Khasiat Delima

Buah Delima (punica granatum) dikatakan berasal dari negara Iran, ia tersebar ke daerah mediteranian dan seterusnya ke seluruh pelosok dunia termasuk Asia tenggara. Tanaman ini mudah tumbuh di semua iklim. namun begitu Delima paling subur tumbuh di tanam gembur kering.

Terdapat 3 jenis delima iaitu delima putih, delima merah dan delima ungu.

Delima mempunyai pelbagai khasiat dan boleh dibuat ubat. Hampir keseluruhan pokok delima mempunyai khasiat yang tertentu. Mulai dari kulit kayu, kulit akar(biasanya dikeringkan dahulu) kulit buah,
Kulit buah digunakan untuk pengubatan sakit perut kerana kecacingan, buang air besar mengadungi darah dan lendir(disentri), diarhea kronik, pendarahan seperti buasir berdarah, muntah darah, batuk darah, pendarahan rahim, pendarahan rektum, prolaps rektum, radang tenggokrok, radang telinga, keputihan(leukorea) dan nyeri lambung.

Kulit akar dan kulit kayu digunakan untuk kecacingan, terutama cacing pita(taeniasis), batuk dan diarhea, Bunga digunakan untuk penyembuhan radang gusi, pendarahan dan bronkitis.

Dari kajian satu buah deliam dapat mencukupi 40% kandungan vitamin C untuk orang dewasa, Kandungan lain seperti vitamin A, vitamin E, asid folat, serat, kalium dan niasin. menurut kajian juga buah delima kaya dengan zat antioksidan antosianidin yang juga bersifat anti-inflamasi. kandungan antioksidannya sangat tinggi. Khasiat antioksidannya berperanan melawan sel2 kanser, baik untuk kesihatan jantung dan mencegah alzheimer. Jus buah juga mencegah pengerasan arteri dan penyakit berkait serangan jantung dan stroke dengan mencegah pengumpulan plak di arteri dan menghakis pengumpulan plak yang sedia ada.

Isi buah delima berkasiat sebagai penyejuk dapat digunakan untuk mengubati suara serak, sakit ditenggorokan, kecacingan, perut kembung, reumatik, sering buang air kecil, menurunkan tekanan darah tinggi bahkan menurukan berat badan. Manakala biji delima yg sering dibuang itu pula berkhasiat untuk menurunkan demam dan menyembuhkan batuk.


Menurut Ibu Qayyim Al Jauzah, buah delima bersifat panas dan lembab, oleh itu ia amat baik untuk menguatkan perut, tekak dada dan paru2, ia juga melegakan batuk. Ia juga sebagai penawar untuk cirit birit, anemia tekanan darah tinggi dan artritis

biji delima juga kaya dengan polifenol yang boleh menyembuhkan leukimia, ia juga dapat melambatkan pergandaan PSA(iaitu ukuran perkembangan kanser prostat).

Terdapat 3 tempat buah delima atau Ar Rumman dalam bahasa arab ini disebut didalam Al Quran.
Pertama: Allah berfirman yang bermaksud:"Dan Dia yang menurunkan air(hujan) dari langit, kemudian Kami mengeluarkan dari air(hujan) itu segala macam tumbuh-tumbuhan, kemudian Kami keluarkan segahagian daripadanya biji-bijian yang bersusun dan Kami jadikan pula daripadanya pokok kurma yang mayangnya ada segerombolan buah kurma yang dekat untuk ambil dan daripadanya pula Kami keluarkan kebun-kebun anggur, zaitun dan delima yang sebahagiannya mempunyai kemiripan daunnya, tetapi rasa bua yang satu berbeza dengan yang lain. lihatlah buah-buahnya ketika sedang berbuah dan ketika telah ranum. Sesungguhnya didalam hal itu terdapat tanda-tanda kekuasaan Kami bagi orang-orang beriman."(Al An'am:99)
Kedua: Allah S.W.T berfirman yang bermaksud:"Dan Dialah yang menjadikan kebun2 yang bersusun dan kebun2-kebun yang tidak tersusun, pokok kurma, tanaman-tanaman yang berlainan rasanya, pokok zaitun danpokok delima yang serupa atau yang tidak serupa. Makanlah buahnya jika telah berbuah dan bayarlah zakatnya dihari kalian memetiknya. Dan janganlah kalian melampaui batas, sesunggguhnya Allah tidak menyukai orang-orang yang melampaui batas: (Al An'am:141)
Ketiga: Allah S.W.T. berfirman:"Di dalam kedua syurga itu terdapat mata air yang memancar keras terus menerus. Maka tanda-tanda

kekuasaan Tuhan Kalian yang mana lagi yang akan kalian dustakan? Didalam kedua syurga itu terdapat buah-buahan, pokok kurma dan pokok Delima."(Al-Rahman:66-68).


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Khasiat Pegaga Untuk Kecerdasan Minda Perubatan dan Pelbagai

Pegaga atau nama saintifiknya, Centella asiatica/hydocotyle asiatica berasal dari kawasan Asia iaitu India, Sri Lanka dan Madagascar dan juga Afrika Timur.

Bagi kaum Cina pegaga dijadikan minuman penyejuk badan manakala untuk kaum India digunakan sebagai tonik kecerdasan minda.

Masyarakat India juga menjadikan pegaga sebagai sumber perubatan untuk penawar racun, anti kanser,,ubat cirit birit dan dijadikan tonik mengubati penyakit kulit dan saraf.
Walaupun pegaga amat baik dimakan mentah tetapi daun yang diramas dengan sedikit air amat baik jika disapukan pada kudis dan luka. Di samping itu, pegaga juga memberi kesan kepada beberapa peringkat pembentukan tisu seperti menghilangkan parut, membina kolagen, merangsang pembentukan rambut dan kuku.

Istimewanya tumbuhan menghijau ini turut dijadikan penawar dalam menurunkan tekanan darah, melawaskan kencing, penyembuhan luka, ulser, masalah kulit dan penawar alahan.

Saya mengalami kegatalan pada anak tekak akibat dari kesan resdung, saya mencuba keberkesanan daun pegaga ini, saya kunyah daun pegaga kemudian tempelkan pada tempat yang rasa gatal tersebut. Sekejap saja rasa gatal hilang.

Tumbuhan ini kaya dengan pelbagai zat makanan seperti protein, gentian, zat besi dan vitamin A dan C. Komponen kimia utama herba ini ialah triterpena yang terdiri daripada asiatikosida, medikasisida, asid asiatik dan asid medikasik, selain itu terdapat juga bahan kimia yg mudah meruap dan asid amino.

Kegunaan terapeutik pegaga termasuk penyembuh penyakit kulit, luka dan ulser.

Dalam bidang kecantikan khasiat daun pegaga terbukti mampu menjadi bahan tambahan kepada anti selulit dan anti kedutan untuk mata, muka dan menambah ketegangan kulit dan akhirnya membentuk kulit baru.

Antara lain khasiat pegaga ialah:
.penawar alahan
.merawat asthma dan sesak nafas
.merawat jangkitan paru-paru
.merawat kegusaran dan kegigilan
.anti kanser
.meransang peredaran darah
.penawar ulser
.meransang peredaran darah
.merawat cirit birit dan gastrik
.menurunkan tekanan darah

Lagi khasiat pegaga:

.Berkesan meningkatkan dan membaikpulih kadar hormone.
.meningkatkan estrogen dalam badan yang mengaktifkan kolagen dalam kulit.
.menganjalkan kulit yang telah melendut
.menegangkan dan menghaluskan struktur kulit
.mengurangkan garis-garis halus
.mencerahkan kulit dari dalam dan meratakan warna kulit
.menyihatkan kulit yang tidak bermaya agar kembali berseri
.menghaluskan liang roma dan mengurangkan minyak
.melembutkan kulit kasar dan kering
.merawat jerawat dari dalam
.mencegah pertumbuhan jerawat muka dan badan
.mencerahkan dan menghilangkan lebam bawah mata
.melambatkan proses penuaan secara berkesan
.menambahkan kesegaran, tenaga dan meingkatkan kadar libido (ketahanan)
.mencegah dan mengurangkan penyakit migrain
.membantu mengurangkan risiko penyakit jantung, arteriosclerosis, sesudah menopos dan osteophorosis
.mengurangkan penyakit diabetis dan tekanan darah tinggi
.mengurangkan penyakit yang berkaitan dengan mata seperti katarak, kornea, rabun jauh dan lain-lain
.menghalang mood swing akibat kekurangan estrogen dalam tubuh

Pegaga boleh dibuat ulam yg berkhasiat, dicicah dgn sambal dimakan dgn nasi.
Lebih lagi, pegaga dipercayai mempunyai kelebihan dalam memberi kesan terus kepada masalah tekanan darah rendah dan selalu dirujuk sebagai ubat tradisional untuk mengembalikan keserian wajah dan awet muda

Kajian yg di lakukan pada 1949 mendapati pegag mujarab untuk mengubati penyakit kusta dan ulser kerana ciri2 antibakteria yang ada padanya. Penyelidikan seterusnya pada tahun 1950an mendapati pegaga amat baik utk menyembuhkan luka, kudis serta mengubati kerengsaan kulit. Ia juga sebagai 'makanan menjana kecerdasan otak'. Herba ini amat mujarab utk memperbaiki fungsi minda seperti meningkatkan daya ingatan dan penumpuan fikiran.

Di Indonesia pula bunga dan buah pegaga tidak dimakan kerana dikatakan menjadi punca penyakit reumatisma sekiranya terlalu banyak dimakan. Namun ada juga org yg yakin bahawa mereka akan beroleh umur yang panjang dan awet muda apabila mengamalkan pengambilan pegaga dalam makanan harian mereka. Tetapi berdasarkan ajian menunjukkan ia boleh dimakan selalu tetapi dalam kuantiti yang sedikit sahaja bagi mendapatkan kesan positif kerana pengambilan yang berlebihan akan mengakibatkan kesan narkotik dan keracunan kumulatif yang meransang tumor untuk jangka panjang. Bagi pesakit tekanan darah rendah di nasihatkan mendapat pandangan doktor kerana pengambilan pegaga secara berlebihan akan mengakibatkan penurunan tekanan darah. berlainan pula bagi pesakit darah tinggi, ia baik untuk menurunkan tekanan darah.

"Pegaga disyorkan oleh Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) sebagai salah satu tumbuhan ubatan yang terpenting untuk dipulihara dan ditanam." — Herbs: The Green Pharmacy of Malaysia [1]

Nama lain bagi pegaga:

Gotu Kola : India/Sri Lanka
Latin Name : Centella asiatica
Family: Appiaceae
Common Names: Gotu kola, Indian Pennywort, Pennywort, Jal Brahmi
Sanskrit Name: Mandukaparni

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Soursop - the Miraculous Natural Cancer Cell Killer.

The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.

Why are we not aware of this? Its because some big corporation wants to make back their money spent on years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale.

So, since you know it now, you can help a friend in need by letting him know or just drink some sour sop juice yourself as prevention from time to time. The taste is not bad after all. It’s completely natural and definitely has no side effects. If you have the space, plant one in your garden. The other parts of the tree are also useful.

The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.

How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?

This tree is low and is called "graviola" in Brazil, "guanabana" in Spanish and has the uninspiring name "soursop" in English. The fruit is very large and the sub-acid sweet white pulp is eaten out of hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer effects. Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti tumor effect that is of most interest. This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.

Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it's the incredible story behind the Graviola tree.

The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.

Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to:
* Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss
* Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections
* Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment
* Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life


The source o f this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America 's largest drug manufacturers, the fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970's! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing... Extracts from the tree were shown to:

* Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer..
* The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!
* What's more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells. It does not harm healthy cells!
The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched--so why haven't you heard anything about it? If Graviola extract is as half as promising as it appears to be--why doesn't every single oncologist at every major hospital insist on using it on all his or her patients?

The spine-chilling answer illustrates just how easily our health--and for many, our very lives - are controlled by money and power.

Graviola--the plant that worked too well
One of America 's biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.

Various parts of the Graviola tree--including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds--have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree's anti-cancerous properties--and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.

But that's where the Graviola story nearly ended.

The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree--it's completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There's no way to make serious profits from it.

It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree's most powerful anti-cancer ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they'd be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits--or even make back the millions it poured into research.

As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research!

Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn't let him see such atrocity committed. Risking his career, he contacted a company that's dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.

Miracle unleashed. When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola, they began tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree. Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola--and its shocking cover up--came in fast and furious.

The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola's "leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells." Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public.

Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials--the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment's value- -were ever initiated.

Kills colon cancer cells
A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at,
"10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin..."

The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers.

Recipe: Jamaican Soursop Drink
INGREDIENTS :

1 pound sour sop peeled, seeded & sliced
1.5 cups milk
5 tablespoon sugar (add more or less to taste)
1 cup crushed ice
1 squeezed lime (optional)

METHOD:
1. Blend the soursop, milk & sugar in blender
2. Add ice, lime & blend again till smooth. Add sugar if need.

Article from : http://oneluggage.blogspot.com/2009/08/sour-sop-natural-cancer-cell-killer.html

Health Problems from Radiation Exposure

What are the health problems associated with radiation exposure?

Depending on length of exposure and how much radiation is involved, the effect can be acute in the form of radiation poisoning, or more long term in the form of increased risk of cancers.

The workers at the plant who are trying to cool overheated fuel rods and and prevent a meltdown are likely to experience the highest levels of exposure in the shortest period of time. They are at highest risk for radiation sickness, or acute radiation syndrome, which can damage tissues, cause the bone marrow to stop generating new blood and immune cells, and lead to periods of severe illness or eventually death. People exposed to high levels of radiation are also at greatest risk of infection, so they need to be kept in isolation wards in sterile environments to protect them from bacteria and viruses.

To reduce their risk, regulatory agencies set limits for the amount of time nuclear-plant workers can be exposed to situations that carry a risk of excessive radiation exposure. These limits are generally calculated in the form of cumulative yearly exposure, so once workers reach that amount, they cannot be re-exposed to radiation for another year. In the U.S., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission restricts workers to 50 millisieverts of radiation exposure per year. At the Fukushima plant's No. 2 reactor, radiation levels had hovered at about 73 microsieverts (0.073 millisieverts), before a blast sent the amount soaring to 11,900 microsieverts (11.9 millisieverts) three hours later.

Longer term health consequences of exposure include cancer, particularly thyroid cancer, since the gland is especially sensitive to the effects of radiation. Again, the risk varies depending on distance, dose and duration of exposure.

People in and immediately around the crippled reactors are likely to have higher long-term cancer risks than others. For the majority of Japanese, however, that additional risk is likely to be relatively small, according to Dr. David Brenner, director of the center for radiological research at Columbia University. "The exposures [most] people are getting — as opposed to those right outside the plant — is still pretty low," he says. "It's important to stress that the risk of cancer under normal circumstances is already big anyway, and what we're talking about here is a pretty small increase over and above that very big cancer risk. We're not talking about a doubling of risk or anything like that."

The difference between the ongoing Fukushima incident and the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear facility in Ukraine in 1986 is that the latter released a more dangerous cloud of radioactive material — which eventually drifted as far as Western Europe — and which some studies suggest could have contributed to as many as 2000 additional cancers, and possibly more, in the ensuing years.

There may yet be more radioactive material released from the Fukushima plant, but so far the material that has been released appears to have mostly dissipated into the atmosphere, Dr. Kirby Kemper, nuclear physicist and physics professor at Florida State University, tells CNN.

People near the plant are being told to stay indoors. Can that really reduce radiation exposure?

Yes. Staying indoors and sealing your house is a way to prevent ingesting or carrying around any radioactive material that may have attached to dust or other airborne particles and to keep it from landing on skin, clothing or hair. How long people should stay indoors depends on the half-life of the radioactive material (how long it takes radioactivity to dissipate by half): the health danger could be largely reduced in as soon as a week in the case of radioactive iodine, or many years in the case of cesium.

Will the food supply be contaminated?

According to Japanese officials, the explosions in the four reactors have released radioactive iodine 131 and cesium 137. Because iodine has a half-life of just over a week, any grasses, crops or animals exposed to it should be cleared of any residual material in a matter of weeks. If no more radioactive material is released into the air, Brenner says, there would not be much radioactive contamination to worry about when it comes to the food supply.

Cesium 137 is a different story, since it has a longer half-life, of 30 years. But both forms of radioactive material are heavier than air, and their ability to disperse rapidly is limited.

Still, in the meantime, at least for a few weeks, says Brenner: "Don't drink the milk [from the nearby area]. The pathway for radioactive iodine to get into human beings is via milk. The iodine hits the ground, gets on the grass, cows eat the grass, and it is concentrated in the milk, and people drink the milk."

Is there a safe distance to be when a nuclear disaster occurs?

That's hard to say, since it depends on currents and winds as well as the radioactive half life of potentially dangerous materials released into the air. Fortunately, it appears that the prevailing winds are pushing materials from Fukushima out to sea and away from more populated Japanese cities.

Are the effects of radiation exposure cumulative?

Yes. That's why regulatory agencies set yearly thresholds of acceptable exposure for employees who regularly work around radioactive material.

Can radioactive particles be transmitted from person to person?

Yes, in two ways. Most commonly, radioactive material that attaches to dust or other small particles and settles on skin or clothing can be transferred during physical contact.

In addition, an individual who is internally contaminated can emit particles in urine, blood or sweat, and coming into contact with these fluids can transmit exposure.

If you are contaminated, how do you get rid of the radioactive material?

External particles of radioactive material can be washed away, but you have to be careful not to spread tiny bits of material onto your skin when removing contaminated clothing.

If the thyroid is contaminated, it can be treated with potassium iodide, which counters some of radiation's effects on that tissue. The Japanese government has distributed about 230,000 units of iodine to evacuation centers where residents closest to the Fukushima plant have been moved, as a precaution.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/15/japans-next-nightmare-health-problems-from-radiation-exposure/#ixzz1GieJHE8L

Source: http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/15/japans-next-nightmare-health-problems-from-radiation-exposure/