The people of Indonesia are descendingly taking advantage of the banana fruit as a medicine for diarrhea. The Dutch botanist Karel Heyne (1877 - 1947) in "indonesian useful plants" states the seeds of stone banana and turi wood are efficacious cure the pain in the throat. Even flowers, sap and banana roots efficacious medicine.
Banana flower among others efficacious as a drug diabetes mellitus as research K P Sampath Kumar and Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore, India.
Sap and roots are useful to overcome digestive problems. In the journal of Phamacognosy and Phytochemistry, Sampath also says banana peels are useful in anticikelwan and antibiotics.
ANTIOXIDANTS
Now the latest research proves that the banana skin of munjur overcomes and treats cataracts. Optometrist at Omni Alam Sutra Hospital, South Tangerang, Banten Province, dr Yessica wilinda SpM said cataracts are all opacities in the eyepiece. Patients with cataracts can not see objects clearly. Because, the cloudy lens causes light to reach the retina hard and produce a shadow blur on the retina.
The number and shape of opacities on each eyepiece varies. The cause of cataracts is most often due to cell degeneration or aging. Cataracts can also occur earlier if the patient has certain systemic diseases. Suppose diabetes mellitusm cholesterol and hypertension.
The disease triggers the contract because it inhibits feeding supplies for the lens of the eye.
Trauma can also trigger cataracts. Trauma is divided into two, namely translucent and blunt. Penetrating trauma occurs because particles from the outer like glass shards on the lens of the eye or on something when falling.
Yessica said, usually doctors overcome cataracts through surgery that lasts 10-15 minutes. However, if cataract symptoms do not interfere, surgery is not necessary. The success rate of high cataract surgery is 100%. Condition patientidak experiencing interference with the cornea, eye nerve or other eye problems.
To reduce the potential for cataracts Yessica recommends to regulate lifestyle with a healthy diet and use sunglasses when on the move outside the field. "According to the theory of ultraviolet light exposure has the potential to trigger cataracts,".
MAKE YOUNG LONGER
Usually, the contracts occur in patients aged 60-70 years. However, cataract patients are 50-60 years old. The age of cataract patients is getting younger because of unhealthy lifestyles such as lack of healthy eating and rarely exercise.
In the age group 45-59 years the prevalence of cataracts is 20 cases per 1,000 people. While the incidence rate of cataracts in the age group more than 60 years is 50 per 1,000 0rang. In 2010 the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) predicts the number of people aged over 55 years to increase to 61-million or about a quarter of all Indonesian population by 2025.
Cataracts also affect infants and children under the age of 10 years. The cause of the mother infected with a virus such as German measles during pregnancy. "Everyone has the potential to experience cataracts.
The majority of patients aged around 60 years with a ratio between peria and women 50:50. The results reveal the efficacy of banana peels to cope with cataracts.
Researchers use yellow banana peel skin. The results showed 25% banana skin extract prevented cataracts. While banana skin extract droplets concentrate 50% treat cataracts.
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