
Noni
plant belonging to the Family Rubiaceace, or coffee-copy, as well as
coffee and quinine. This plant is also brought to Hawaii by the first
Polynesian nation of Southeast Asia, and continues to spread to China,
India and the South Pacific, Tahiti, Hawaii especially to the shores and
waters, through which seeds blackish brown. Noni seeds float in water,
and wander from one coast to the other coast for months without damage
or decay.
There are 80 types of Noni plants. According H.B. Guppy,
an English scientist who studied Noni in early 1900, about 50 kinds of
Noni plants spread across many large and small islands around Indonesia
and Malaysia, as well as the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.
Currently
there are only 20 known types of Noni has economic value, including the
famous red soil is Noni, Noni white ground, or Noni Maluku, which is
derived from the island Butung and Noni Bogor, known as the "queen" of
his Morinda, because of its ability spread around the world through its
seeds, without the need for human assistance.
Noni Fruit Maturation Process

Sequentially
from left to right, the Noni fruit maturation. When it matures as a
look to the right, the fruit is yellow, mushy and produce the
distinctive smell.
In Hawaiian Noni fruit is referred to as "The
Hawaiian Magic Plant" since more than 1,500 years ago. In Central
America, the Noni plant known as "Pain Killer Tree", because nutritious
pain relief.
Word derived from the Polynesian Noni, which has several meanings:
- Aspirin of the Ancients (Acts as aspirin on ancient healing 2000 years ago).
- An immune system stimulant that's Helps us resist infection and
environmental toxins (immune system stimulants that help immunity that
helps resistance to infection and toxins around us).
- Used in sickness and in health, travel and afterwards especially in
old age (Used in healthy condition or pain, especially after a journey
and for seniors).
Bitter
taste of Noni Fruit, the scent is not pleasant, but nevertheless boiled
young Noni fruit for fresh vegetables, fruit salad made half ripe. in
East Java, and when crushed, mixed with a bit of salt to treat wounds
or fractures, usually in young leaves steamed or boiled and eaten as a
salad, is also used for the manufacture of boiled fish wrap. Mixing
chopped young Noni fruit in making fried rice fried rice taste more
delicious.
Traditional medicine using Noni known since
ancient times across the archipelago. The ripe fruit is used to treat
high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes (diabetes), De-worming of
children, diuretic, antidiarrheal, cough medicines and antiseptics in
eliminating dandruff, acne, eczema and skin fungus.
Besides
the effects of treatment, ripe Noni fruit can also be used to remove
rust from metal or for washing hair. The past is actually the Noni plant
to take root, that is for red dyes or dye fabric and yarn. This dye
carmine which gives eternal and never faded. Very fine batik industry
also use Noni roots, namely the manufacture of batik cloth bangbangan (Java language, meaning fabric with shades of red, as in Pekalongan batik).
The
leaves are efficacious for the treatment of outside and inside, such as
diabetes, diarrhea in children, strep throat / tonsillitis, rheumatic
diseases or stiff, that is by Noni leaf spread with coconut oil and made
wilted over a fire, hot-hot affixed to section sick. While the seeds
have a laxative effect. Can bark to treat malaria, and this is not
surprising, because the Noni plant one plant family with quinine. Flower
extract, used to treat inflammation of the eyes, as eyewash.
In
Myanmar, raw Noni fruit cooked in curries, while the ripe fruit is
eaten fresh, usually plus a lot of salt. Myanmar people also consume
seeds after roasting.
Noni
whole plant is efficacious for the treatment of various types.
Consuming Noni juice are done regularly every day to maintain health and
fitness. Process of disease, and aging in the human body can be caused
by toxins, both derived from the wrong diet, wrong lifestyle, the
formation of free radicals, as well as pollution of the environment
around us, such as fruits and vegetables contaminated with pesticides,
as well as side effects drugs. All this will bring down the immune
system, as a result of the weakening of our immune system, making it
susceptible to disease.