Benefits of Bananas (Musa Paradisiaca, Linn.) - Bananas are one of the fruits that are often consumed by the people of Indonesia. Fruit that has such a curved shape and is wrapped with a nutrient that is so great is selling well hounded by fans. Bananas grown in many countries, even there were 107 countries that make bananas as a food crop.
Banana trees flourish in the open air that gets lots of sun. The Sundanese call Cau, whereas in Java known as Gedang. So, what are the benefits of bananas to the world of health, beauty and traditional medicine?
Bananas for Health Benefits
Bananas are beneficial to health because of its nutrient content is abundant. Chemical content found in bananas, including vitamin A, vitamin B1 and vitamin C. mineral compounds contained in it, among others, potassium, chlorine, sodium, magnesium and phosphorus. Other substances contained in bananas is carbohydrates, starch, albumin, fat, water, levulose, dextrose, sucrose.
Help digestion in the gut
Fiber inside a banana so well to reduce the risk of constipation. You do not need to use laxatives again, simply by eating bananas every day. Even eating a banana and mix it with a glass of milk will reduce the risk of intestinal disease. Even bananas can also be used as a drag inflammation.
Improving blood circulation
Bananas have potassium, potassium content inside a banana will help regulate blood pressure, it can also reduce the risk of stroke up to the onset of diseases such as heart disease. To get the benefits of these bananas, you only need to eat every day.
Maintaining eye health
Of course you know, when the banana has a content of vitamin A. Vitamin soluble in fat is important for eye health. This compound will preserve the membranes that surround the eye. This membrane is a component that will bring light into the cornea. Intake of vitamin A fairly will help reduce the risk of blindness. Women need at least about 700 mg of vitamin A per day, to a man they need 900 mg. Bananas also contain beta carotene that can be converted into vitamin A.
Heartburn medicine
How can a banana is used as a cure heartburn? Bananas often made in the body when the solution in ulcer disease. This is because bananas contain a substance that is an antidote to the acid so as to alleviate the disease. Therefore, when you are attacked by an ulcer and could not swallow a variety of foods, you can use a banana as a substitute for rice.
Maintain healthy kidneys
Did you know that different types of disease that attacks the kidneys can be prevented by putting bananas into the daily diet. Yet studies show that when women often eat bananas and other fruits that have a reduced risk of kidney disease significantly. This is due, phenolic compounds contained in bananas has the ability to provide protection for kidney disease.
Help quit smoking
For some people to quit smoking is not easy, magnesium and potassium are so high in bananas can help the body to fight the effects of nicotine. This is what causes people to quit smoking easily. So, if you want to stop your smoking habit that is too severe, you can try the banana as an alternative.
Benefits Bananas for Beauty
Not only beneficial for health, bananas are also beneficial to the world of beauty. Usually used as a natural face mask to eliminate acne, smoothes and moisturizes facial skin.
treating acne
Banana was also useful to treat their acne. How to use the meat destroy ripe banana, then rub it on the skin with acne. You can silence for a few minutes, rinse with water after cleaning. Treatment using a banana on a regular basis will make acne gradually disappear.
soften the face
In addition to functioning as a repellent acne, it turns bananas also have a function as a smoothing face. You can use a banana as a mask. Skin gradually refined. Therefore, bananas have often been used as a basic ingredient in a face mask at the spa or beauty salon. If you want to try it yourself, you can destroy the banana and add a little honey, then use becomes a mask.
Moisturize skin
For those of you who have dry skin types need extra care so that skin is always moist. One natural way to fix this is to use a banana. Way, take a banana Ambong ripe then destroyed. Mix with a tablespoon of olive oil and then apply on face as a mask. Let stand for 30 minutes and then wash your face and pat dry with a soft towel.
Banana Benefits for Treatment
Banana is a plant that almost all parts of the plant are very useful for humans. Besides the fruit is rich in nutrients, other plant parts can also be used for traditional medicine. The following are the benefits of bananas for traditional medicine.
Treat sore eyes
Besides being able to maintain eye health, bananas can also be used to treat sore eyes or sore. How the treatment is also very tasty. 2-3 consume enough fruit banana every day. If no bananas, bananas can be replaced with cere.
Smooth bowel movement
You are trouble BAB, or BAB not smooth, constipation and the like can be treated with a banana. You do this by eating bananas ripe regularly every day. Types of bananas that can be used are banana and banana gold.
Bitten by venomous animals
Biantang venomous bite like snakes, centipedes, scorpions, spiders and so very sore and agonizing though not to turn off. If the condition happens to you, do not panic, look for plantain stem weevil, then shredded and drunk.
Nose bleed (nosebleeds)
Sometimes children bleeding in the nose (nosebleeds) without the exact cause. But do not panic if it happens. Take kepok banana tree roots or trunk (the inside of the stem is white) then pounded until smooth. Brewed with hot water as much as 1/2 cup. Once cool, the water is drunk all at once.
Prevent infection in wounds
Benefits banana next is to prevent infection in the wound. The new wound must be handled properly to prevent infection. One natural way to use stem of a banana tree sap. Can any kind of banana. By way of banana stalks are cut and then applied to the wounds. It felt quite sore.
The benefits of bananas as a cure tonsil
Currently, the tonsils can be treated by surgery. However, those ancient times, overcome the tonsils using banana tree stump. You do this by taking a banana tree stump any kind then shredded and taken the water. Drink regularly.
Treating diarrhea in infants
Kepok banana benefits not only to serve fried bananas, but also can be used as a remedy for infant diarrhea. The trick grab a banana kepok raw, then disangan (fried without oil) and eaten by the mother breast feeding a baby. Then breastfeeding as usual. The content in bananas kepok will be channeled to the baby through breast milk.
Diarrhea in adults
Adults also can experience diarrhea if you do not keep the body, food and the environment. If it happens on the first you should do is treat it. Natural treatment for diarrhea can use bananas quicklime burned then eaten.
drug dysentery
Dysentery is usually caused by bacteria and amoebas. The disease can be fatal if not treated promptly. If there is among you who experience it, take immediate kluthuk tubers of bananas or banana stone, then shredded and take the water. Squeeze and use to gargle.
Treating strep throat
Benefits of bananas which further is to treat strep throat. Swelling of the throat will be sore and agonizing swallowing food. Treat with water from the grated banana weevil kepok. Taken regularly every day, for 3-5 days.
ear swelling
Ear swelling or inflammation of the ear can be very excruciating. The solution is to use traditional medicine from the bark of the banana tree. Used types of bananas or banana is a banana kluthuk stone. Baked banana peel and then squeezed in warm water. Then drops or apply on the sore ear.
Chicken pox
In addition to using green beans, chicken pox disease can also be treated using banana stem weevil stone. The trick, mashed banana weevil stone along pilosari anise taste. Take water with squeezed way later drunk.
treating hemorrhoids
Piles can be treated with a lot of traditional herbs such as soursop leaves, mangosteen skin until guava leaves. Bananas stone also has the same efficacy for treating hemorrhoids. The trick grab bananas are still raw stone then shredded and mashed, add fennel pulosari and brown sugar to taste. Strain the water and drunk.
Prevent bleeding after childbirth
Search banana tree stone not flowered then beheaded until the remaining banana weevil only. Scratching deep enough to hold water. Let the day and night until terumpul plenty of water. Water is used to wash feminine area.
sprue intestine
Take a banana peel ripe stone then thinly sliced. Take one banana stone still raw thinly sliced. Everything until finely ground. Squeeze and strain the water, let it all night long. The next morning the water is drunk.
Jaundice
Jaundice is a term one type of hepatitis. This disease can be treated with a lot of eating bananas, mainly from bananas mas.
stomach cancer
Patients with cancer of the stomach does not hurt to try alternative treatments. One of them uses a banana tree. Way, take shoots / banana trees were still young then shredded and taken the water as much as 4 cups. Boil until boiling with the tea plant parasite until the water remaining 2 cups. Drink the potion 2 times a day as much as one drink regularly.
Those are some benefits of bananas for health, beauty and traditional medicine. It turns out this banana tree is a plant that is very useful from the roots, stems, leaves, fruit sap to the fruit skin.
