hibiscus flower buds (hibiscus-rosa-sinensis)

Hibiscus (Kembang sepatu) that has a latin name Hibiscus rosa-sinensis hibiscus linn. Its flower containing hibiscetin, while the stem and leaves contain calcium oxalate, peroxides, fat, and protein, which is nutritious to treat bronchitis, gonorrhea, irregular menstruation, fever, fever in children, mouth sores, cough, mumps, and headaches.

Herbal remedy for bronchitis with Hibiscus

Also Hibiscus is used to cure bronchitis. The herbal ingredient as follows:
Washing two hibiscus flower buds, and being crushed until smooth.
Give 3 / 4 cups of drinking water and cooked a little salt.
Mix the ingredients until evenly distributed, press and filtered. Drink it twice a day.

The other way is, take 2-3 hibiscus flower buds, boiled with 2 glass of drinking water for 15 minutes, then filtered. The water that has been filtered, drink it twice a day.

Hibiscus/Kembang sepatu (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis hibiscus linn)

Hibiscus herbal remedy for gonorrhea

Using Hibiscus to cure gonorrhea disease, the herbal ingredient as follows:
Washing 6 hibiscus flower bud,
Boiled with three cups of water to the water remaining 3 / 4 cup.
After that, filtered and let it (condensed) for one night. Drink with honey three times a day, each 1 / 2 cup s.

Herbal remedy for irregular menstruation

For irregular menstruation problem, try to wash 3 hibiscus flower bud, and crushed until smooth. Add a glass of drinking water and a little vinegar. Next press it and filtered. Drink 2-3 times a day as much as 1 / 2 cup.

In addition to the family medicine, hibiscus can also be used as ornamental plants to decorate a our beautiful house.

rosella

Because of this acid content that is cause rosella have acidic characteristic. This acid can potentially cause pain in the stomach, due to excess stomach acid. So if less precise rosella is used or can be considered to cure ulcer disease. For those who have trouble of stomach sore or ulcer, use of herbal or other materials that are acid, including vitamin C, should be limited.

To avoid stomachaches, the food or drinks that contain herbal including acid, should be consumed after the meal. That is when the stomach is not in the empty condition. Special to rosella, you can safely consume, in a way to create tea rosella.

Rosella Tea:

Take 2 – 3 bud sheath rosella is still fresh, clean, add the hot water of 200 ml. Let it for 10 minutes, may be drunk, can be added with honey. You can drink this tea, three times a week. Once a drink is 200 ml.

So far there is no information about the side effects of rosella, related to kidney health.

Kencur / greater galingale herb

Kencur/ greater galingale herb have the property as a sputum shedding (expectorant), or clear the throat, the mucus that clog the nose, to the body, helps remove gas from the stomach, and to clear the voice.

Kencur also often used for medicinal bruise, sprain, stiff, stiff and swollen.

Further development of the show, kencur also can be used to cure asthma, rheumatism, cold, and cough. various laboratory reveal tests, kencur rhizome contain of starch (4.14%), minerals (13.73%), and volatile oil (atsiri) (0.02%) sineol form, kanil, metil acid and Penta dekaan, sinamik acid, ethyl aster, borneol , kamfene, paraeumarin, anisic acid, alkaloid, and Gom.

Here are some recipes using kencur as a herbal treatment for various purposes:

Herbal remedies for Asthma

Take three rhizomes of kencur/ greater galingale herb that are still fresh, about 30 grams. Once washed clean, then shredded and pressed. Kencur water is then mixed with two-tablespoon of honey and a locally grown chicken egg. Shake ingredients are then let it briefly, and drink it.

Herbal remedies for fatigue

Take one rhizome of kencur which is still fresh and quite large. Roughly sliced. Take one spoon of rice flour that has been soaked in water about 1 hour, and one-piece palm sugar or coconut sugar, and one finger joint tamarind. All materials and then be added with a glass (250 cc) of hot water, blender it, and then being filtered. Drink the ingredient. For maximum results, do three times a day.

Herbal remedies for rheumatism

One ounce of kencur / greater galingale herb, 1 / 2 ounce kedawung seeds, and 1 / 2 ounce of ginger (diced), and 1 ounce of rice powder. All material boiled with two glasses of water to stay a glass. Once appointed, wait until hot, then filtered. Add lemon and one-teaspoon of honey. Drink this concoction twice a day, each half a glass.

Herbal remedies for cold

To treat a cold, a thumbs of kencur / greater galingale herb rhizome, peeled finely, and eaten with salt as much as needed. Then drink one glass of warm freshwater water. This can be done two times a day.

Herbal remedies for smoothen the menstruation

Prepare two thumb of kencur rhyzome, one sheet of trengguli leaf, one sheet of old clove fruit seeds, and adas pulawaras as much as needed. Kencur / greater galingale herb is chopped, then mixed with other materials. Boil in three glasses of water and boil until only two glasses. Filter and drink twice a day, each a glass.

Herbal remedies for diarrhea

Two thumbs of kencur rhizome being shredded, add salt as much as needed. press and filter it, then apply to the stomach as a powder.

Herbal remedies for water bug

Take a kencur rhizome (large enough), then be split. rub in between the legs that is exposed by a water bug..

Herbal remedies for headache

Take 3 – 5 sheets of kencur leaf, pound it until smooth, and then apply (as a compress) to the forehead.

In fact many kencur / greater galingale herb property has not been revealed. A research conducted by the University of Airlangga, Surabaya, state the benefits of kencur as a natural sun screen. P-ethyl compound and metoksisinamat of kencur shows the activity as a sun screen, although less eligible because most are dissolved in the water and cause irritation. Read more any posts in the “Herbal Skin Care | Kencur / greater galingale herb as a Natural Sunscreen”.