Olive

 

Olive (Olea europaea) is a small tree annual and perennial green, the young fruit can be eaten raw or after preserved as old penyegar.Buahnya squeezed and the oil extracted into olive oil that can be used for various purposes.
Oleaceae olive is a member of the tribe. Besides known as a food flavor enhancer, this oil also has a variety of benefits, both for health and beauty.








 

 Usefulness among others:

•     This oil can be used for hair. One of them is to dry hair as a result of air pollution, exposure to sunlight, too much is in the air-conditioned room or even overuse of chemical-based products. The use of hair and scalp treatments that contain olive oil is believed to be the right solution and healthy. Because the nutrients contained in it can repair damaged hair cuticles while providing extra moisture to the hair. So the hair becomes healthier, soft, shiny and easy no branching.

•     Pure olive oil (Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Un-refined Olive Oil) can also be used directly on the scalp before treatment cream bath. Even a mixture of olive oil with castor oil, lemon juice and water solution of peppermint leaves steeping believed to be a natural recipe for preventing dandruff and itchy scalp.

•     Specifically for skin care, beauty products containing olive oil are believed to help retain moisture and elasticity of the skin as well as facilitate the regeneration of the skin, so the skin is not easy to dry and wrinkled. For the face, olive oil can be mixed with a mask or diulaskan directly on the skin.

•     For olive oil bodies can be used as a carrier oil for a mixture of essential oils as massage oil. Olive oil can also be used as a mixture of body lotion or soap to keep moisture and softness of the skin.

•     Olive oil is also believed to maintain the shape and firmness of the breast.

•     As for the hands and feet, olive oil can also be used to reduce thickened skin on the soles of the feet, maintaining the smoothness of skin, and strengthen nails.

•     Maintaining the health of the heart blood vessels, thus lowering the risk of coronary heart disease. That due to the mono-unsaturated fat, especially oleic acid. But there are also studies that show the efficacy of oil for heart health caused by compounds phenols, instead of fatty acids. The content of phenolic compounds act as antioxidants, which can maintain the elasticity of arteries.

•     As a mild laxative to facilitate the process of defecation.