Roucou is very popular with us in cooking. It is used for making color for dishes However, not many people know that there are so much nutritions in this kind of plant. Today, Kentary will show you some special benefits if this plant via this article!

Its name is Roucou, or well known as Annatto or Achiote. This plant comes from Amazon, America South.

Vietnamese name of roucou is red cashew. The hight of this plan is from 5 to 10m, the fruit grow in raceme, heart shape and 50 seeds in a fruit. Roucou oil is extracted by soaking seeds in water. This oil has long been used by America South people forr food and today is used by all over the world.

1. Skin care oil from roucou

Roucou oil is very rich at Beta-caroten, 100 times higher than carrot, strong antioxidant, clear free radicals on the skin. These are atoms that are formed in the skin when the skin is destroyed by ultraviolet rays or agents in the environment. It causes aging, rough, hard and unhealthy skin. Beta carotene can clear those harms beacause of removing all the free radicals, applying a small amount of oil on your skin every morning before going out, will help your skin to be effectively protected.

2. They are the herbal that can treat your diseases

South American natives use Roucou oil to make herbal. Their leafs can cure dysentary, fever, malaria. The parts of this plan are used to make anti-sunstroke medicine, paristhimitis, pleurisy, rectal disorders and headache. Apply Roucou Oil to your skin for easing burn.Roucou tree seeds can also be used to remove worms.

3. Coloring food from cashew nuts:

Pure Roucou oil gives a bright yellow red color and has been used for a long time by Native Americans to make the dye paint on the body, especially the lips, so it is sometimes called in this area as “Lipstick”. Red is also used as a safe food dye, especially for dairy foods such as cheese, butter, dry foods such as chips, breakfast cereals, smoked fish and special is used in baking to create colors that are safe and beneficial for health.

4. Food spice from Roucou

Roucou seeds has the similar taste like different seeds, but a littble bit sweet and spicy. So that, professional chefs used this kind of seed to make their dishes more special in color & taste. Especially, in curry.

5. Hair caring oil from Roucou

Beta-caroten in Roucou is used for hair caring, help anti-aging for hair, Regenerates hair structure, stimulates cell production and melanin pigment to help hair grow faster and healthier. Therefore, many women have taken advantage of Roucou oil to condition hair and protect hair from harm from surrounding environment.

Beside benefits above, the high Beta caroten amount in Roucoun will make your eyes brighter, your skin more beautiful. Let use this kind of food because it will give you great benefits.

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