Double-blind study of psidium guajava l. and tetracycline in acute diarrhoea.

A double-blind study of Psidium Guajava L. with tetracycline in the treatment of 122 selected diarrhea patients, 64 were men 58 were women aged 16-55 years was conducted. The administration was the same for all with doses of 500 mg. every 6 hours for 3 days. The result of comparative trial showed the efficacy of Psidium Guajava L. would decrease the stool output the flied in-take and the duration of diarrhea. However the statistical evaluation showed the difference between the two groups was not significant.