Natural herbs of Avocado

Avocado (Persea americana Mill)

Avocado (Persea americana Mill) or Persea gratissima Gaertn is a plant belonging to the family Lauraceae. This plant has a fruit flavor that is quite delicious and nutritious. Moreover, it turns out the avocado has efficacy as natural herbs.

Chemical properties

Avocados have the fruit and leaves contain saponins, alkaloids and flavonoids. The fruit also contains tannins, polyphenols and quercetin.

Pharmacological effects

Avocado leaves have a bitter taste and chelates. Seeds in the fruit has anti inflammatory and pain relief. Some research says that leaves are also antibacterial, which inhibit the growth of several species of bacteria such as Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas sp, Escherichia sp, and Bacillus sp.

Some properties of avocado among others, can overcome

Thrush

A seed of an avocado is ripe given the 2 tablespoons of pure honey, then stir well and eaten every day until cured.

Urinary stones

2 Wash the avocado leaves, 3 pieces of nut-grass rhizome, petiole 5 cottonwoods, half betel nut, 1 nutmeg, 3 finger palm sugar. Cook with 3 cups of water until remaining 2 1/4 cups. when cool, strain and drink 3 times a day as much as 3/4 cup.

High blood pressure and headaches

3 pieces of avocado leaves washed clean, then brewed with 1 cup hot water. after a cold drink as well.

Dry facial skin

ripe avocado flesh taken, then crushed to a pulp. Spread avocado pulp before the skin is dry like using masks. Once dry, rinse and wash skin with water.

Holey toothache

Mash an avocado seed to halusdan like flour, and put the seeds had been refined into a hollow tooth.

Swelling caused by inflammation

Mash avocado seeds or crushed into powder like flour. Mix the avocado seed flour with water had to be like mush. Then smeared on swollen body parts.

Diabetes

Take the avocado seeds are then roasted over coals. Once grilled, cut into small pieces and boiled in water until the water is brown. Strain and drink when the water cools.

That some of the properties and benefits of the fruit, leaves and seeds of avocado. Hopefully some of the natural herbs avocado was useful to you.