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ANANAS COMOSUS MERR.
ANAN
ANANAS COMOSUS MERR.
Other Names:
Pineapple
.
In many European countries, the
pineapple
is the paradigm of fruit in from the New World. Hence its various names to join the adjective
'American'
or
'Indian'
.
Habitat:
Originally from
Central
America
, cultivated in all tropical regions of the world.
Description:
herbaceous plant of the
family
of Bromeliaceae, which reaches about 50 cm tall. The leaves are long and thorny, on whose center born flowers, bluish in color. The fruit is
common
to all of
a
flower
spike.
Part used:
fruit.
Properties and indications:
Its active ingredient is the Bromelin, an enzyme (leaven) which, like pepsin in the
stomach
, is capable of severing
protein
, accelerating their digestion. As such acts as
a
substitute for gastric juice, when it is secreted in small quantities (hypochlorhydria, lack of juice,
chronic
gastritis
) accelerating the passage of food through the
stomach
and improving digestion. You can even manage to infants who suffer from digestive
disorders
.
Pineapple
juice also
has
properties béquicas (calm coughs) and expectorants, possibly due to the sugars and
organic
acids it contains. It is also gentle diuretic and worming. It is used in slimming diets as an appetite reducer (anorectic action)
Use:
take 1 or 2 slices of
pineapple
before
each
meal, or
a
glass of fresh juice fifteen minutes before you start eating. It is useful to know that the canned
pineapple
loses much of its digestive properties, because the enzyme Bromelin be easily distorted.
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