One of the many plants used as traditional medicine that is used as an expectorants is thymi (Thymus vulgaris). This plant can be used as herbal tea by adding 1 gram of thymi herbal powder with a cup of hot water. After warming, add 1 spoonful of honey. You can drink this concoction 3 – 4 times a day.

As an expectorants, thymi ingredients can be combined with licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra). Thymi as herbal, licorice root has the effect as expectorant or sputum thinning agent. This herb can be consumed by adding 1 – 2 grams of licorice root dry powder with a cup of hot water. Drinking this concoction 3 – 4 times a day.

Hopefully this expectorants herbal ingredient can help relieve loosen a cough with phlegm which you are suffering.

Here are herbal ingredients related with influenza and cough you may know:

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If you suffer such as the above you can try the herbal ingredients such as described below. To know about symptoms of influenza disease, you can read from Medical Online Media blog : Understanding Influenza Disease

Herbal Ingredient 1:

Take 2 stem of garlic leaves, ginger 10 grams, 90 grams of meat leaf of aloe Vera and 5 grains of cloves. Boil all ingredients above with 600 cc of water until the remaining 200 cc, filtered water and drink. Do this 1 time a day. This ingredient can warming your body. Hopefully the cold quickly subside, and again the spirit of work.

Herbal other which can be used to cure influenza, among others:

Sweet starfruit

This plant is rich in oxygen, among others, protein, fat, calcium, phosphor, iron, Vit A, B and C.

Pharmacologic effects: anti-inflammation, saliva dissolver, diuretic.
Flowers – sweet taste, anti malaria.
Stem and leaf - sourness, astringent, neutral, anti-inflammation, diuretic, severe heat.
Roots – think acid, neutral, astringent, analgesic, anti-rheumatism.

To treat a sore throat and influenza, simply provide 90-120 gr Sweet fresh starfruit. Being blended, and filtered, drink its water.

Ciplukan (Physallis peruvianna L.,)

Ciplukan (Physallis peruvianna L.,) or Physallis angulata Linn or Physallis minina Linn.

This plant has a different chemical compounds, which are known, among others: Chlorogenic acid, C27H44O-H2O, and fisalin citric acid, fruit acids contain malat, alkaloid, tannin, kriptoxantin, vitamin C and sugar, while it’s pit contain of Claidic acid.

This plant is analgesic, diuretic, neutralize poison (detoxifies), ease coughing, activate the gland body. In The China pharmacology, is mentioned that ciplukan has a bitter taste and have a cool characteristic.

To treat influenza and throat Pain Management, provide enough 9 – 15 grams ciplukan, boiled with a water as much as needed and drink the water.

Malabar Night Shade (Basella rubra Linn)

Other name this plant is Lo kuei (China), GENDOLA (Indonesia)

Nature of Chemicals: this herbs rich of chemical compounds like (its leaf): organic acid, glucan, c-carotene, such as the mucopolysacharida L-arabinose, D-galaktose, Lrhamnose, aldonic acid saponin, Vitamin A, B and C

Pharmacologic effects: as an anti-toxin, antipiretic, removing the organism from the blood causes illness.

To treat influenza, use the leaves fresh from the Malabar Night Shade as much as 15 grams, boiled ago washed with 2 water glass until remaining 1 glass. After the cold filter and add a little salt poke up until being dissolved, drunk.

Other Herbal remedy to cure influenza are:

Traditional Remedy 1 :

15 grams ginger and 2 stalk garlic leaves. Boil with 400 cc of water until remaining 200 cc, drink the water when still warm. Use it twice a day.

Herbal Remedy 2 :

10 grams of garlic, 10 grams of onion (Allium cepa L.), and 10 gram ginger. Sliced and then add with hot water. Being covered for15 minutes. After that, discard the ginger, drink this water, eat the garlic and union that is left. Consume it twice a day.

Herbal Ingredient 3 :

30-60 grams of mustard greens and 10-15 gram of garlic. Boil with a water as much as needed. Drink the water when still warm. Do it twice a day.

Traditional medicine 5 :

Press a citrus fruit (Citrus hystrix Dc), add with 60 ml of hot water. Drink it while it is warm.

Herbal Ingredient 6 :

This ingredient use Gendola (Basella rubra Linn ) plant, or Malabar Night Shade, Lo kuei (Cina). This herb has chemical compounds like organic acid, glucan,c-carotene, mucopolysacharida like L-arabinose, D-galactose, L-­rhamnose, aldonic acid saponin, Vitamin A,B dan C. Gendola has benefids as an anti toxin and antipyretic.

Wash cleanly 15 grams of fresh gandola leaves, boil with 2 glass of water remaining to a glass. Let it for a while to make cold, filter it and add a little salt, stir it and drink all at once.

Herbal Remedy 7 :

Grate ¼ piece of coconut and a thumb of kencur (Kaempferia galangal) rhizome, mix its. Add with a glass of drinking water, press it and drink it once a day.

Herbal remedy for cough

Herbal Ingredient 8 :

Take 2,5 cm of ginger rhizome (grated), ½ teaspoon of chili powder, 2 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1-2 of garlic (smashed smoothly), and hone as much as you like.

Boil ginger with 2 glass of water with small fire, for 5 minutes. Add chili powder and boil it again for 1 minutes. Take up the ingredient, and add with a limon, garlic, and honey. Let it for a while, and filter it. Drink it while it is warm.

Herbal Remedy 9 :

Boil 100 grams of fresh ginger (sliced), a stick of cinnamon that has been shattered, 1 teaspoon of corianders, 3 cloves, and a slice of lemon fruit with 500 ml of water. After seethed, let if for 15 minutes. Take up and filter it, add a honey if you want . Drink 1 cup of it every two hours.

You can choose one of herbal ingredients above, to cure influenza naturaly.

Several synthetic medicines have scaled off, as doctor and pharmacist knowledge increase of synthetic medicines side effect. One newest news, a indication that there are several antihistaminic and anti-influenza medicines that have circulated to the market and being infatuated by people, obviously can increase blood pressure and causes stroke for long term usage. Because there are some chemical compounds which in America and Singapore they have been banned, like phenyl propanolamine and PPA. The medicine with PPA user get complicated dilemma between scientific reality and experience. That medicine is good and being sold freely, but it is dangerous.

Herbal remedies for Antihistaminic and Anti-influenza

But don’t be worry, there is a better and more save solution being offered by nature. Several proofs show that since ancient centuries, human being can cure many diseases by take advantage of some herbs. Unfortunately it ingredient/recipes are not being documented enough. We have loss many of them. But we have to be grateful because some are still exist until now.

Influenza

Influenza for example, commonly it has indications like, headache, rheumatic, perspired, fever with cough and cold. So that symptom have been recoverable, and then in medicating, we must find herbs that have benefit as analgesic, antipyretic, roboransia (body fresher), and stomachic.

It’s not difficult to get that herbs around us. You can find it in your garden, yard and field. Some of them are:

• Analgesic Sembung leaf (Blumea balsamifera), papaya leaf (carica papaya), clove (Syzygiumaromaticum), turmeric rhizome (Curcuma domestica) and kencur rhizome (Kaempferia galangal).
• Antipyretic Cardamon fruit (Amomum cardamomum), Star fruit (Averrhoa carambola), Belimbing wuluh (Averrhoa bilimbi), Bangle rhizome (Zingiber cassumunar), gelatin/cincau leaf (Cyclea barbata) and Cocor bebek leaf (Kalanchole pinnata).
• stomachic Celery leaf (Apium graveolens), Sambiloto leaf (Andrographis paniculata), temulawak rhizome (Curcum xanthorriza), gelatin/cincau leaf (Cyclea barbata) and Bitter melon/Momordica fruit (Momordica charantia).
• Roboransia Prickly spinach leaf (Amaranthus spinosus) Kencur rhizome (Kaempheria galangal), Mengkudu fruit (Morinda citrifolia), and Bitter melon/Momordica fruit (Momordica charantia).

Cough

To cure cough, as a first step, we have to find herbs that has benefit to kill kuman (antiseptic), anti-inflammation, expectorant, hypnotic and analgesic. Some of them are:

• Antiseptic sembung leaf (Blumea balsamifera), papaya leaf (carica papaya), ketumbar (Coriandum sativum) and pomegranate bark (Punica granatum).
• Expectorant. Sambiloto leaf (Andrographis paniculata), Temulawak rhizome (Curcum xanthorriza), Wungu leaf (Grapthophyllum pictum), and cardamom fruit (Amomum cardamomum)
• Hypnotic Kangkung leaf (Ipomoea aquatica), Nutmeg fruit (Myristica fragrans), and Wati leaf (Piper methysticum)
• Analgesic Poko leaf (Mentha arvensis) and Kelor/ Merunggai leaf (Moringa oleifera).

Ofcorus by consume that herbs above, medical not fast as when you drink synthetic medicines. It need more times patience, regularity and also a proportional composition in usage. But, relatively, traditional herbal medicines are more save, especially from negative effect of usage. So why not try it?

Table 1. Herbal for Cough Medicine

Table 2. Herbal for Influenza Medicine