BENEFITS AND USESOF ORNGE,PINEAPPLE,WATERMELON,WALNUT,GRAPEFRUIT,COCONUTAND PAPAYA

Benefit and uses of Orange.

 

• Citrus or orange are believed to have medicinal properties that are helpful in the fight against several diseases.
• Oranges are eaten to allay fever and catarrh. The roasted pulp is prepared as a poultice for skin diseases.
• Essential oils are volatile oils obtained from the citrus fruits peel’s sacks. They are used by the food industry to give flavor to drinks and foods. They are also a component for the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of medicines and soaps, perfumes and other cosmetics, as well as for home cleaning products.
• Orange juice is antiseptic, anti-bilious and haemostatic.
• Orange make a mustard vinaigrette with syrup, mustard, vinegar and olive oil.
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• Orange juice and grapefruit juice, are high in flavonoids, folate, and vitamin C, leading them to be potentially beneficial in reducing the risk of heart disease. Orange juice to promote decreases in cholesterol.

It is a fruit bearing plant of the family Bromeliaceous native to tropical and sub-tropical. The pineapple plant resembles the agaves or some yuccas in general appearance. It has 30 to 40 stiff succulent leaves closely spaced in a rosette on a thick, fleshy stem. With commercial varieties, a determinate inflorescence forms about 15 to 20 months after planting in a flower stock 100 to 150 mm (4 to 6 inches) in length. The original separate lavender flowers together with their bracts, each attached to a central axis core, become fleshy and fuse to form the pineapple fruit which ripens in five to six months, after flowering begins. Fruits of commercial varieties range from one to two kg (2 to 4 pds) in weight.
When pineapple is cultivated on plantation, an asphalt impregnated mulch paper is first laid on well tilled soil in rows with the edges covered to anchor the stripes of paper. The pineapple propagating pieces are inserted through the paper to the soil, so spaced as to give a population of 15,000 to 20,000 plants per acre. In many cases, the soil is fumigated to kill parasitic nematodes on the roots of the plants.
The fruit contains vitamin C, iron and other minerals. It acts as an effective laxative. It is a tonic and rejuvenative. Juice of the unripe fruit causes uterine contractions and should not be given to a pregnant woman. Juice of the ripe fruit cures gastric irritability in fever and is very helpful in jaundice.
Florence Daniel in her book 'Food Remedies' has named pineapple juice as the specific remedy for diphtheria. The ripe fruit is very useful in sore throat, bowel disorders and acute constipation.

Benefit and uses of Pineapple.

• The pineapple fruit, peel, or juice is used in folk remedies for corns, tumors, and warts.
• It is added to fruit salad, pies, cakes, ice cream, yogurt, punches, and other desserts. Pineapple is an ingredient in most sweet and sour dishes and is used in many savory dishes.
• The leaf juice as a purgative, emmenagogue and vermifuge.
• Pineapple contains a proteolytic enzyme bromelain, which digests food by breaking down protein. Pineapple is a good source of manganese, as well as containing significant amounts of Vitamin C and Vitamin B1.
• The pineapple fruit was effective as diuretic and contraceptive, an in the expulsion of intestinal worms. Some scientists found in its leaves possible cure for venereal diseases.
• One of the benefits of pineapple is that it helps to build healthy bones. Pineapples are rich in manganese, a trace mineral that is needed for your body to build bone and connective tissues.
• The benefits of pineapple when you have a cold or cough are the same as the benefits of orange juice, but there is an additional benefit of pineapple. Bromelain, which is found in pineapples, has been found to help suppress coughs and loosen mucus.

Benefit and uses of Water-melon. Watermelon contains is 90% water, 50 calories, and vitamin C, has just a trace of fat without cholesterol. Watermelon is not only great on a hot summer day, this delectable thirst-quencher may also help quench the inflammation that contributes to conditions like asthma, atherosclerosis, diabetes, colon cancer, and arthritis. Most benefit of watermelon is that it contains high levels of lycopene--an antioxidant that may help the body fight cancer and prevent disease Watermelon is fat free, nutritionally low in calories and considered an ideal diet food, and is high in energy, making it a great energy boost. Watermelon contains no cholesterol of dietary significance and only a small amount of fat. It is an important source of potassium and may micronutrients. Benefit and uses of Walnut. Walnuts are a high-energy food, rich in oil, vitamins and minerals. Walnut kernels are good for heart, blood system and improve health. Benefits of walnut eating have been observed in the form of lowering cholesterol. Walnuts used in a variety of  sweet and savoury recipes including cakes and breads and are especially good with cheeses. Walnuts used in Cuba as an herb decoction in bath water to treat various skin diseases of children. Walnut use as a cancer therapy drug, in addition to having many other biological effects. Black Walnuts were used as a kidney tonic, which makes sense as they consider the brain to be governed by the kidneys. Walnut contains rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin E and fatty acids, Walnut Oil is a most often used in cosmetic formulations as an active principal or carrier oil. Walnut Oil is a good source of Omerga-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, as well as ALA (alpha linolenic acid). It has good moisturizing, anti-aging and regenerative properties. Benefit and uses of Grape-fruit or shaddock. High in vitamin C and potassium. A good source of folate, iron, calcium, and other minerals.  Grapefruit seed extract is a very good facial cleanser for general cleaning of oily skin and is very helpful in fighting acne infections. Grapefruit extraordinary ability to perform both (internally and externally) against a wide variety of known or unknown infections caused by viruses, bacteria, funguses and parasites. Grapefruit and grapefruit juice to your diet, really can aid weight loss. Benefit of eating grapefruit is the high water content. Grapefruits are almost 90 percent water. Grapefruit is Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antiparasitic, Antiseptic. Grapefruit has been observed to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

Benefit and uses of Coconut.

• Coconut oil was fed as 7% of energy to patients recovering from heart attacks, the patients had greater improvement compared to untreated controls.
• The great benefit of coconut oil is that the body turns these fatty acids directly into energy, making it terrrific for losing weight.
• Monolaurin helps you defend against viruses, bacteria, and other harmful agents and helps to strengthen your overall immune system.
• The benefit of coconut oil here is that it provides a saturated fatty acid called myristic acid, which plays a vital rolein the biochemistry of the kidneys.
• The uses as food are quite varied.
• The uses of various parts of the coconut palm as medicines.

Benefit and uses of pomegranate juice.

• The juice of the fresh leaves and young fruit is given in dysentery.
• A paste of the leaves is locally used in conjunctivas.
• The root-bark is given as a febrifuge in fevers. The fruit juice quenches thirst and acts as cooling agent.
• Dried pomegranate root juice with milk is prescribed in spleen enlargement, and general debility.
• The flower buds are given in acute cases of leucorrhoea, diarrhoea and dysentery.
• A sherbet of the ripe fruit is given in typhoid fever, gastric and asthmatic fevers.
• The fruit juice is highly effective in urinary disorders.
• The fruit juice is highly effective in reducing high blood pressure.
• The fruit juice with honey is an age-old remedy for loss of memory.
• Dried powdered root mixed with lime water is prescribed for expelling worms.
• The rind of the fruit is known as dalim chhal and this is very useful in intermittent fever, diarrhoea and dysentery.
• The flower juice is often prescribed in nose-bleeding to be taken as snuff.

Benefit and uses of Papaya.

• The papaya not only for food, but also for healing wounds, for supporting a weak liver, for healing constipation, against worms and parasites, for healing inflammation and skin problems and even for treating cancer.
• The papaya contains a lot of minerals like Potassium, Magnesium and Calcium and is the most alkaline fruit.
• Papaya contains vitamin A which accelerates the formation of new cells, it protects the external layers of the skin, vitamin c is an anti-oxidant, and builds capillary strength, protein the skin can be benefited with improved smoothness, softness, and resiliency.
• Green papaya may increase nutrient absorption and help to create a healthier intestinal tract.
• Green papaya has also been used for over acidity or borderline ulcers as less stomach acid is required for digestion when abundant enzymes are ingested.
• Papaya is good for many digestive disorders and is excellent for improving poor digestion. It has also been recommended as part of the treatment for cancer. Therapeutically it can often be combined with pineapple juice in which there is another important enzyme, bromelain.

Benefit and uses of Lemon:

1. Arthritis, rheumatic diseases: A few drinks of lemon juice is the surest remedy for rheumatic fever, painful joints, lumbago and sciatica. There will be no cardiac complications. Those with incipient arthritis were given ascorbic acid therapy and similar results were achieved.
2. Common cold: Lemon juice or vitamin c tablets taken three or four times daily along with garlic cures cough and cold.
3. Oedema: Oedema of the muscular region produced by vascular decompensation often responds more rapidly when 10 to 33 ounces of orange or grape-fruit juice is given in addition to 500 mg of vitamin C for three or four days.
4. Hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases: Many illnesses of the aged may be prevented with an adequate intake of vitamin C daily. Particularly cerebrovascular diseases and heart disorders may be largely reduced.
5. Prickly heat: Quick relief is obtained by taking a few drinks of lemon juice daily.
6. Shock: To prevent surgical shock surgeons apply ascorbic acid routinely before and after surgery. 500 mg by mouth one hour before surgery to patients of average weight helps to useful in preventing shock and post-operative weakness.
7. Menorrhagia and haemorrhage: A few drinks of lemon juice or narangi juice will certainly give some relief in acute menorrhagia.
8. Asthma: Many cases of asthma have been relieved by taking a half-spoonful of lemon-juice before each meal and upon retiring.
9. Cough and cold: Roasted lemon when properly prepared is one of the most effective remedies for cough and cold.
10. Corns: Lemon juice applied to corns a few times a day makes an effective remedy. Bind the corn and leave it overnight, you can expect wonderful results.
11. Headache: Lemon tea relieves headache.
12. Heartburn: If you take one glass of lemon juice, you will surely get relief from it.
13. Nausea, vomiting and travel sickness: If one takes a glass of lemon juice before leaving home, one can return from travelling without any trouble.
14. Sun-stroke or heat-stroke: Lemon or lime (musumbi) juice prevents sun-stroke or heat­stroke.
15. Whooping cough: Lemon is a household remedy for whooping cough.
16. Weakness and general debility: Lemon or musumbi (lime) juice offers an excellent remedy in general debility and weakness.
17. Low vitality: Lemon or lime (musumbi) juice removes this condition very quickly.