When hearing the word bengkuang, of which we show dibenak is rujak powder and cold. Indeed bengkuang very famous as one of the components in rujak. The sweet taste of fresh fruit and sweet-very klop for disantap with sauce rujak, so many people who only eat bengkuang time rujak eat, but very rarely consumed daily the withdrawal citrus fruit, apples, and papaya. But if ditilik khasiatnya bengkuang also feasible and reasonable to be a daily consumption of fruit.

Bengkuang included in the category fitoestrogen plant which is very useful for women, especially for those who have entered the menopause. In addition, bengkuang also good for skin health, and can be as nutritious as plant medicine to treat hemorrhoids, fever, sariawan while kenormalan useful for maintaining blood sugar for diabetics.

Bengkuang derived from the Central and South America, especially Mexico didaerah. Aztec tribes use this bengkuang seed plants as medicines. Then in the 17th century, Spain plants spread to this region to the Philippines to eventually spread throughout Asia and the Pacific. This plant into India from Manila through the South, and since that time bengkuang dibudidayakan throughout the country. Bengkuang now more dibudidayakan didaerah Java and Madura didataran or lower.

Variety Bengkuang

There are two varieties bengkuang plants, namely bengkuang elephant and bengkuang badur. In the varieties bengkuang gajaha, bengkuang can be harvested at the age of planting four to five months. While in the variets badur, bengkuang can be harvested when the new age tanamnya aged seven to eleven months.

Identification of the Bengkuang and can be used
Bengkuang plants including plants terna into the vine of the family leguminosae have a scientific Pachyrrhizus erosus. Bengkuang dibudidayakan especially for umbinya taken. This leaves the plant compound, three-leaf litter. Flowers arranged in a cluster of length 15 to 25 cm. Fuzzy fruit, shaped pod containing four to nine seeds of the fruit.

Tuberous root white, shaped like a top and easily peeled skin. White flesh fruit, and refreshing the intricate matrix water is high enough. Bengkuang part of the plant that can be used that is the root or umbinya, seeds and also tangkainya. The plants that can be used are also nutritious and drugs can also be used for beauty, for example, are made into powder for cold treatment facial skin to look more fresh and white.
Processed from Bengkuang
Bengkuang usually enjoyed in the form of processed or pickle rujak which is very refreshing. In addition, bengkuang can also be processed as food as an appetizer or a salad made dipadupadankan with other food, for example, made shrimp salad, salad Bangkok, and so forth. Bengkuang can also be processed in the form of vegetables and pudding. However, many people who only enjoy bengkuang in the form of fresh water feels as sweet and refreshing.

Processing that may be made from among bengkuang namely pikel bengkuang, bengkuang chips and candy bengkuang. However pikel, chips and candy bengkuang not known by many people.

Pikel bengkuang is one of the processing of the fermented bengkuang in the saline solution 15 - 20%. During fermentation microbes resistant acid akan grown produce acid, the taste and aroma characteristic pikel. Salt dilarutkan akan berdifusi material into the network so that network to be salty, and the fluid that resides in the network will flow into the saline solution to bring so many vitamin mnejadi salt solution media for growing salt-resistant microbes. Pikel bengkuang this is not yet widely available dipasaran.

Just as is the case with pikel bengkuang, processed from bengkuang which is also not available in the market that is bengkuang chips. Bengkuang tuber is sliced thin and fried until dry. Making chips bengkuang this technique and it requires equipment that is relatively difficult, such as the use penggoreng vacuum cleaner so that the chips are good and dryer used to dry sliced bengkuang.
Kickshaw bengkuang made with two types of candy that is wet, dry and confectioner. Kickshaw wet it can not save time and storage diajurkan in the refrigerator (refrigerator), while relatively dry candy can be stored longer and can be stored at room temperature.

Zat fetus Bengkuang Nutrition
Bengkuang is a fruit that is rich variety akan vitamin that is vital to health, especially vitamin and minerals. Vitamins contained in the bengkuang the most high is vitamin C. While the minerals that are contained in bengkuang phosphorus, iron, calcium and others. Bengkuang is also a fruit that contains the water level high enough so that it can refresh the body after mengkonsumsinya and add body fluids needed for the deposit-deposit of fat that the crust in some parts of the body. Therefore, considered bengkuang can lower cholesterol level in blood.

Nutrition Per Bengkuang substance per 100 grams
Number of Gynecology vitamine

• Energy 55 kal
• Protein 1.4 gr
• Fat 0.2 gr
• 12.8 g carbohydrate
• Calcium 15 mg
• 18 mg phosphorus
• Vitamin A 0 SI
• 0:04 mg Vitamin B1
• Vitamin C 20 mg
• Iron 0.6 mg

Bengkuang For Health Benefits
Bengkuang have many benefits for the health of which can help in the treat hemorrhoids, treat fever, maintain blood sugar in people with diabetes mellitus for, lowering cholesterol level in blood, and so forth.
Bengkoang benefits in the areas of health
1. Treat hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids happen because of interruption of blood flow around the anus so that the blood vessel broad and protuberant. Not all people with hemorrhoids require medical treatment, ie, those who complained about the bleeding, the protrusion and itchy-itchy. Treatment with any possible recurrence hemorrhoids can return depends on the habit to eat, drink and defecate.
Gynecology bengkuang in fiber can help overcome the hemorrhoids. Because one function of the fiber channel to help facilitate the digestion and expenditure so that feses not difficult and does not cause pain and reduce the stress when removing the card. Thus you can reduce the pain of hemorrhoids. To overcome the hemorrhoids, bengkuang made in the form of a juice drink that each sleep and wake up in the morning.

2. Treat fever
Fever is due to a body's defense mechanism (immune response) against foreign substances (seeds that have been weakened disease) into the body. There is a foreign object will be to stimulate body's defense system, that will stimulate immunity cell activity (cell makrofag and limfosit T) to fight against foreign substances by increasing the proteolisis produce amino acids that contribute to the formation of antibody or immune system, so that the body becomes resistant and strong the seeds of disease. However, side effects associated with the body will automatically be issued pirogen (substance causes a fever). Pirogen further bring the message through reseptor in hipotalamus, so that the reaction occurs the temperature rise with the way the body constrict blood vessel and prevent edge sekresi kelanjar sweat. As a result of kalor decreased body temperature and so increases.
Bengkuang that have the nature of the chemical freeze nutritious can be used to reduce fever. Bengkuang tubers can be eaten directly or made in the form of a juice drink that morning and afternoon.

3. For People with good disease Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes melitus or often known as diabetes is a disease that does not feather perspective. All of this can carry the disease, both rich and poor, young teenagers and parents. Changes in lifestyle patterns, especially the move to eat the food that many practical and IM can trigger the occurrence of diabetes melitus. In addition to changes in lifestyle and eating patterns, genetic factors also play a role against the occurrence of this disease.
Diabetes or Melitus Diabetes is a disease that is chronic (chronic) that occurs due to lack of absolute or relative insulin. Marked with increasing concentration of glucose in the blood. It also can affect the metabolism of protein and fat in the body. Disease diabetes can not be cured but can be controlled.
Treatment efforts that are made of regular insulin. However, the effort that is not less important, namely mengaja balance food consumption. The food and physical activity is the best way so that the sugar in the blood remains in normal circumstances. In addition to the medicine doctors, bengkuangpun can be used to maintain kenormalan sugar in the blood. Fiber foods that are in bengkuang a role in the decrease in blood sugar because absorbed slowly and not all converted into glucose. Thus, the fiber bengkuang can control blood sugar for people with diabetes mellitus.
In an effort to maintain the blood sugar remained normal, bengkuang made in the form of juice or can also be shredded and then filtered ago taken sarinya and drink every morning and night.

4. Treat Sariawan
Sariawan symptomatic skin erosion on the mouth, that is, the wall in the cheek or tongue. It is a lack of vitamin C, a decrease in allergy or resistance body. Gynecology bengkuang in vitamin C act as antioxidants that can help accelerate the healing process of sariawan. Bengkuang can be given on how patients with sariawan made in the form of juice, which was then added with honey and water secukupnya.

5. As fitoestrogen Natural
For women, the presence fitoestrogen is necessary to maintain the quality of life diusia old. When a woman enters the menopause where estrogen hormones the body no longer produced or produced only in a relatively small amount, so that there is a tendency for women experiencing physical setbacks, including the skin more rapidly and organs mengeriput start brittle bones and broken easily.
Therefore, the food must contain fitoestrogen grown tersaji dishes in the menu every day. Bengkuang is one food that contains fitoestrogen so good to be consumed for those who have entered the menopause so that complaints that occur during menopause can be avoided and will make the older woman who becomes more interesting and fresh.

6. Lowered Blood Cholesterol level
Trigliserida cholesterol and fat is a faction that is in normal blood. In the right amount of fat is essential for the body. fat is a substance rich in energy utnuk process metabolime body. However, in excessive amount, of fat (trigliserida and cholesterol) can cause a very serious disease such as atherosklerosis, stroke and coronary heart disease. Kadar trigliserida and total cholesterol in the blood that is less than the recommended 200 mg / dl. If the number has exceeded the limit it is necessary diwaspadai and made it down to the efforts therapy.
One way down the cholesterol level in blood in a way that is a food with good and correct. Bengkuang juice therapy can be done to reduce cholesterol in blood. Gynecology and water in bengkuang fiber can help lower cholesterol level in blood. In addition to fiber and a high water content, vitamin C in the womb bengkuang that act as antioxidants can also help in the process of reduction in blood cholesterol level.

7. Reduce acid production Lambung
Interference stomach acid is one of the diseases that occur due to patterns of living and eating patterns are changing. This interference is usually a lot going on that they are often so busy working overpass time meal. When the production of stomach acid will cause the increasing feeling of nausea and vomiting, pain in the Ulu heart, feeling weak, decreased appetite, and headaches. If not treated immediately akan cause inflammation or even injured in the stomach called the ulkus peptikum. To reduce the production of excess stomach acid, are encouraged to reproduce and eat the fruit to reduce the oily food and spicy that can stimulate production of stomach acid. Naturopati experts recommend that to consume fresh bengkuang eaten in the form of the usual sambal or without salt. Umbinya because of the nature and the nature of the cold alkali bengkuang fast meyerap that excess stomach acid.

8. Maintain the body's immune system
Bengkuang is one type of food that play an important role in maintaining and improving the body's immune. Gynecology vitamin C and some phytonutrien found in bengkuang can make the body's immune system awake, so that relatively terhindari can attack from a variety of infections and diseases caused by viruses, bacteria and harmful microorganisms.

9. Property other than bengkuang can treat the disease beri-beri due to lack of vitamin B1 (thiamin). To do that is by bengkuang peel, and wash and clean shredded or blended with the juice ekstraktor. Should be drunk in the morning or afternoon hours after meals.

To benefit Bengkuang Beauty
In addition to have a good feeling so that it can be processed into a variety of cuisine and beneficial for health, bengkuang also appeared to have great benefit to keep maintaining the beauty and skin caring.

1. Keep damp and Skin Health
Having healthy skin is beautiful and longed for each women. How many made by women in order to get the skin smooth, beautiful and healthy. But sometimes even the way that make the skin into the skin of the beautiful and not to become unhealthy.
Given the very important function, skin health needs to be because many factors that can disrupt the skin's health, including age, climate, pollution, genetic, disease, hormonal and lifestyle. Lifestyles that are at risk for skin health, among others, stress, wrong diet, lack of exercise, smoking, alcoholic beverages, skin care that is not appropriate and the use of cosmetics that is too thick so that prevent air circulation in the skin of the face. Stress will cause the skin to be dry so that it will cause the skin look dull.
In addition, there are some things that should be avoided or diminimalisir namely environmental factors such as air pollution, chemicals that hard, sunlight, heat or excessive cold can damage the skin of the dangerous skin health.
Bengkuang often used by many beauty experts to help health care in the face and body skin. Already many products that come from bengkuang extract that is used for beauty, among the cold powder, bengkuang mask, hand and body lotion, moisturizer, and so forth. In addition to the products that are already available paraktis, bengkuangpun can be used with the conventional way as the grate bengkuang then made luluran or maskar to face so that it can whiten the skin and tighten the face.

Gather after the description above, terungkaplah that bengkuang "Si Umbi High" was in fact have a tremendous benefit. In addition to maintaining good health, maintain fitness and body tone is also very good for maintaining the beauty.