Carambola wuluh is a plant with a light green fruit, oval-shaped, acidic taste that is usually used as an additional food ingredient and mixture of herbal medicine. Also called star fruit vegetables, star fruit or starfruit sour. Carambola wuluh supposedly comes from the Maluku region and spread throughout Indonesia even to Asia such as Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Carambola wuluh (Averrhoa Bilimbi L) is known to contain various vitamins, especially vitamin C that is beneficial to the health of the body.
Carambola wuluh has traditionally been used as a natural treatment ingredient. Carambola wuluh is a vitamin C-producing fruit that naturally can be used as a medicine for canker sores and bleeding gums. In addition, star fruit also contains glucosid, tannin, folic acid, peroxide, calcium oxalate, sulfur and potassium citrate. Not only the fruit alone, leaves and star fruit star fruit also has health benefits.
Nutritional Content of Star fruit Wuluh
Based on the Foodstuff Composition List (DKBM), per 100 grams of star fruit contains: energy 36 cal, 0.4 gr protein, 0.4 gr fat, 8.8 gr carbohydrate, 4 mg calcium, 12 mg phosphorus, iron ( Fe) 1.1 mg, vitamin A 170 Sl, vitamin B1 0,03 mg, vitamin C 35 mg and potassium 39 mg.
Benefits of Belimbing Wuluh For Health
1. As a skin diseases drug like panu
Belimbing wuluh mashed, add a little whiting. Mix until blended and then apply on the affected skin. Do it regularly 2 times a day.
2. As a canker sores and overcome the bleeding gums
Boil the starfruit flower wuluh sufficiently, add sugar Java. Use the cooking water to rinse mouth.
3. Smooth digestion
Consuming star fruit can help digestion and overcome difficult bowel movements.
4. Smooth the skin
Fruit starfruit and fine salt to taste. Mash until smooth, then use as a face mask. Allow up to 15 - 20 minutes, then wipe with water.
5. Heal the cough
Boil the leaves, flowers and fruit starfruit wuluh sufficiency. Boil until boiling for about 30 minutes. Drink boiled water regularly.
6. Healing Mumps
Finely mash the leaves of starfruit and garlic to taste. Paste on the affected part.
7. Prevent cancer
Carambola wuluh contains natural antioxidants that nutritious to prevent the development of cancer cells.
8. Overcoming oily skin
9. Eliminate acne
Star fruit is mashed or grated, then add a small amount of fine salt. Mix until blended and use as a face mask.
**10. Overcoming high blood pressure (Hypertension) **
Four fruit wuluh belimbing cut into small pieces, boiled with 4 glasses of water. Boil until water remaining 1 cup, drink while warmed regularly before breakfast.
11. Treat sore rheumatic pain
A handful of young star fruit, leaves 15 seeds of pepper and clove 10 pieces. Milled all ingredients until smooth and add a little vinegar. Apply on a regular basis on the part of the body feels sore.
12. Overcoming rheumatik
Star fruit wuluh finely mashed to taste, add the whiting and rub it on a regular basis on the part that hurts.
13. Cure toothache
Star fruit wuluh fruit is chewed with a bit of salt on the part of the tooth that ached. Do until the pain is gone.
14. Treating diabetes
Pound the fruit starfruit wuluh sufficiently, boiled with water to boil. Once cooked, strain and take water. Drink boiled water 2 x daily on a regular basis.
Star fruit wuluh fruit in Indonesia have various designations, for example, the people of Aceh calls with bohlimeng or ungkot limeng, Gayo (selemeng), Batak (asom, belimbingan), Nias (malimbi) (balimbieng), Minangkabau, Malay (star fruit acid), Lampung ( balimbing), Sundanese (calincing, balingbing), Java (star fruit wuluh), Madurese (bhalingbhing), Bali (blingbing buloh), Bima (limbi), Flores (balimbeng), Savu sea (libi), Sangir (brimstone), Banjarmasin (starfruit point) and the community of Makasar call it fruit bainang.