Still in the theme about health, now we will discuss about health benefits of Nipa Palm. Nipa palm is some kind of palm tree that grow in brackish area which is influenced by flux and reflux, especially on estuary and on back of mangrove forest. This plant, nipa palm, have a lot of benefit for it environment. This plant grow up with very shot trunk, so it can be a high wall for freshwater from sea. And with this plant, it can prevent from abrasion and another soil damage. Almost every part of nipa palm or sugar palm have benefit. So, let’s we describe it one by one start from health benefits of palm sugar.
Besides of all unique information about nipa palm, nipa palm has a lot more health benefits. So a lot of research doing and the result is awesome. Antioxidants inside of nipa palm’s fruit is very good, so it can be one of herbal potion to cure cancer. So let’s we check out about health benefits of nipa palm.
1. As Cancer killer substances
Cancer is one of rare disease that caused by a lot of factor, but sometimes cancer cell is a “strange” cell that can killed by antioxidants. After some research from researcher and the expert in their field of interests, nipa palm fruits contain a very good antioxidants. Some doctors and the expert in their field of interests said that antioxidants inside of nipa palm’s fruit more higher than antioxidants score in vitamin C and vitamin A in any others fruits.
From before we talk about antioxidants in many times. But do you know that there are two kinds of antioxidant? For your information, let’s we discuss a little about this.
- Natural Antioxidants
Some kinds of native good substances be found in plants or fruits that useful to prevent, reduce or slow down a symptom of disease within our body, defending from free radicals, kill harmful toxins that can not be consumed by the body and kill cancer cells that develop in our body. - Synthetic Antioxidants
Antioxidants that created from chemistry reaction. But for your information, this type of antioxidants is not good for our body. So the best choices is eat some fruits or vegetables which have a high native antioxidants.
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2. Defending from Free Radical
Because of a lot of antioxidants inside the fruit of nipa palm and the antioxidants from nipa palm fruits are natural antioxidants, this can be as one of prevent from free radical. Free radical can cause any disease, just like heart attack, kidney disorder, etc.
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3. As Cough Medicine
As cough medicine, part of nipa palm tree that in need is the fresh young leaf. The tools that you need are a knife, a mortar and pestle or some kind like that, a glass, a filter tools and a spoon. The additional ingredients which need to be added is a little natural honey and a little water (optional). The steps are :
- Cut off the fresh young leaf of nipa palm.
- Mashed up the fresh young leaf until smooth.
- Filter it and put in a glass. If it’s too thick, you can add a little water to get essence of fresh young leaf nipa palm.
- Add some natural honey and mix it with spoon.
- The herbal potion ready to drink.
4. Heal Sprue
Are you have a sprue? Don’t worry. With part of nipa palm tree, it can heal your sprue with a little primitive methods. The ingredients that you need are some bone of fresh young leaf nipa palm tree. The tools that you need are a knife. The steps are : First, cut off the fresh young leaf nipa palm tree. Then, Bite the bone of young leaf nipa palm tree and suction the water.
5. Heal Sore Throat
Are you sore throat? Don’t worry, with the same steps heal sprue, it can heal you from sore throat. The ingredients that you need are some bone of fresh young leaf nipa palm tree. The tools that you need are a knife. The steps are : First, cut off the fresh young leaf nipa palm tree. Then, Bite the bone of young leaf nipa palm tree and hisap the water.
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6. Treat Diabetes
Are you have diabetes? Or you have a family tree that will give you a high chance of diabetes? Don’t worry. With vinegar of nipa palm, you can treat diabetes. But how to get vinegar of nipa palm? The answer is from nira nipah of nipa palm. Nira nipa is like a sweets to drinks without any process or in other words is just like “original water” from nipa palm. The ingredients to make a vinegar of nipa palm are nira nipah of nipa palm tree. The tools that you need are a bottle or something like that to collect nira nipah. The steps are:
- Put the nira nipah of nipa palm tree to the bottle
- Fermented it as long as 44 days
- The vinegar of nipa palm ready to drink.
For the optimal results, there are the right dose about vinegar of nipa palm. The dose is one tablespoon of vinegar of nipa palm mix with one tablespoon of natural honey and warm water, and drink it on the night before sleep.
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7. Lowering Blood Pressure
Are you have this problems? If yes, maybe you can try to drink vinegar of nipa palm tree with the right dose like before. Some people believe this vinegar can help about this problems too.
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8. Lowering Cholesterol and Treat Heart Disease
Are you have this problems? If yes, maybe you can try to drink vinegar of nipa palm tree with the right dose like before. Some people believe this vinegar can help about this problems too.
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9. Solve Constipation Problems
Are you have this problems? If yes, maybe you can try to drink vinegar of nipa palm tree with the right dose like before. Some people believe this vinegar can help about this problems too.
10. Stabilize Body Temperature
Are your temperature not stable? If yes, maybe you can try to drink vinegar of nipa palm tree with the right dose like before. Some people believe this vinegar can help about this problems too.
11. Prevent from Obesity
Yep. Some people believes that one of the advantage of this vinegar is prevent from obesity. If you have problems to control your weight, maybe this is the solution for you.
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12. Clear Up Toxin
With a lot of natural antioxidants inside of nipa palm, so all the toxin within the body will be clearing if you consume it.
13. Heal Headache
Are you have a headache? or maybe you have a migrain? Don’t worry. Nipa palm tree can heal your headache or your migrain. To heal your migrain, you just need drink a vinegar of nipa palm tree with the right dose just like before that we explained. But to heal your headache, you just need a lot of efforts. The tools that you need are a knife. The important ingredients are some root of nipa palm tree. The steps just make the root of palm tree become a charcoal and use it. Some people in Borneo Island have do this to heal their headache. The charcoal of root nipa palm tree can heal tooth ache too.
After we discuss about health benefits of nipa palm, so as not to be wrong recognize nipa palm then let’s we will introduce some characteristic of nipa palm.
Characteristic of Palm Sugar
The trunk of nipa palm spreading on the ground to form a rhizome submerged by mud. Only the leaf appear from on the ground, so it will look like nipa palm doesn’t have any trunk. The root of nipa palm is kind of fibers and it length can reach above 10 meters.
From rhizomes grown compound leaf, like the others kind of palm tree. The height of it leaves can reach 9 meters with petiole around 1.5 meters. The colors of leaf can be yellow if it young leaf, or green if the leaf is old. Nipah palm’s flower appear from leaf gap with female flower gathered on the edges creates something that look like a ball and male flower composed in panicles with red color or orange or yellow on below of the branch.
The fruit of nipa palm has shape like an egg but flat with 2-3 hard shell. The color is red brown. The length around 13 cm and width 11 cm. Sometimes the fruits arrange a group that look like a ball with diameter around 30 cm. In one bunches, there are 30 until 50 fruits.
Nipa palm is native plants from beach of East Indian ocean and beach of Northwest Pacific ocean. This plants, nipa palm tree, scattered from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (Hainan Island), India, Indonesia, Japan (Iriomote Island), Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, northeastern and northeastern Australia, Micronesia, Guam, Palau , Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. The habitat of nipa palm, is swampy area with brackish water or tidal areas near the beach. So that’s all the discussion about nipa palm or palm sugar, the health benefits of palm sugar and the characteristics. Hope you enjoy it.
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