Sorrel - Roselle - Kra Jeab
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  Sorrel or Kra Jeab, also called Roselle. Sorrel possesses twice the amount of Vitamin C of an orange. Food value, nutritionists have found sorrel calyces to be high in calcium, niacin, riboflavin, iron, phosphorous, thiamine, amino acids, citric ascorbic acid, citric acid, d-malic acid, tartaric acid and hibiscic acid. Medicinal Uses In Thai traditional medicine  | Roselle is used for the treatment of various diseases and disorders including hypertension, hyperlipidemea, bladder stone and gastric ulceration (Bunyapraphatsara, 1987). It was demonstrated that Roselle could be used as an antispasmodic drink and antihypertensive as well as anthelmintic in taeniasis and anti-bacterial agent (Sharaf, 1962). An aqueous extract of Roselle was reported to be an effective diuretic in patients with urologic disorders (Muangmun, 1982) |
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