Health

It's easy to find guava (Psidium guajava). On some streets, particularly the outskirts of the capital, we can find a lot of people sell guava. The fruit is very much useful, especially in this changing seasons.

Guava has many benefits ranging from fruit, leaf to stem. In fact, according to various sources, extract of guava leaves and fruit can be useful to cure dengue fever. Decoction of leaves and fruit juices can also be useful to increase the number of platelets, which are needed by the body.

Generally, patients with dengue fever experience increased platelet count within 8-48 hours if you drink as much as 500cc guava extract every day. According to research, guava leaf decoction can also prevent the grow of these dengue virus.

In addition, guava can also cure various diseases such as colitis, eliminating the infection, cure diarrhea and dysentery, as well as beneficial to stop the bleeding. The minched guava leaves and water is believed to cure injury wounds and bleeding.

A number of literature that discusses the research of traditional medicinal plants mentioned, guava contains substances that complete healing. Starting from the leaves, fruit until the trunk. Guava is a source of vitamin C, 6 times more than oranges and 30 times more than bananas. It is astonishing facts

Research reveals, guava, especially the red, containing vitamin A in amounts high as 3.1 mg/100 g compared with white Guava. Other vitamins contained are vitamin B-thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), nicotinic and asid pantotenik asid.

While the benefits of medicine contained in guava because these plants contain essential oils, ursolic acid, acid psidiolat, kratogolat acid, acid oleanolat, vermin guaja acid, calcium oxalate and some vitamins, especially A, B and C and minerals. The study also found that red guava contain adequate phosphorus, calcium, iron, potassium, and sodium.

Guava fruit stones contain 74-87% moisture, 13-26% of dry matter, 0.5-1% ash, 0.4-0.7% crude fat, and 0.8-1,5% crude protein, leaves Special sections estimated to contain up to 9% eutenol and 3% resin. Steeping of guava leaves mixed with betel leaf, have been used by the mother to clean the female to avoid the itching caused by bacteria and fungi.

While the roots and the bark is useful as a drug diarrhea and gastroenteritis, or inflammation of the mucous membrane diseases of the stomach and intestine, especially in children. The trunk is widely used as a mouth ulcer medicine.

Given such large properties, it would be good if we utilize the idle lands for guava. Moreover, the Guava can be grown in the lowlands such as in coastal areas to high-altitude plateau about 1,200 m above sea level. (From various resources) (Fitryan GD).