the benefits of mengkudu

in #fruit7 years ago (edited)

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bitter mengkudu fruit makes a lot more people avoid mengkudu. However, this fruit is often touted to have many benefits, one of them for facial skin health ..

Noni or Morinda citrifolia included in the group of coffee-copied plants. This fruit has many designations ranging from pace, turtle, and noni, as well as many grown in Southeast Asia and Australia ..

mengkudu also emit an unpleasant smell, even make want to vomit so often people call it "vomit fruit". Not only that, the rough fruit skin texture makes it look unattractive to eat ..

Although the appearance is less interesting, various substances contained in mengkudu apparently has many benefits for our skin ..

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1. Prevent wrinkles.
Noni contains antrakuinon active substances. Antrakuinon can trigger the formation of collagen necessary to maintain skin elasticity. This is what makes mengkudu can help prevent wrinkles and keep skin tighter. A scientific study says that consumption mengkudu extract can prevent premature aging of the skin ..

2. Helps keep skin cells.
The content of essential fatty acids and peroxironine substances in mengkudu can protect cell walls, repair damaged cells including skin cells. Not only that, vitamin C and antioxidants in mengkudu also can help keep the skin from damage from free radicals from food and air pollution ..

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3. Helps heal various skin diseases.
Mengkudu has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. This is what makes it can help the healing process of skin diseases such as eczema, mild burns, rashes due to allergies, and fungal diseases. Keep in mind that in this condition, mengkudu only serves as a backer of the drugs given, not as the main therapy ..

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