Red Fruit (Pandanus conoideus Lam), traditional medicine

Lam conoideus scientific name pandanus, a plant family of plants, including red fruit pandanus trees, but plant height can reach 16 meters high with its own branch-free trunk as high as 5-8 m of reinforced single roots on the stem side down.

Oval-shaped fruit cultivars with leaves covered with fruit buds. Red fruit of his own length of 55 cm, diameter 10-15 cm, and weighs 2-3 kg. The color is maroon red when ripe bright, even though there are plants that bear fruit is brown and yellowish brown.

a kind of traditional fruit from Papua (West Irian). The fruit is widely grown in the area around Jayapura, Manukwari, Wamena and in some inland areas. By the Wamena, Papua, the fruit is called "kuansu". For people in Wamena, red fruit for the food served on the party burns custom stone. However, there are many who use it as medicine.Traditionally, Red Fruit of the ancient hereditary been consumed as efficacious in curing many diseases such as preventing various eye diseases, intestinal worms, skin, and improve stamina.
The benefits and usefulness: research on treatment efficacy Red Fruit was first performed by faculty researchers UNCEN (Cendrawasih University) in Jayapura, namely Drs. I Made Budi.MS. as a nutritionist and professor at the University of Paradise had the habit of carefully observing the traditional society in Wamena, Timika and villages of the mountains that consume the Red Fruit Jayawijaya. Observation of the local community more muscular body and a high stamina, but everyday life in traditional native-paced and open in a limited fashion in the harsh natural conditions and climates sometimes quite cold at altitude mountains. Another specialty of the population that is less physically affected by degenerative diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
By examining the content of its nutrient composition, the intention was that the Red Fruit juice contains antioxidants (average content): Carotene (12,000 ppm), beta-carotene (700 ppm), Tocopherol (11,000 ppm)
In addition to several other substances that increase endurance, among others: Oleic acid, linoleic acid, decanoate, Omega 3 and Omega 9 which are all active compounds antidote to the formation of free radicals in the body.
Beta-carotene serves to slow the course of the buildup of plaque in arteries. Thus blood flow to the heart and the brain take place without obstruction. Interaction with proteins increase the production of antibodies and this increases the number of natural killer cells and increased T cell activity and lymphocyte Helpers. A citation study proved beta-carotene intake 30-60 mg / day for 2 months to make the body's cells can reproduce naturally repellent disease. Increase in natural cells that suppress the presence of cancer cells as a potent compound that neutralizes the free radical cancer causing carcinogens.
In some limited research conducted by I Made Budi direct treatment methods with Red Fruit, researchers revealed a very high success in treatment efforts carried out against several diseases.