Friday, September 30, 2011

Soursop (Annona muricata L)


Soursop (Annona muricata L)

Soursop plants originated from the U.S. mainland. Precisely Central America and northern South America. Soursop is a plant species included in the (family Annonaceae).
Fruit Soursop (Annona muricata L) is one of the very popular fruit in Indonesia, maybe some of you also have to eat the fruit soursop. But behind the slightly sour taste, it turns out this soursop fruit contains a tremendous benefit.
Soursop plants in Indonesia is spread across most regions. Are often met with sweet soursop acid, commonly referred to as local soursop. While a productive high yielding varieties, the weight of large fruit, and has a sweet taste is soursop Queen (derived from the Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java).
Soursop among rural communities, soursop fruit is believed to cure various diseases, there are even some people who believe the myth that the soursop fruit is one of the food of the gods, so to memetiknyapun should not be indiscriminate.
The spread of the efficacy of soursop fruit is up to the ears of the experts at Health Sciences Research Institute, and they conduct research, but the result is very surprising, besides being a remedy for various types of parasites / worms, lowers high blood pressure, anti-bacterial, anti fungal and normalize the system nerves are not good. Apparently soursop fruit is nutritious kill tumor / cancer. (Beyond Chemotherapy: New Cancer Killers, Safe as Milk Mothers published by Health Sciences Institute). Actually, the efficacy of this soursop fruit has long been known by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1976, was never published because the only reason for the interest of the investigation.

Some of the benefits of soursop and Formula:
- Back Pain. 20 soursop leaves, boiled with 5 cups water to boiling until tinggal3 glass, drink 1 a day 3 / 4 cup.
- Hemorrhoids. Soursop fruit is ripe. Squeeze to take water as much as 1 cup, and drink 2 times a day, morning and afternoon.
- Infant Diarrhoea. Soursop fruit is ripe. Soursop fruit is squeezed and filtered to take water, drenched diarrhea in infants between 2-3 tablespoons.
Soursop Fruit Benefits:

-Fruit is ripe soursop (100 grams) can meet the needs of 13% dietary fiber per day (eat fresh).
The content of vitamin C-high soursop fruit, both to enhance the immune system and slow the aging process.


Soursop Leaf Benefits:
Soursop leaves contain a substance-annonaceuos acetogenins that have the ability to kill cancer cells, especially colon cancer, prostate, lung, breast, and pancreas without damaging healthy cells.
-How to cultivate that is by taking 10 soursop leaves, washed and boiled in 3 cups of water. Allow up to 1 cup water. Drunk in the morning and afternoon.
-Based on information from various sources also mentioned that the leaves of the soursop bermafaat treat ulcers, back pain, eczema. Soursop soursop fruit and leaves is useful to treat liver disease, constipation, urine bladder pain, gall stones.


History and Benefits of Aloe Vera Plants

Aloe Vera or Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Milleer) is a kind of thorny plants originating from dry areas on the African continent. Tamanan Aloe Vera has been known and used since thousands of years ago because it has a property and its benefits are very unusual.

History is no mention that the ancient Egyptians already know the benefits of aloe vera as a plant for health since 1500 BC. It is so much benefit these plants, the ancient Egyptians called the Aloe vera plant as the plant of immortality!

Dioscordes (A physician at the time of Greece), said that if one of the benefits of aloe vera which has efficacy for treating various types of diseases. Eg sore throat, ulcers, hair loss, hemorrhoids, and skin bruises, chapped skin, and skin abrasions.

Ingredients Aloe Vera
According to available data, the plant Aloe Vera is one of 10 species of plants in the world's most sought after, because it has great potential to be developed as a medicinal plant and industrial raw materials.

Aloe Vera has a wide range of types. At least there are about 200 types of Aloe Vera is known. Of the 200 types are best used for treatment is a type of Aloevera Barbadensis Miller. This species contains about 75 types of substances that have been known to be useful and more than 200 other compounds that make it fit for use in herbal medicine. These substances include enzymes that aid digestion and reduce inflammation, all kinds of vitamins except vitamin D, minerals that are necessary for enzyme function, long chains of sugar to rebalance the digestive system; saponins which act as anti-microbial, and 20 of the 22 types of amino acids.

10 Various Benefits of Aloe Vera:

1. Detoxification. Aloe vera juice is a laxative natural toxins, but also contains various vitamins and minerals that help our bodies cope with stress in daily life.
2. Indigestion. Aloe vera is useful especially in cases of heartburn and peptic ulcers and irritable bowel. Aloe vera is known to soothe and overcome esophageal acid reflux.
3. Oral health. Aloe vera is useful for mouth and gum problems, especially in improving the deteriorating gums.
4. Skin care. Its function also eliminates acne, moisturize skin, detoxify the skin, removal of scars and marks, reduce inflammation, as well as repair and skin rejuvenation.
5. Diabetes. Half a tablespoon of aloe vera juice is given for 14 weeks was shown to reduce blood sugar levels by 45 percent.
6. Help bowel movements. Aloe latex contains anthraquinone glycosidesaloin A and B that are useful as a powerful laxative.
7. Maintain weight. Aloe vera juice has been used for years to lose weight.
8. Immunity. Aloe vera is full of antioxidants that counter free radicals to enhance the immune system.
9. Burns. Aloe vera gel can heal and repair the affected skin burns, including burns caused by sun exposure.
10.Anti Dandruff. Aloe vera can help reduce itching and dandruff. Aloe vera can also be used for treatment of hair before shampooing.