Saturday, May 23, 2009

The benefits of leaves sembung



Who suspected that the wild plants growing around us is a useful medicinal plants for health. One is leaf Sembung. Plants that can be trusted treat various diseases.

Plants originating from Nepal that can live up to the open place where the river bank in the protected land and agriculture. Plants can also grow on sandy or wet soil with a height of 2.200 m above sea level. Leaves Sembung useful to various joint diseases such as rheumatism, joint pain after giving birth, pain menstruations, menstruation not regularly, influenza, fever, shortness of breath (asthma), cough, bronchitis, flatulence, stomach heartburn, diarrhea, chest pain due to blood vessel constriction, diabetes mellitus.

Such as what form?
Leaves Sembung perdu is the type of plants that grow upright, height can reach four meters. Branching on the edges smooth and hairy when parts of this plant destroyed, will smelling camphor

Sembung characteristics of leaves is the leaf form is a single leaf with the lower part of the stalk. While the top is a leaf sitting. In the leaf blade rounded egg-shaped oval with the base and the spire, with leave edge jagged surface up the hair a bit rough. Surface down to the meeting and blond velvety smooth, bony ramose with 8-40 cm long and 2-20 cm wide.

Leaves Sembung taste spicy and slightly bitter taste, is as warm and astringent. Smell like spices. Leaves Sembung useful tonic smooth blood circulation, blood dissolved clot and reduce swelling, anti bacteria, expectorant. In addition to leaves, the root of young plants Sembung useful to various other health concerns, among others, the menstrual blood is too much, eat less, stomachache, diarrhea, worms and rheumatics.

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