Pomelo seed of all kinds of pomelo including
forest pomelo, dried-sectioned pomelo (unable to eat) can be extracted to make
medicine for many diseases treatment.
The mucilage around seed skin, called
pectin, has many valuable uses including: treating blood lipids disorder, type
2 diabetes, losing weight, stopping bleeding, preventing constipation,
anti-bacterial, prolonging effect of some kinds of medicine in the body and
especially, increasing nutrient absorption in foods and drinks.
The
seed of Pomelo can be used to treat diabetes.
When you eat pomelo, choose plump seeds and
put in a clean container to extract pectin. If you have few seeds, use fresh
ones for extraction (store in the cool tray of refrigerator). If the amount of
seeds is big, dry them and then keep in container which is clean, dry with
cover for gradually using. Put pomelo seeds into a cup (maximum amount about
1/3 cup). Pour boiled water which is cooled down a little (about 60 – 70 degree
C) into the cup (water level is about 2/3 cup). Wait in 15 minutes, then use a
fork to stir continuously in 5-6 minutes and decant the water into another cup.
Do the same again and check the seed skin, if the mucilage runs out, just stop,
if it still remains, do again. The seeds are dry and not sticky, pectin will be
out in 2 times. If the seeds are sticky, sometimes it takes 5-6 times to
extract all pectin. You can keep pectin fluid in cool tray to use for 2 days.
The pectin content around pomelo seeds is from 2-16% depending on dry or sticky
seeds. Raw pectin fluid can be used to prevent and treat some following
diseases:
When
you eat pomelo, choose plump seeds and put in a clean container to extract
pectin
·
Type 2 diabetes or weight loss: Take 50ml pectin fluid 10 minutes before meal, 3 times per day.
Keep on drinking until having blood test, blood sugar returning to normal for
diabetic. To lose weight, check the weight every week, just stop when it meets
the requirement.
·
Blood lipids disorder, cardiovascular
diseases, constipation: Take 50ml pectin fluid
60 minutes after main meal, twice a day. Just stop when blood fats is back to
normal.
Extract
pomelo’s mucilage to lose weight
·
Stop the bleeding: Nosebleed, odontorrhagia, menorrhagia, hypermenorrhea … can
be cured by taking 20ml pectin fluid for 3 times in first 60 minutes (every 20
minutes taken) combining with sticking cotton dipped in pectin to bleeding nose
or bleeding stump.
To those who have no diseases, take 20-30ml
pectin fluid every day, it is good for digestion (easily stool, easily absorb
nutrients in foods and drinks)
