Thursday, July 31, 2008

Nutmeg

Name:
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt,)
Familia :
Myristicaceae.
The composition:
Arilus: volatile Oil, fat oil, the tannin substance, and amylum. The seed: volatile Oil, fat oil, saponin, miristisin, elemisi, the enzyme lipase, pectin, hars, and the tannin substance.

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) was plants took the form of the tree that came from the Banda island, the Moluccas. Resulting from he thought that was high as spices, and the nutmeg became the trade commodity that was important since the Roman period.

These plants dioecious so as to be known the male tree and the female tree. His leaves had the shape of the slim ellipse. Him have the shape of oval like lemons, was yellow, plump and typical taste because of containing volatile oil to meat him. When cooked, skin and meat was opened and the seed will be seen was wrapped coloured mace red. One produced one coloured seed chocolate.

The nutmeg contained volatile oil 7-14%. The nutmeg powder was used as spice for bread or the cake, the pudding, sauce, vegetables, and the drink of freshener (like eggnog). His oil was also used as the perfume mixture or soap.

Good for the sufferer dysentery, Stop vomited, Nausea, the bloated Stomach, Rheumatism (outside-soap medicine nutmeg), the hoarse Voice (outside medicine).

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