Merdeka.com – Wasp oil is a very popular herbal liniment in Indonesia. The first medicinal product produced by PT Tawon Jaya Makassar This offers a variety of benefits and uses to treat various daily bodily problems.
Call it muscle and joint pain, flu, fever, headaches, sprains, bruises, almost all of which can be treated using wasp oil. It is no wonder that this oil has become a prima donna among mothers for treating their children’s injuries and among elderly parents for overcoming muscle and joint pain problems.
Wasp oil is mixed with the basic ingredients of coconut oil, eucalyptus oil, cloves, pepper leaves, ginger, turmeric and onions. Because the ingredients are natural and do not cause side effects, this wasp rubbing oil has become one of the major export commodities in South Sulawesi.
The following are some of the uses and health benefits of wasp oil that you should know about.
The Content of Wasp Oil which is Rich in Benefits
As mentioned above, wasp oil is generally made from extracts of eucalyptus oil, coconut oil, cloves, and pepper. To find out the benefits of wasp oil, you need to first understand the content of each ingredient. Here are the uses of each ingredient in wasp oil, quoting from liputan6.com:
- Coconut oil, useful for moisture, flexibility, and skin softness. This is because of the vitamin A and E content in coconut oil. In addition, 80% of the fatty acids in coconut oil are short and medium chain fatty acids, whose molecules are small so that they easily penetrate the body’s cells.
- Eucalyptus oil, Wasp oil also contains this essential oil. Eucalyptus oil is known to prevent bacterial infections that can hinder the wound healing process. Also useful to warm the body and relieve fatigue.
- Clove, whose content is useful for relieving complaints of joint pain and is antiseptic.
- Pepper leaves, ginger, turmeric and onions, all of which contain essential oils with anti-germ properties and improve blood circulation.
The way to use wasp oil is quite simple. For use for external diseases, rub until it feels hot using wasp oil on the part of the body that feels sick.
Repeat rubbing or applying wasp oil several times a day. Wasp oil can also be used by placing a cotton swab soaked in oil on minor wounds or ulcers.
Benefits of Wasp Oil for Health
Quoting from the open publication library.binus.ac.id, some of the properties and benefits of wasp oil for body health are as follows:
- Treat sprains, body aches, stiff neck muscles, pain in the waist and back. The benefits of wasp oil are to relieve these complaints. Wasp oil can be smeared and used as a massage oil to treat sprains, aches, stiff muscles and back pain.
- Accelerate healing of swelling and bruises from a blow or impact. By applying wasp oil to the swollen and bruised area, the benefits of wasp oil can deflate and soothe existing bruises in a short and safe time.
- Treat burns, circumcision or circumcision wounds, skin wounds and abrasions or skin that has been hit by a knife. Apparently, the benefits of wasp oil can also be used to treat some minor external wounds like this. You can pour wasp oil on a cotton ball and put it as a compress on the injured area to speed up the healing process.
- Relieves pain, headache, coughing, itching due to insect bites, toothache and mouth sores. The benefits of wasp oil are very diverse for everyday matters such as flu symptoms, insect bites, and toothaches. Wasp oil can be applied on the outside of any body that is sick, and you will immediately feel its properties and benefits.
- Treating sore muscles & bones, ulcers, dizziness, scabies, ringworm, tinea versicolor, vomiting, diarrhea, aches, rheumatism, colds, stomach pain, shortness of breath, hemorrhoids, heartburn etc. are also other benefits of wasp oil. which is no less powerful. Wasp oil has been trusted for decades to treat these things.
- Wasp oil is also commonly used for massage or daily massage use. You will also undoubtedly find that most masseurs or massagers use wasp oil as a lubricant in their services. This is due to the therapeutic properties contained in wasp oil.
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