From various literatures noted that the mengkudu came from the Ancient Asia plains, that call this fruit by the name “ashyuka” which means “longevity”. Then the traveler to leave Asia, and find an island that is now known as Tahiti Nui. These islands in Tahiti, many Mengkudu fruit growing and grow with the wild. For the population, the Mengkudu is seen as the fruit of the gods bring longevity and health. The population of Tahiti use this fruit as a herbal for the health of heredity.
The benefit of mengkudu (morinda citrifolia) finally found a world of science by researchers, namely Dr. Ralph Heinicke who find that there is a bioactive substance inside Mengkudu. For the discovery, Dr. Heinicke inaugurated as an Mengkudu expert of the world. However, when John Wadsworth, founder of International Tahitian Noni in 1995 deep research on this fruit, he carried the name of the mengkudu become well known as herbal fruit.
Herbal property of Mengkudu (morinda citrifolia)
Each part of the morinda, from the leaves, fruit, and oil from its seed have the herbal property. Mengkudu leaves can be trusted alleviate skin irritation and helps the body digest food better. While the seeds of mengkudu rich of linoleum acid, a fatty acid essential to health and skin moisture. But of course this is not to savor through oral consumption, but through the smear (topical), which is already packed in the form of cosmetics. While the fruit, after going through various research, states provide many benefits, among others; kill microbes, swing defecate, throw urine, the cancer cells, increase body resistance, to inflammation and allergies, to rejuvenate the body cells, and coordinate work in the cell body.Part of noni/pace (morinda citrifolia) that is used for herbal remedy
While Dr. Sumali Wiryowidagdo, Chairman of the Center for Studying medicine Nature Materials (PS-OBA) Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Indonesia in the research (2004-2005) revealed that the mengkudu can increase body resistance against physical stress, chemical, and biological. Also as imunostimulant, ie, as the body’s defense mechanism to enable non-specific infections, especially against viruses and pathogenic bacteria. Prof. Sumali also found that the mengkudu has an effect of anti diabetes and antihypertensive, can lower blood pressure and blood sugar. This time have many products with the actual mengkudu (morinda citrifolia) herbal to help facilitate consumption of Mengkudu (morinda citrifolia)/pace/noni fruit, so you need not be bothered looking for more fruit and do own preparation.