Benefits of Eating Mahkota Dewa Fruit

Mahkota Dewa fruit (Phaleria macrocarpa) is known as one of the medicinal plants in Indonesia. Originally from Papua / Irian Jaya. Plant or mahkota dewa tree often planted as a shade. The size of plant is not too big to reach 3 feet tall, it has bright red fruit that grows from the main trunk to the branches. To extend the shelf life of the mahkota dewa fruit, preservation can be done in several ways, among others, refrigeration, canning, and drying. Drying is done on the mahkota dewa fruit aimed at reducing the water content in the material, so the remaining water can not be used as a medium for microbial life destroyer is in the material, in other words, can extend the shelf life of the mahkota dewa fruit. Proper drying conditions will determine the high quality drying results.

Now we can find mahkota dewa fruit anywhere, especially in areas of Java and solos, this fruit is cultivated as rich in chemical compounds that are useful for the body. God petals contain antihistamines, alkoloid, saponins and polyphenols (lignans). The leather fruits contain alkaloids, saponins and flavonoids. Because the contents of these compounds mahkota dewa fruit benefits such as:

Benefits of Fruit Mahkota Dewa

1.  The first disease that can be cured with a mahkota dewa fruit is dysentery. Only by boiling the leather of mahkota dewa fruit who has been in the dry state with two glasses of water to boil. The boiled water can be drunk in the cold.

2.  The other benefits of mahkota dewa fruit is to fight disease psoriasis. First take the mahkota dewa fruit in a fresh state as much as three fruit then separate the pieces of fruit with seeds. The next step is cut the meat into thin pieces and then dried in the sun to dry. After it boil the pulp of mahkota dewa fruit with one liter of water with a large rate of fire. After boiling, reduce heat and boil until water losses up to a quarter. After became cool, boiled water for the last two and drink twice a day, morning and evening.

3.  Flavonoids contained in mahkota dewa fruit has anti-inflammatory, so it has a role to reduce the risk of heart disease, lowering cholesterol levels and accumulation of fat in the blood vessel wall. Can reduce pain when there is bleeding or swelling.

4.  The content of antioxidants found in the mahkota dewa fruit prevents our body affected by free radicals and thus indirectly also can lower uric acid levels. In addition to the efficacy of the other benefit of mahkota dewa fruit is a leukemia and other skin diseases.