Guava is a tropical and semitropical plant. It is well known in the islands for
its edible fruit. It is common in the backyards. The branches are crooked, bringing opposite leaves.
The flowers are
white, incurved petals, 2 or 3 in the leaf axils, they are fragrant, with four to six petals and yellow
anthers. The fruit is small, 3 to 6 cm long, pear-shaped, reddish-yellow when ripe.

The leaves cONTAIN

limonene, menthol, terpenyl acetate, isopropyl alcohol, longicyclene, caryophyllene, β-bisabolene,
caryophyllene oxide, β-copanene, farnesene, humulene, selinene, cardinene and curcumene
[Zakaria]. The essential oil from the leaves has been sto contain, nerolidiol, β-sitosterol, ursolic,
crategolic, and guayavolic acids have also been identified [Iwu].

SKIN USE:
The benefits are many and the plant can provide astringency, wound healing and skin damage
repair properties that follow from the ethanopharmaceutical tradition of the plant. The antimicrobial
properties of the plant may also be of benefit in certain product app.

OBJECTIVES
The researcher concludes that the guava leaves extract as main ingredient in making herbal soap for
washing wounds is effective according to the respondents of the soap. Based on the number of days
that they used the product, which is a proof that this herbal soap is effective.

Significance of the Study:

You can make a bathing soap with guave leaves extract as treatment for acne. This
plant is very common to our environment, and aside of its avaibility; it is easy to
cultivate. It contains many components for healing skin disorders.
The significance of the study is to have a beneficial usage of guava leaves. Specifically on the fresh green
leaves. This study also aims to produce an affordable herbal soap by making use of the natural
properties of guava leaves extract. This product is more on natural properties that can cure skin
infections like skin allergies, rashes and skin itchiness and does not mix with chemicals that may
damaged our skin.

Significance of the Problem

You can make a bathing soap with guava leaves extract as treatment for acne and other skin disorders.
This plant is very common to our environment, and aside of its amiability; it is easy to cultivate. It
contains many components for healing skin disorders.

Methodology:

A. Guava Decoction

We have to gather 50g of fresh green guava leaves, 250 mL of water and boil it for about 10 mins.

* Materials

one-half cup of oil, 3tbsp. caustic soda, 500mL of water and guava leaves extract

B. Preparation of Soap

From the materials gatherd , set aside guava leaves extract. Mix 500mL water and vegetable oil and stir
for 30mins. Combine the guava leaves extract to the solution of water and oil, stir for 30mins. add 3
tbsp. caustic soda stir for another 30 mins. Put in a molder and place in a safe area that can't be expose
by the sun.
C. Soap Cutting:

Cut the soap acc. to the size of the molder.

D. Testing the soap:

After 15 days the soap will be use either preventive or cure. The respondents to this is the people who
have skin wounds. It will be apply in the skin when they take a bath.

E. Observation:

* The researcher had observed that the wounds heal faster.

* The soap speeds up the regeneration of the wounds.

How to Prepare a Decoction:

1. Wash the leaves thoroughly and chop or cut in small pieces.

2. Measure 1 glass of chopped fresh leaves and 2 glasses of water.
3. Let it boil for 15 minutes (start timing when the water starts to boil).
4. After 15 minutes, remove from fire and strain in a cheesecloth. Set aside and let it cool.

Materials:

 1 glass Caustic Soda (NaOH)

 3 glasses Akapulko or Guava decoction, cooled
 5 glasses cooking oil
 coloring powder (optional)

Procedure:

1. Prepare the materials and the utensils needed.

2. Measure 1 glass of caustic soda and 3 glasses of Akapulko or Guava decoction and pour
into a plastic pail.
3. Mix well by stirring continuously using a wooden ladle or bamboo stick. Use only one
direction in mixing the mixture. Stir until the caustic soda is dissolved.
4. Pour 5 glasses cooking oil into the mixture.
5. Continue stirring until a consistency of a condensed milk is achieved.
6. Pour the soap mixture into desired plastic molders. Set aside and let it cool to harden.
7. After 4-5 hours, remove the soap from the molder.
8. Allow 30 days of ageing before packing. Label the soaps.
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