12 Health Benefits of Lemongrass that are Rarely Known
Bola.com, Jakarta – Benefits of lemongrass for health is still not widely known by the general public. Generally, lemongrass is known as a food ingredient because it has a taste and aroma that is considered distinctive and refreshing.
Apart from being used as a flavoring for cooking ingredients, lemongrass has health benefits.
As reported from Klikdokter, lemongrass has antifungal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, diuretic, analgesic, antipyretic, and antioxidant properties.
Lemongrass is rich in nutrients, such as vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, iron, magnesium, copper, potassium, calcium and manganese.
Lemongrass can also be mass produced in industry and used for its oil and is called essential oil.
This oil is useful, one of which is to repel mosquitoes because of the citronella content in it. Besides being used as an ingredient in mosquito repellents, lemongrass is also capable of aromatherapy to relieve stress.
Apart from the benefits above, there are still other benefits of lemongrass that are not widely known. Following benefits of lemongrass for health, quoted from Independent, Wednesday (6/1/2021).