Longan Fruit for Anti-aging

Longan fruit may not be foreign for you, because this fruit is easily found in markets or supermarkets. The fruit comes from the plains of Southeast Asia which has many kinds of species. One of them is Dimocapus Longan, or often called Euphoria Longana. The fruit has a round shaped, similar as the seeds of marble, as well the skin color is yellowish chocolate. White flesh fruit clarity and seeds that have a blackish brown color in the middle, a little sweet and juicy tasted. This fruit is good to be eaten without any added ingredients. Previously, you may take the meat fruit only, in fact, the seeds of the longan fruit can also be used.

Longan fruit is indeed has the small shape, but nutrition of the content is very good for health. Nutrients that contained inside of longan is protein, carbohydrates, fibers, vitamin C, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. In longan fruit there is Polyphenol compounds, namely Corilagin, Gallic acid and Ellagic acid, the three compounds containing Antioxidant. The compound has the ability to prevent free radicals, which can reduce oxidation in the body. It is believed that the stroke, coronary heart disease and aging is caused by oxidation activity.

Whereas the meat of longan is useful to reduce fever and cure the stomachache, can also be used as worms medicine in the stomach, as well as could ward off poison. In Vietnam, longan seed is used as a wound healer medicine, and useful to treat from the snake poison. You have to pound the longan seed first, and then spread the seeds of powder in a wound. Research in China told that, seed of longan fruit useful for Anti-aging or to hide earlier aging. Mentioned in the research is that the seeds of longan can reduce the formation of Monoamine Oxidase (Mao-B).

In China, the longan fruit that has been dried can made for a soup, which can be presented as a drink coctail, or extracted as tonic beverage.