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Katuk (Sauropus androgynous)
physical characteristics
The figure of katuk plant shrubs that grow chronic form. Due to impressive lean, katuk often planted a few sticks at a time as a hedge plant. Plant height is approximately 1-2 m, the stems grow upright. While still young green stems. After the old stems become grayish white color. With branching woody stems that rarely. The leaves are compound leaves an even number. The flowers are uniquely shaped and colored reddish-white false. Petals hard, the fruit is round, small size, such as buttons and white. Seeds of four air-space.
place to grow
This plant grows in the lowlands to 1,200 m above sea level. Katuk liked the open or slightly shielded with a lightweight soil structure. This plant is widely grown in gardens, fields, or yards.
multiplication
Katuk plants can be propagated by stem cuttings. Rod used should be not too old. If production is a little leaf, the plant can be rejuvenated by pruning katuk main stem.
Content of chemical substances
Katuk leaves contain protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B and vitamin C.
Efficacy for the treatment of
Facilitating breastfeeding for mothers after childbirth as well as clean the dirty blood
Katuk leaves can be processed into vegetable or eaten as a salad. These vegetables should be eaten regularly.
Ulcers or ulcers
Rinse leaves katuk. Mash until smooth leaf katuk. Glue the leaves that have smooth katuk on the sick.
Disease yaws and difficult urination
Rinse leaves katuk, then boiled. Drink boiled water katuk leaves regularly.
Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)Name of area: citrus acid (Java); acid lime (Sunda); and dhurga orange (Madura)
Physical Characteristics
Citrus is a small tree. The trunk has many sharp thorns and small branches. Leaves oval-shaped and textured a bit stiff. Approximately 4-6 cm long leaf. Leaf edges slightly curved upwards. Meanwhile, the stem leaves are small and narrow. Lemon flowers are white and fragrant. The fruit shape with slightly rounded edges a little contract. While still young, green fruit. The older, more fruit color light green or yellowish. Fresh fruit taste sour.
Place to grow
Orange juice liked the open space with good air circulation.
Multiplication
To plant a lime plant can be selected seedlings from seed or transplant seedlings.
Content of chemical substances
Citrus juice contains limonene, linalin acetate, geranil acetate, citric acid, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin B1, iron, fellandren, and sitral.
Efficacy for the treatment of
Fever
Pick 2-4 handheld lime leaves. Boil for modern day with 2-4 glasses of water. Use boiling water is to compress the patient's forehead with a fever.
Chronic Cough
Squeeze an old lime fruit. Take water as much as a teaspoon of juice. Combine the juice ddengan sweet soy sauce. Drink this mixture three times a day.
Another way is to bake a lemon for a while over the fire until the estimated boiling water in orange. Let the fruit until lukewarm. Halve the lemon, then squeeze into the mouth to flow into the throat. This recipe is also good for colds.
Mild flu
Squeeze the lime fruit. Next, add warm water to the juice. Drinking lemon water is warm.
Disease less blood
Prepare materials such as thorns 25g spinach leaves, chicken eggs 2 eggs, ½ lemon slice, 2 tablespoons of pure honey, as well as leaf liman 10g footprint. Bersdihkan footprint spinach leaves and leaf liman, then mashed and take the water. Water the juice is mixed with egg yolk, lemon juice, and honey. Stir ingredients until blended. Drink this mixture two times a day.
Stopping smoking
Isaplah slice of lemon. Fresh sour taste will make you horny for drinking water. Apply treatment several times a day. This way other than reducing the urge to smoke, it also helps clean the nicotine that is contained in the teeth and mouth.
Underarm odor is not good
Prepare lemon juice mixed with whiting. After bathing, apply this mixture on underarms and allow some time before it washed. Apply morning and evening treatment.
Other efficacy
Lime juice is mixed into a drink of tea, besides being able to refresh the body, are also able to facilitate the discharge of urine.
Guava (Psidium guajava)
Physical Characteristics
The figure of this plant a small tree. Height of about 2-10m. The trunk is small and hard. Surface shiny brown bark and easily peeled. The leaves are oval rather menjorong with bone line leaves the firm. The flowers are white leaf out of the armpit. Guava fruit is round. While still young, dark green fruits and turned into light green or yellowish green after dark or cooking. Meat fruits contain seeds that very much. Seeds small size and very hard.
Place to grow
This plant grows in the lowland to highland with an altitude of 1,200 m asl. Loose soil to clay can be planted. It would be better if the site is open space and plenty of water.
Multiplication
To plant a guava, can be done through seed, grafting, or move the shoots that have been rooted.
Content of chemical substances
Guava leaves contain tannin, eugenol (essential oils), fatty oils, resins, tanning substances, triterpinoid, and afel acid. The fruit contains amino acids (tryptophan, lysine), calcium, phosphorus, iron, sulfur, vitamin A, vitamin B1, and vitamin C.
Efficacy for the treatment of
Diarrhea
Boil fresh guava leaves weighing 30g along with a handful of rice flour and 1-2 cups of water. Water decoction is drunk two times a day. Another way is 3 pieces of fresh young guava leaves chewed with a little salt, then swallowed. Apply treatment 2 times a day.
Sprue
Boil 1 handful fresh guava leaves and bark with a finger 1lt water. Strain the stew. Drink herb distillate as much as 2 times a day.
Diabetes
Take a guava fruit is still mengkal, then cut into pieces. Furthermore, boiled guava pieces with 3 cups of water until the water remaining 1 cup. Strain the cooking water before you drink 2 times a day.
Oozing sores or ulcers around the bone
Mash the fresh guava leaves. affix leaves squash in place the sick. Apply treatment several times a day.
Hemorrhoid
Take some leaves of guava young stone or stone-tongued and a banana. Rinse the two materials. Furthermore, these two ingredients mashed banana without peeling first stone. Absorb water from the juice, then drink. Perform regular daily treatment. Although the pain is gone, the water still drink potions so that the disease is completely cured.
Bloating in children
Pick 3 pieces of guava leaves are still young and fresh. Boil the leaves with 2 cups water with ½ finger pulosari bark and 5 grains of fennel. Boiling is performed until the remaining 1 cup of water only. Before drinking should be filtered first. 3-year-old child can be given this herb a day 3 times as much as 2 tablespoons, whereas older children were given one cup daily.
Ginger (Zingiber officinale ROSCs)Physical CharacteristicsGinger is an erect herbaceous plants. Mature plants can be annual. Height can reach 0.4 to 1 m. The trunk is composed of pseudo-stem leaf blade. Ginger-shaped leaves of plants with a flat aft end melancip. The flowers consist of a collection of small cone-shaped flowers. Color yellowish white petals, roots shaped rhizome, fragrant, and spicy.Place to growPlants originating from south asia is like a slightly moist soil, but gets enough sunlight.MultiplicationThese plants can be propagated by rhizome or partial separation of chicks from the mass. How to multiply with the ginger rhizome is a rhizome cutting. Each piece of rhizome has at least two buds.Content of chemical substancesGinger rhizome contains essential oils. Such
oils consist of nononylaldehide, d-camphene, db-phellandrene,
methylheptenone, cineol, d-borneol, geraniol, lonalool, acetates,
caprylate, citral, chavicol, gengerol, shogaol, and zingiberene. In addition ginger rhizome also contains starch and fiber resin.Efficacy for the treatment ofRheumatismPrepare 1 or 2 pieces of ginger rhizome. Heat the rhizome above the fire or hot coals, then mashed. Paste the collision of ginger on the body of arthritic pain.Abrasions, exposed to sharp objects, exposed spines, falls, and snake bitesMashed red ginger rhizome. Add the result of collision with a little salt. Put these ingredients on the injured body part.EczemaGrate radishes, then mixed with ginger ale. Water can be obtained by ginger rhizome ginger grated, and squeezed. Spread mixture into the skin of eczema. Usually within two weeks, the disease has been reduced.Facial nerve painIngredients consisting of a mixture of potatoes, flour, and ginger. The trick is shredded potatoes, then add flour and ground ginger, After that, the mixture was added a little warm water. Herbs placed on the face of the sick. Treatment carried out until the disease cured.Other efficacyGinger
is used as a seasoning is also capable of efficacious to increase
appetite, strengthening the stomach, and improves digestion. This is possible because inflameted the mucous membrane entrails oils secreted by the ginger rhizome.
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