5 benefits of srikaya for health
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Srikaya fruit is a seasonal fruit that has a sweet taste and unique shape. Besides being delicious, srikaya is rich in health benefits.
Do you know about srikaya fruit?
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Srikaya fruit has a unique shape. Srikaya fruit skin is yellowish green and lumpy.
The flesh of the srikaya fruit is white with seeds all over the pulp. When the srikaya fruit is ripe, it will smell good.
Srikaya fruit is a seasonal fruit. However, srikaya plants are easy to find in gardens or yards.
Srikaya fruit has a sweet taste when perfectly ripe. Besides being delicious, it turns out that srikaya fruit is rich in good health benefits.
Even srikaya is also useful as a powerful herbal remedy for a number of diseases.
Launching from the book Threats! Behind the Fresh Fruits & Vegetables by Nunung Nurjanah, SP, M.Sc., Nur Ihsan, the roots of srikaya seeds and fruit are useful as herbal medicine.
The content of srikaya fruit
Srikaya fruit contains potassium, magnesium, and vitamin C. While the roots of srikaya fruit contain flavonoids, borneols, camphor, alkaloid terpenems, saponins, tannins, and polyphenols.
The content above makes srikaya believed to be useful as herbal medicine and good for body health.
Benefits of srikaya fruit
Srikaya fruit is quite easy to find in traditional or modern markets. Cultivation of srikaya plants can be done using seeds or grafts.
Besides its delicious taste, srikaya is rich in health benefits. Here are the benefits of srikaya for your body’s health.
1. High uric acid
Gout, a common disease in the country. Gout does not only affect women but also men.
Srikaya leaves are useful for relieving high uric acid.
2. Cough
Srikaya leaves have anti-inflammatory pharmacological properties. That is, srikaya leaves are useful for treating coughs.
3. Heart
Srikaya fruit contains vitamin C, potassium and magnesium which are useful for maintaining heart health.
4. Free radicals
Vitamin C and antioxidants in srikaya fruit are useful for warding off free radicals.
5. Diarrhea
Young srikaya fruit contains tannins. This content is useful for dealing with diarrhea and other digestive problems.
Side effects of srikaya fruit
Srikaya is indeed rich in benefits, but pregnant women should not drink srikaya seed boiled water.
The reason is, srikaya seeds stimulate abortivum enzymes and contain compounds that are beneficial to health.
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