Guava (Jambu Biji)

Guava is popular as a drug that helps cure dengue fever. Although efficacy has not been medically tested, did not give guava juice loss to the patient's fever for exotic fruit contains vitamin C which is very high.
Even vitamin C content in guava can be three to six times higher than citrus fruit. 10 times higher compared with the papaya and 10 to 30 times compared with a banana.Vitamin C is mainly found in meat, fresh fruit. Its seeds are often not consumed also containing vitaimin C such as its meat fruit.

Quoted from depkes.go.id, mentioned in the book Foods That Heal, Foods That Harm, 90 grams of guava fruit is more than enough to meet the daily requirement of vitamin C in adults. The book was also mentioned, although already lost nearly 25 percent of vitamins due to processing, packaging guava juice box is still a good source of vitamin C.

Because its high-dose vitamin C content, the body's immunity against the bacteria will increase. The process of wound healing was so much faster. In addition, blood pressure is also getting better as the fruit was mainly a good source of potassium.
Fruit, leaves and bark of guava tree contains tannin but its flower does not contain a lot of tannins. Guava leaves also contain other substances except tannins, such as essential oils, ursolic acid, acid psidiolat, kratogolat acid, acid oleanolat, guajaverin acids and vitamins.
The content of guava fruit per 100 grams consist of 49 cal calories, vitamin A 25 SI, 0.02 mg vitamin B1, vitamin C 87 mg, calcium 14 mg, 12.2 grams carbohydrate, phosphorus 28 mg, 1.1 mg iron , 0.9 mg protein, 0.3 grams fat and 86 grams of water.
Besides helping cure dengue fever, guava is believed to be a cure for diabetes mellitus, gastritis, diarrhea (upset stomach), colds, beser, prolapsisani, thrush, sore skin and new wounds.
To take an advantage of guava to help treat diseases based on some literature, such as:

* Diabetes Mellitus. Take 1 piece of half-ripe guava. Guava fruit is cut into four pieces and boiled with 1 liter of water until boiling, then filtered to take water. How to use: drink 2 times a day, morning and afternoon
* Ulcer. Take the 8 pieces of guava leaves are still fresh. Boil with 1.5 liters of water to boiling, then filtered to take water. Drink 3 times a day, morning, afternoon and evening.
* Abdominal pain (diarrhea and diarrhea). 5 pieces of guava leaves, 1 piece of root, bark and trunk. Boiled with 1.5 liters of water to boiling then filtered to take water. Taken 2 times a day morning and afternoon.
* Abdominal pain or diarrhea in infants who are breast-feeding. The young guava and salt secukupnya.How to use: chewed by mothers who breastfeed infants, the water is swallowed and the pulp discarded.
* Log in the wind. Take 10 pieces of young guava leaves, 1 whole red chilli, 3 eye fruit acid, 1 piece of palm sugar, salt to taste. All the ingredients are boiled with 1 liter of water to boiling and then filtered to take water. Taken 2 times a day.
* Excessive frequent urination. As many as a handful of guava leaves are still young, 3 tablespoons powdered fried rice without oil (couple = Java). Both ingredients are boiled together with 2.5 glasses of water to boil down to 1 cup and then filtered. Then drink every 3 hours 3 tablespoons.
* Prolapsisani. Take a handful of guava leaf, 1 guava bar skin cut. Boil 2 cups water along with to boiling, then filtered to take water. How to use: The warm water mixture in a state used to compress the shaft intestinal mucous membrane (navel) in infants.
* Sprue. Ingredients: 1 handful of guava leaf, 1 guava bar skin cut. Way of making: braised together with 2 cups water to boiling, then filtered to take water. Taken 2 times a day.
* Sore skin. A handful of guava leaves are still young, 7 guava flowers pounded together until smooth. Rub the sick skin.
* Drug fresh wounds. Ingredients: 3 guava leaves. Chewed until soft. Glue on the injured body part to avoid continuous losing of blood.

How to make a syrup of guava fruit:

Ingredients: 1 kg of red guava / Guava is ripe, 1500 ml water, 1 kg of white sugar, ½ teaspoon citric acid red dye. Directions: 1. Peel the guava, split in half, remove seeds. Then mix seeds with water, cook until soft. Lift, strain and press it so that get the guava juice 2. Mix the guava juice with its pulp, blender until smooth. 3. Meanwhile, cook the remaining water with sugar until boiling, after foaming, throw it's foam. Enter the guava juice, and cook again for 15 minutes with constant temperature 80-90 degrees Celsius. 4. After the juice is really late, lift, after a little cold, just enter the citric acid and dyes. Stir until the ingredients are thoroughly blended, the syrup is ready to put in a hot water bottle.

Source:http://www.zia-info.co.cc/2009/01/khasiat-jambu-biji.html