Thursday 25 August 2011

PUMPKIN WATER / VEGETABLE MARROW / WATER GOURD

Pumpkin Water or Vegetable Marrow (Lagenaria siceraria) is a type of the pumpkin fruit can young parents in vegetables and  fruit used as water containers, tubes, decorative bags, or koteka (a tool to close the male penis Asmat tribe in the hinterland the island of Irian Jaya - Indonesia). Pumpkin water is still closely related and it was beligo alike. Fruit shape varies from round to elongated oval.

This plant is known as one of the oldest cultivated plants, but it is planted not for food but to be a household appliance.
Because of its shape, laboratory equipment that resembles a pumpkin-shaped water is also called a pumpkin, like the flask and Erlenmeyer flasks.

Water gourd used for various purposes. Young fruits used as vegetables, fruits parents be decorated or artwork. This plant can adjust relative to the weather conditions, both in the rainy season or drought. In healthcare, Pumpkin Water has its benefits, especially to cool the body temperature of the heat.

Part of the gourd tree water use is the leaves and fruit. Nutritional Content contained on leaves and fruit are:
- sponin
- polyphenols
- Calcium
- Iron
- Vitamin C.

Ingredients and Benefits: Contains calcium, iron, and vitamin C.  Water pumpkin famous  is cool, so very well be eaten by patients with fever
usefulness:
1. Fever, Typhus
    Method I: Vegetable Marrow grated and squeezed to take water. Drink this concoction of water 3x a day, 
                    each as much as ½ cup 
    Method II: Eating a Vegetable Marrow stew
2. flu
    4 fingers Vegetable Marrow, 1/3 pound spinach handheld, while given a ½ cup of water. Squeeze and 
    strain,  then give a little lime. Drink this concoction 2x a day, each 3 tablespoons
3. sprue
    Same with recipes no.1. The water should not immediately gulped, but is used to rinse his mouth first.

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