THE BENEFITS OF JUWET FRUIT

THE BENEFITS OF JUWET FRUIT

Juwet fruit or Jamblang (Syzygium cumini) is the fruit of plants native to tropical Asia and Australia. Normal growing wild in the forest. Sometimes also buried in the grounds of the community, because there is already a sale, the merchant might find in the woods or trees that grow around the teak forests.

Juwet fruit, usually grows in low-lying, with a height of 500 m above sea level reaching inland. This tree can grow up to 10-20 m high. Have thick stems, the growth is not straight / curved, and has a lot of branches.

Has a single leaf and thick , 1 to 3.5 cm petiole , dark green . Leaves form a wide , round or ovoid elongated wedge-shaped base wide , flat edge , pertulangan pinnate , upper surface glossy , 7-16 cm long , 5-9 cm wide , . Panicle compound interest form with far-flung branches , flowers sat , growing in the armpits and on the end of branching leaves , petals light green bell shape , crown shape ovoid , many stamens , white , and smells wonderful . The fruit is oval shaped like a capsule , 2-3 cm long , young green , after ripe dark red -purple color . One seed , oval , hard , white color . Rooted riding , branched , light brown . Typically , the fruit is ripe Jamblang juwet or be eaten . It feels a bit sour and Sepat but . The bark can be used as a coloring agent .

Juwet or Jamblang fruit containing essential oils , phenols ( methylxanthoxylin ) , alkaloids ( jambosine ) , organic acids , triterpenoids , resin crimson elagat acid and tannins .

Most people in the Southeast Asian region , using root juwet or Jamblang for the treatment of epilepsy (epilepsy ) .

The content of oleanolic acid on juwet or Jamblang and Surinam cherry ( Eugenia Uniflora ) used by traditional healers in South America to reduce damage to the heart and liver cancer patients receiving doxorubicin chemotherapy treatment . Juwet or Jamblang fruit and other species ( Eugenia caryophyllata ) cooked contains compounds that can activate the enzyme glutathione S - transferase in the liver . This enzyme has detoxifying properties . In the animal experiments , increased production of glutathione S - transferase enzymes will reduce the incidence of gastric cancer to approximately 80 % .
Ayurvedic practitioners reported that the meat fruit or Jamblang juwet can lower blood sugar levels within 30 minutes . While seed juwet or Jamblang sugar levels in 24 hours . Achieving maximum yield hypoglycemic effects of juwet or Jamblang require ten days of treatment .

Which part Utilized
Part of the plant can be used as medicine is bark, pulp, and seeds . The pulp can be used is still fresh ( unprocessed) or dried . If the flesh eaten , will cause the oral cavity and tongue purple .

Which part Utilized
Part of the plant can be used as medicine is bark, pulp, and seeds . The pulp can be used is still fresh ( unprocessed) or dried . If the flesh eaten , will cause the oral cavity and tongue purple .

Juwet Fruit Benefits :
The flesh is sweet and sour , its cool , strong astringent , aromatic smell . Useful to clean the lungs , reduce indigestion , stop cough , laxative fart ( carminative ) , laxative urine ( diuretic ) , stimulates saliva , and blood glucose levels ( hypoglycemic ) . Bark efficacious for laxative menstruation . The results showed the seeds , leaves , and bark juwet or juwet or Jamblang have properties lowers blood glucose levels ( hypoglycemic effect ) in patients with type II diabetes mellitus . Study in India found in his research, that fruit or juwet or Jamblang juwet potential as a male contraceptive drug . Juwet or Jamblang also reduce the risk of atherosclerosis up to 60-90 % in diabetics . This happens because the content of oleanolic acid on juwet which can suppress the role of free radicals in the formation of atherosclerosis .

Flesh benefits :
To treat diabetes ( diabetes mellitus ) ,
To treat chronic cough , shortness of breath ( asthma ) ,
To treat whooping cough , cough in pulmonary tuberculosis accompanied by chest pain ,
To treat stomach pain and diarrhea .
Benefits of Fruit Seeds juwet :
To treat diabetes ( diabetes mellitus ) ,
To treat diarrhea , dysentery ,
To treat digestive disorders such as bloating , stomach pain , abdominal pain ,
To treat strychnine poisoning ( antidote unspecified ) , and
To treat an enlarged spleen .
Benefits of Fruit Crops Bark juwet :
To treat diabetes ( diabetes mellitus )
To treat diarrhea .


HOW TO USE JUWET FRUIT IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES 

thrush
Boiled bark or leaves to taste . Once cool , use to rinse his mouth . Do it 3-4 times a day .

stomach pain
Gongseng juwet or Jamblang dried fruit without seeds ( 30 g ) until fragrant . Put it in a bowl , add enough water until all ingredients are submerged , then the team until cooked . After chilling , eating entirely . Do it three times a day , for 10 days .

Cough in pulmonary tuberculosis accompanied by chest pain
Prepare juwet or Jamblang fresh fruit ( 30 g , if the fruit is used keriny use as much as 15 g ) and fresh sembung ( ' Blumea balsamifera ) ( 25 g ) . Wash all ingredients , then cut into pieces as needed sembung . Put it in a bowl, add sugar ( 15 g ) and water as needed until all the ingredients submerged . Team until cooked . After a cold , drink the water . Eat fruit , but the seeds are discarded . Do it every night before bed.

Chronic cough , asthma
- Wash juwet or Jamblang fresh fruit ( 15 g ) to clean , remove the seeds , then eat . Do it three times a day .
- Provide juwet or Jamblang dried fruit ( 15 g ) . Put it in a bowl , add water until all the fruit submerged , then the team until cooked . After a cold , drink water and eat fruit all at once . Do it three times a day .

whooping cough
Prepare juwet or Jamblang dried fruit ( 15 g ) , bile hen ( 1 piece ) , and sugar to taste . Put it in a bowl , add water until all parts submerged , then the team until cooked . Drink the water and eat the contents . Do it once a day until healed .