Bromelain is an enzyme found in pineapple juice and in the pineapple stem. People use it for medicine.
Bromelain is used for reducing swelling (inflammation), especially of the nose and sinuses, after surgery or injury. It is also used forhay fever, treating a bowel condition that includes swelling and ulcers (ulcerative colitis), removing dead and damaged tissue after a burn (debridement), preventing the collection of water in thelung(pulmonaryedema), relaxing muscles, stimulating musclecontractions, slowing clotting, improving the absorption ofantibiotics, preventingcancer, shortening labor, and helping the body get rid of fat.