Efficacy Carrots

Carrot (Daucus carota L.) is not native to Indonesia. He came from temperate countries (sub-tropical) that is derived from the Near East Asia and Central Asia. He was found growing wild around 6500 years ago. Carrot cultivation initially occurred in the area around the Mediterranean, spread to Europe, Africa, Asia and finally to the whole world.

Plants that fall into this Umbelliferales orders are manifold. When viewed form the tuber there are three types, namely type chantenay (elliptical with blunt ends), type imperator (elliptical with pointed tip) and the type of Nantes (a composite type and chantenay imperator). A combination of carrot juice and chantenay Nantes, believed to have the best efficacy, but also gives a nice flavor.

Benefits:
Carrot leaves are also useful for treating kidney stones and inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bladder. While rhizome or roots can treat pinworm, maintaining eye health, digestion, and to treat burns. Carrot seeds can treat kidney stones, dysentery and diarrhea.

The old orange in carrots contain beta-carotene indicate that high. The more orange the color of carrots, the higher levels of beta-carotene. Levels of beta-carotene contained in carrots more than kale, and spinach caisim.

Beta carotene can prevent and treat cancer, high blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and took the wind from the body. High content of antioxidant carotenoids may also proven to combat the effects of pollution and passive smoking.

Beta carotene is causing orange in carrots can also cause a yellowish color to human skin is too much to drink juice or carrot juice. However unlike the yellow color of jaundice as well as the color of his eyes were not yellow. Even some that use carrot juice as the beverage of skin bleach.

High content of potasium can neutralize the acidity of the blood that was too high on tobacco addiction, alcohol and drug users dangerous. Potassium contained in carrots is also the potential to help tame the toxins, especially heavy metals caused air pollution. For that carrot juice can be combined with peas, potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes.

Carrots contain digestive enzymes and functional diuretic. Drinking a glass of fresh carrot juice leaves, plus salt and a teaspoon of lime juice to merit the formation of deposits in anticipation of the urinary tract, strengthens the eyes, lungs, heart and liver. While munching a carrot leaves can heal the wounds in the mouth and eliminate bad breath, bleeding gums and ulcers.

According Noviana yaniar (1993) in Utilization of Medicinal Plants for Family Health, Public Health Service Unit of Materia Medica, Malang, carrots can overcome problems such as hypertension, night blindness, minus the eyes, fever in children, worms, burns, coughs, menstrual pain , constipation and smooths the face.

Several studies have shown, people who eat carrots regularly, and are likely affected by lung cancer smaller, even though he smoked. An experiment in Scotland around the year 1979 showed that healthy people who ate 7 ounces of raw carrots every day, their blood cholesterol levels fell to 11 percent.

Eating carrots for three weeks also reduce the risk of heart attack about 22 percent. Eating carrots at least five times per week can reduce the risk of stroke by 68 percent.

For those who already had a stroke, vitamin A can prevent death or disability pascastroke. As is known, in every 100 grams of carrots known to contain vitamin A. 12,000 SI

For people with lupus or System lupus erythematosus (SLE) is also recommended to eat carrots for vitamin A, salt minerals and natural carbohydrate high. A sinse also encourage the consumption of two ounces of carrots mixed with a half ounce of radish is very good for treatment of eye disorders. The combination of carrots and turnips were also very useful for patients with coronary heart disease and kidney.

While a combination of carrots, tomatoes, pineapple, will improve the body's metabolism system, lower blood cholesterol and uric acid. To improve the fertility of women and improve the quality of male sperm, used a mixture of fruit juice of apples, carrots and three ounces of a pound of sprouts a drink once with husband and wife. This potion to drink every morning, afternoon, the result can be seen in one week.