Summer is Officially Kicks in!
Now that it is summer, what's on our minds would probably an instant drinks or beverages. But what's on my mind are fresh fruits which is essentially natural to our body.
Here's the out-of-the-box ideas on the main fruits that would effectively thirst quench YOU.
Watermelon. Did you know that watermelons has a 92% of water? It has also packed up with several vitamins such as Vitamin A, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C.
Coconut. Is instantly an ultimate thirst quencher. It is a Mother Natures natural drinks also called as a "Fruit of Heaven". It is naturally high in electrolytes and with more potassium than a banana.
source: NaturalFoodBenefits.com
Soursop
A well-known fruit throughout much of the world, the soursop's delicious white pulp, with tones of fruit candy and smooth cream is commonplace in tropical markets, but is rarely found fresh anywhere else.
Inside its thin, leathery, green flesh is a large mass of creamy pulp, usually intermixed with 50-100 black seeds.
Health benefits of Soursop
- The seeds, which have emetic properties, can be used in the treatment of vomiting.
- The leaf decoction is effective for head lice and bedbugs.
- The crushed fresh leaves can be applied on skin eruptions to promote healing.
- The juice of the fruit can be taken orally as a remedy for urethritis, haematuria and liver ailments.
- The juice when taken when fasting, it is believed to relieve liver ailments and leprosy.
- To speed the healing of wounds, the flesh of the soursop is applied as a poultice unchanged for 3 days.
- A decoction of the young shoots or leaves is regarded as a remedy for gall bladder trouble, as well as coughs, catarrh, diarrhea, dysentery, fever and indigestion.
- Mashed leaves are used as a poultice to alleviate eczema and other skin problems and rheumatism.
- The root bark is use as an antidote for poisoning.
- Soursop flowers are believed to alleviate catarrh.
- Decoction of leaves used as compresses for inflammation and swollen feet.
