These are the benefits of telang flowers as herbal medicine that you should know
KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. Telang flowers are not only useful as natural dyes. Telang flower also acts as a herbal medicine that can treat a number of diseases.
Do you know the telang flower?
Telang flowers are blue shaped like a butterfly. Telang flowers are wild plants that grow in bushes and dry soil.
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However, not a few people intentionally plant telang flowers in their yard. No wonder, the beauty of the telang flower can beautify the yard.
Apart from being an ornamental plant, some people use telang flowers as a natural coloring agent. Just so you know, telang flowers produce a beautiful blue color.
Not only that, telang flowers are also used as herbal medicine to cure several diseases.
Launching from a book entitled Altas Indonesian Medicinal Plants: Uncovering the Wealth of Indonesian Medicinal Plants Volume 5, by Setiawan Dalimartha, all parts of the telang plant can be used as medicine.
The telang plant contains saponins, flavoids, alkaloids, ca-oxalates, and sulfur. Telang flower root is a laxative, aka laxative, laxative of urine, stimulates vomiting, and cleanses the blood.
Meanwhile, telang flower leaves are believed to accelerate the ripening of boils and telang flower seeds are useful as a mild laxative herbal medicine.
Telang flower as herbal medicine
Containing active compounds that are good for health makes telang kerab flowers one of the ingredients for making herbal medicines.
Here are some diseases that can be treated with telang flowers.
1. Inflammation of the red eye
Inflammatory red eye disease is characterized by reddening of the white membrane of the eye. Quoting from Kompas.com, inflammation of the red eye is caused by a number of factors, including bacteria, fungi and viruses.
Telang flowers are believed to be able to relieve red eye inflammation. To feel the benefits, you only need to soak the telang flowers until the water turns blue.
After that, you use the telang flower soaking water to wash your eyes.
2. Sputum in chronic bronchitis
Telang flower root is a laxative alias laxative. This is what makes telang flowers believed to be able to expel phlegm in chronic bronchitis.
To get the benefits, you wash the root of the telang flower thoroughly then slice it thinly and boil it until it boils. You drink boiled water of warm telang selangi flower roots.
You need to know, the root of the telang flower is poisonous and has side effects of stomach upset.
You should not consume too much root of the telang flower to avoid these side effects.
3. Treating boils
Telang flowers are useful for treating ulcers. How to make herbal ingredients to treat ulcers is quite easy.
Quoting from a book entitled Medicinal Plants and Their Benefits 2, you mash the telang flower until smooth and add enough palm sugar. After that, you put the herbal ingredients on top of the boil.
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