Monday 11 August 2014

Benefits of Avocado Fruit and Seeds for Health

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Avocado is a fruit that is very popular in Indonesia. Besides it tastes very good, avocado fruit is also rich in vitamins and minerals that are beneficial to health. Ripe avocado fruit commonly used as a juice, eaten alone or with sugar and honey.

In avocado fruit or often called the avocado contains at least 11 vitamins and 14 minerals that are beneficial. Avocados are rich in protein, riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin (vitamin B3), potassium (potassium), and vitamin C. The butter, avocado also contains omega-3 fatty acids are beneficial for heart health, lowering cholesterol and food for brain.

However, not only the fruit is beneficial. Avocado seeds and leaves are also commonly used as ingredients for traditional medicine. For example, to treat bladder stones, high blood pressure, headaches to diabetes.

Here are some of the properties of an avocado and avocado seeds for health and traditional medicine:

Treating Thrush

Take a ripe avocado, meat rake the fruit was then given 2 tablespoons of pure honey, stir thoroughly and then eaten. Do it every day until healed. This is a delicious way to treat thrush.

Coping with dry skin

Meat ripe avocado crushed up like mush. Then, the dough is used to mask, by means of a dry rub on the face. Allow about 2 hours, then rinse your face with cold water.

Pain cavities

Take one seed akpukat, then pounded until smooth. Use a little of the avocado seed powder and insert it into the cavities. Or you can also use cotton and fitted into the cavities.

Swelling due to inflammation
Avocado seeds are dried, then ground until smooth. Take powder from avocado seeds to taste, then add a little water until it becomes dough like mush. Apply the mixture to the affected body part.

Diabetes

Baked beans over a fire and then cut into small pieces with a machete, then boiled with water until the water turns brown. Strain and drink the water after it has cooled.

Shine

Puree a ripe avocado, then mix with yogurt, an egg, a half teaspoon of rosemary oil and a teaspoon of jojoba oil. Then make a mask for your hair. Allow approximately 20-30 minutes, then rinse with shampoo.

Okay, there it is the benefits of an avocado and avocado seeds for health and beauty. Do not forget to read also the article on the benefits of avocado leaves as a traditional medicine to add your insights.