The benefits of kawista fruit, the sweet and healthy fresh

Kawista fruit is a fruit that is still in the same family as oranges. Kawista fruit has a scientific name Limonia acidissima . Kawista fruit also has other names such as wood appel or bael fruit . This fruit comes from southern India to Southeast Asia, especially on the islands of Java and Nusa Tenggara.

Several regions in Indonesia have their own names to refer to this fruit. As in Aceh, this fruit is known as a shell fruit and is used as a mixture of Aceh rujak spices and syrup. In Rembang Regency, kawista fruit is processed into a syrup known as kawis syrup. The people of Bima and Dompu in NTB call it kawi and it is one of the complementary ingredients for the typical Mbojo (Bima) rujak.

However, not many Indonesians know this fruit. This is because the cultivation of this fruit in Indonesia is still very rare. This fruit actually has many benefits for your health. What are the proven benefits of kawista fruit? Check out below!

Is kawista fruit healthy for the body?

Kawista fruit is an aromatic fruit that has a sweet taste. This fruit can be used for treatment. This fruit can be eaten whole or consumed in supplement form or tea. Kawista fruit can help treat several conditions such as indigestion. In certain alternative medicine (such as Ayurveda), raw kawista fruit is used for digestive disorders (such as diarrhea and dysentery).

Meanwhile, the ripe kawista fruit has a laxative effect. In alternative medicine, Kawista fruit can also be used as a natural remedy for health problems such as asthma, mild flu, constipation, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol and ulcerative colitis.

Kawista fruit benefits for health

Helps relieve diarrhea

According to research published in BMC Complementary and Alternative , kawista raw fruit can help treat diarrhea. Raw kawista fruit extract has antibacterial properties which can help fight diarrhea caused by bacterial infection.

Against colitis

Based on research published in Indian Journal of Pharmacology One of the benefits of raw kawista fruit is that it protects you from inflammatory bowel diseases including Crohn's disease and colitis. This research was conducted on a group of mice with colitis who were treated by giving the raw kawista fruit extract. The results showed that the extract could help reduce inflammation in the intestines.

Control blood sugar levels

A study published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology in 2003, tried to see if kawista fruit could help manage diabetes. It turns out that from this study it was found that kawista fruit can reduce blood sugar levels in experimental animal mice.

But keep in mind also, most of the research conducted regarding the benefits of kawista fruit has not been carried out in humans so that its safety in humans is still questionable. For that, be careful in its use because the safe dosage and side effects of kawista fruit extract are still not known with certainty.

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