Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Coconut Trees and All Their Benefits

If you like visiting beach, you will find this customary gorgeous scenery: coconut trees with the wind blows the leaves. What you can enjoy directly when you are there is just the fruit. Who can resist fresh coconut water served in a hot day? But, do you know that all the parts of the trees are beneficial?

Coconut trees might be one of the most beneficial trees in the world. They are an leading member of palm family. They grow in tropical areas and are harvested for culinary or non-culinary uses. We all know their functions for culinary uses. Who do not know how coconut milk makes curries delicious? Or can you taste its yummy taste in a glass of pina colada?

Dried Fruit

For so long, coconut has been carefully as a significant source of both food and medicine. Coconut fruit is called as functional food because it contains high fiber, vitamins, and minerals. These contents contribute condition benefits, and it is one calculate why coconut is used in customary curative world. Population have learned the importance of using it as an sufficient way to cure illnesses.

The nourishment contained by coconut can treat many condition problems, such as fever, colds, flu, cough, bronchitis, asthma, burns, earache, abscesses, dropsy, baldness, bruises, gingivitis, dysentery, irregular or painful menstruation, scurvy, sore throat, constipation, gonorrhea, jaundice, rash, scabies, skin infections, toothache, tuberculosis, tumors, typhoid, kidney stones, lice, malnutrition, nausea, swelling, syphilis, ulcers, upset stomach, weakness, and wounds. Just imagine how you are free from these illnesses only by provocative this yummy fruit!

In modern curative science, coconut is known as beneficial fruit which is able to:

o Kill bacteria that cause throat infections, cause ulcers, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, gonorrhea, gum disease and cavities, etc
o Kill viruses that cause influenza, herpes, measles, hepatitis C, Sars, Aids, etc
o Boost vigor and endurance
o Prevent osteoporosis
o Increase energy
o Support immune principles function
o Prevent breast, colon, and other cancers.
o Relieve stress
o Support the improvement of bones and teeth
o Reduce the risk of heart disease
o Prevent obesity and overweight problems
o Control dandruff
o Reduce the risk of diabetes.
o Prevent liver disease, etc

Not only the fruit is beneficial, but also the other parts of the tree. Below are the functions of the other parts of coconut trees:

Husks And Shells - they are a good source of fuel and charcoal. You can also use them for buffing floors. In Indonesia, shells can be used as customary water dippers. Recently, the shells are formed into buttons and used in customary clothes, like Batik. They can even create a sound supervene of a horse's hoof-beats, so they are used in theater Foley sound effects. The dried half shells create a music effect, as used in Philippines for folk dances.

Coir - this is the fiber from the husk which is normally used in mats, ropes, brushes, caulking boats, and as stuffing fiber. Population also use it for manufacture potting compost. In India, coir is used in mattress making.
Husks and shells

Leaves - They are traditionally used in basket manufacture and for roofing materials. Population normally wove them together to create such forms. The dried ones can be burned to ash. The stiff leaflet midribs are used to make skewers and arrows, and the bundled ones can be brooms and brushes. In Kerala India, the mid-rib of the leaves is used as a tongue-cleaner.

Trunks - They are used for building small bridges for their straightness, strength, and salt resistance. Hawaiians use them to form drums, containers, and even small canoes.

Coconut Trees and All Their Benefits

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