Olive

Olive (Olea europaea) is an annual small trees and evergreen, the young fruit can be eaten raw or preserved as a refresher after. The old fruit is squeezed and the oil is extracted into olive oil that can be used for various purposes. Olive is a member of the Oleaceae tribe.


Interest-melatian jasmine or Oleaceae tribe vegetation is composed of 24 genera and about 600 species of plants.

Some characteristics of Oleaceae tribe:

    * Grow as shrubs or trees and have a bell-shaped flowers
    * Single or pinnate leaves, sitting opposite or rocky, with no leverage leaf
    * Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual
    * Ovaries ride
    * Fruit fruit kendaga broken by splitting the space, sometimes in the form of fruit or fruit stone buni
    * Beans usually have endosperm.


 The Characteristics and Distribution
Olive plants have characteristics include:

    * Grows as a shrub has a bell-shaped flowers
    * Single leaf with leaf position to deal without leverage
    * Hermaphrodite or unisexual flowers and fruit ride
    * Fruit of stone fruit with seeds have endosperm

Olive began to bear fruit at the age of five years and can reach thousands of years old, so that was the shrub has become a big tree. Olive trees thousands of years old of whom has ever been found in Palestine which survived until 2000 years.

Distribution includes hot climate regions to temperate climate. Most species can be found in Asia and the Mediterranean region. The plant was still allied with jasmine (Jasminum sambac).


 Symbols and benefits
Olive leaf stalks are often used as a symbol of peace and has long been part of Western culture. In this society olive branch became a symbol of peace and has grown since hundreds of years ago to take a delicious fruit. From that philosophy we can take the essence of that with the growth of olives will bring peace.


Many benefits of this olive tree. In addition to the delicious fruit, wood from olive trees is also very good, loud and beautiful. In addition to edible olives are also used as food flavoring. If the fruit is squeezed, we can obtain the oil. This oil can be used as a spice in salads and later widely used for cosmetic ingredients that can keep moisture and firmness that is believed to make the skin youthful.


OLIVE, really a lot of mention of Olive in the Qur'an, Allah swears by the olive in his words: "For the sake of Tien and olive trees." (At-Tin 1-2), and His word in the letter of An-Nuur verse 35, "turned on (with oil) from a blessed tree, (ie) olives are not grown on the east side nor on the west, almost oil alone does not illuminate even touched the fire. " Later in the letter of Al Mukmin verse 20, Allah says, "And the tree (growing) out of Tursina, which (olive tree) that produce oil and be strong for those who eat."


Similarly in the hadith of the Prophet, he said, "Let you use olive oil as a side dish and make it as a topical oil, because it (olive oil) come from a blessed tree." (Abu Daud).


The scholars are also many mentions about the virtues of olive oil and a very large benefits in terms of nutrition and medication, such as such as Imam Ibn Al jauziyah Qoyyim in his book At-Tibb an-Nabawiyah. Similarly, modern medicine has recognized the benefits of olive oil for treatment, including:


   1. DR Scott Grandy of the University of Texas and DR Satsoon from the University of California, both conducted research on the declining number of patients with liver disease in an area where people make a mixture of olive oil as food.

   2. Dated 21 April 1997 held a scientific meeting in Rome attended by medical experts, they peel and issued a key decision about olive oil, in a press release they confirmed that olive oil can protect against infections arteriole (small blood salurah in hepatic / liver and inhibits the rise in blood cholesterol ), blood pressure and diabetes, as it protects against some cancers.

   3. Olive oil can lower LDL cholesterol levels and increase HDL cholesterol, without causing negative impacts against the beneficial cholesterol, liver and heart sehingg will be maintained and damage to nerves in the body.

   4. Prof. Asman of German Monster University, explained that the habit of using olive oil to give an opportunity is large enough to protect themselves from cancer a number of attacks, colon cancer, uterus, ovary.

   5. Archives of Internal Medicine August 1998 edition confirms that the habit of consuming one tablespoon of olive every day, allowing for breast cancer can reduce up to 45%.

   6. And there are many other modern medical medical research that has been scientifically proven to mncegah and treat various diseases.


Secrets and Benefits of Olive Oil
Prophet. has ordered that we consume and use olive oil. For the first time in history, there are sixteen most renowned medical experts in the world gathered in Rome on 21 April 1997 AD, to issue some directives and decisions together on the theme "Nutrition Olive Oil and the Middle White Sea."


In a statement, they assert that consuming olive oil can contribute to protect the body against coronary heart disease, increased blood cholesterol, increased blood pressure and diabetes and obesity, in addition to olive oil is also efficacious to prevent the occurrence of several types of cancer.


Olive Oil Reduces Harmful Cholesterol
Various research proves the fact that leaves no doubt that the olive oil lowered total cholesterol and harmful cholesterol, without reducing the cholesterol content useful.


Olive Oil Reduces Risk of Occurrence of blockage (thrombosis) and Thickening (Arteriosclerosis) Blood Vessels
In a study published in December of 1999 AD in the magazine AMJ Clin NUTRL the researchers claimed that nutrient-rich olive oil content can reduce the negative effects of fat in the diet on blood clotting, and further reduce the occurrence of thickening of the heart arteries


Olive Oil Lowers Mortality
A study published in the magazine's famous Lanst on December 20, 1999 AD, shows that the poorest countries in Europe, namely Albania, a Muslim population, has the privilege of at least the death toll there. The death rate among men in Albania is 41 people of every 100,000 people, half of the state in Britain. It was influenced by the consumption of olive oil in the diet of the population of Albania.


Olive Oil Reduces Drug Use Lowering High Blood Pressure.
A study conducted by Dr. Aldovaroro at the University of Naples Italy and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine Magazine, March 27, 2000 M, has conducted a study of 32 patients affected by the disease of high blood pressure and they were taking medication for high blood pressure.
The study shows a decrease in blood pressure levels of 7 points among those who consumed olive oil.


Olive Oil Reduces Cancer Attack
The researchers say that because the decline in the ratio of deaths from cancer attacks in the Middle White Sea population of the country is because the food contains olive oil as the main source of fat, in addition to containing vegetables, fruits, and cabbage.


Olive Oil Prevent Cancer Incidence
Professor Asman, Chairman of the Academy of Arteriosclerosis Studies at the University of Monstar, Germany, he is the world's most prominent researchers in the field of medicine and arteriosclerosis, he said, "The consumption of olive oil can protect the body against a number of other cancers, including colon cancer, uterine cancer, ovarian cancer, although the number of these studies are still too low. "


Olive Oil and Breast Cancer
A study published in November 1995 and conducted on 2564 women affected by breast cancer, confirmed that there is inverse correlation between the likelihood of breast cancer with pengkon-sumsian olive oil, and that consume lots of olive oil to give a stake in protecting a person from attack breast cancer .
A study published in Archives of Internal Medicine Magazine August 1998 edition of M confirmed that eating a tablespoon of olive oil daily may reduce the risk of breast cancer up to levels of 45%.


Olive Oil and Cancer Uterus
Cancer British magazine publishing in May 1996 AD a small study of 145 Greek women with cancer of the uterus. The researchers correlate between the women with ovarian cancer are women who consume lots of olive oil. Apparently, women who consume olive oil less affected by cervical cancer. Where the possibility of cancer in them down to 26%.


Olive Oil and Gastric Cancer
A number of modern scientific studies indicate that consumption of olive oil on a regular basis can reduce the occurrence of gastric cancer. But it still needed further scientific studies on this subject.


Olive Oil and Colon Cancer
There are also several studies that show that the lawyer-konsumsian fruits, vegetables, and olive oil, play an important role in protecting the body against colon cancer.


Olive Oil and Skin Cancer (Melanoma)
Dertmatdogg Times Magazine August 2000 edition of M mentions a study showing that use olive oil as a skin cream after swimming and sunbathing, will protect the occurrence of skin cancer (melanoma).


Olive Oil Reduces Incidence Peptic
Dr. Samut, from Harvard University United States, presented a study in Congress Last American Digestive System Disease Organization, held in October 2000 AD Dr. Samut confirmed that nutrient contained in olive oil can have a positive effect in protecting the body from cancer and reduce the incidence of gastric ulcer disease.


Olive Oil Efficacious As Breast Milk
In a modern study, published in February 1996 AD at the University of Barcelona, Spain, performed on forty women who breastfeed, breast milk samples taken from them. The researchers found that most of the fat contained in milk, including single-chain type of fat. This type of fat is considered as the best fat should be consumed by humans, and that is well-known type of fat found in olive oil.


Olive Oil Reduces Inflammation Joints
AMJ Clin NUTR Magazine November 1999 issue M, mempu-blikasikan a study of 145 patients with a kind of joint pain of arthritis in Northern Greece. They correlated the 108 healthy people. In this research shows that consumption of olive oil can contribute in protecting the body from the occurrence of this disease.


Killing Head Lice Olive Oil
Several studies conducted at several universities and the Academy in America, about head lice, shows that the use of olive oil as hair oil affected by head lice, in a few hours to kill fleas on the head.


Olive Oil Prevent Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Digestive Disease Week conference in New Orleans in 2010, experts in the UK indicates that increased consumption of olive oil can reduce the risk of suffering from ulcerative colitis or inflammatory bowel disease. Colitis are inflammatory bowel diseases that cause ulcers in the anal canal and the large intestine, resulting in abdominal pain, diarrhea and weight loss.


"Olive oil seems to help prevent the development of colitis by blocking chemicals in the colon that exacerbate inflammation in the disease," said study leader Dr. Andrew Hart. "We estimate that about half of cases of colitis can be prevented if Olive Oil consumed in greater numbers. Two-to-three tablespoons of olive oil per day will have an impact protection," he said.