Coriander Oil To Remove Bacteria Trigger Stomach Pain
Aug 26, 2011
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For those who have a hobby cook, coriander certainly is not foreign anymore. Spices are widely used as a spice in this dish it could be a drug, because it contains antibiotics to kill harmful bacteria cause stomach ache.
Coriander is in Latin called Coriandrum sativum is a kind of spices like pepper at first glance, but smaller in size and it was not spicy. It was distinctive but not too oppressive, so well-liked.
Besides popular as a spice in cooking, coriander is also often used as a drug, for example to overcome digestive disorders. Usually to overcome diarrhea, coriander boiled water boiled then taken regularly every day until the symptoms subside.
Usefulness of coriander for resolve diarrhea especially those triggered by bacterial infection has been demonstrated recently in a study at the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. Research reports can be found in the Journal of Medical Microbiology.
In that study, the content of which is used as a remedy is oil of coriander. With a concentration of 1.6 percent, the oil is mixed with 12 types of harmful bacteria including Escherichia coli, Salmonella and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
The study, led by Dr. Fernanda Domingues shows, 12 kinds of harmful bacteria growth can be inhibited with coriander oil. Even the MRSA superbug is known as an alias has been resistant to various antibiotics, can also be killed with coriander oil.
"Oil of coriander could be an alternative to be used as a natural antibiotic. We envision coriander can be made in the form of lotion, mouthwash or even a tablet and is used as an antibiotic, "said Dr. Domingues as quoted by FoxNews.