Starfruit (Averrhoa bilimbi L.)

Starfruit

    (Averrhoa bilimbi L.)

    Synonyms:

    Family:

    Oxalidaceae

Description:

Small trees, up to 10 m with a trunk that is not so great and has a diameter of only about 30 cm. Planted as a fruit tree, sometimes growing wild and are found from the lowlands to 500 m dpi. Tree from tropical America where it wants to grow is not shaded and moist enough. Starfruit has rough stems berbenjol-bumps, branching slightly, leaning him up. Haired young branches smooth as velvet, the color brown. Leaves odd pinnate compound leaf form with 21-45 pairs of leaflets. Children short-stemmed leaves, ovate to oblong shape, pointed tip, base rounded, flat edge, 2-10 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, green color, light green lower surface. Inflorescence a panicle, group, ................

Local Name:

Limeng, selimeng, thlimeng (Aceh), selemeng (Gayo); Asom, starfruit, balimbingan (Batak), malimbi (Nias); balimbieng (Minangkabau), starfruit acid (Malay); Balimbing (Lampung). calincing, balingbing (Sunda); Balimbing starfruit (Java), bhalingbhing fur (Madura).; Blingbing Buloh (Bali), limbi (Bima), balimbeng (Flores); Libi (MPA), sulfur (Sangi).;

Curable Disease:

Cough, mouth sores (stomatitis), stomach pain, mumps (parotitis); rheumatism, whooping cough, bleeding gums, canker sores, painful cavities; Acne, phlegm, high blood pressure (hypertension), paralysis; Improve digestive function, inflammation of the rectum .;

Utilization:

PART USED: Leaves, flowers, fruit.

PURPOSE:

Interest:

- Cough.

- Sprue (stomatitis)

Leaves:

- Stomach pain. Mumps (parotitis).

- Rheumatism.

Fruit:

- Whooping cough.

- Bleeding gums, canker sores.

- Sick of cavities.

- Acne. Phlegm.

- High blood pressure.

- Paralysis.

- Improve digestive function.

- Inflammation of the rectum.

USAGE:

To drink: See recipe.

Pamakaian outside: Leaves taste after finely milled washed up like mush, used sebagal poultice (local usage) in mumps, Rheumatism, acne, tinea versicolor.

HOW TO USE:

1. Pagel rheumatic pain:

    1 handful of leaves of young starfruit, 10 clove seeds,

    15 seeds pepper, finely ground then add vinegar to taste.

    Lumurkan place of the sick.

2. Mumps:

   10 young twigs following starfruit leaves and 4 onions

   red after washed and finely ground. Apply to the place

   the sick.

3. Cough in children.

   A handful of starfruit flower, a few grains of anise, sugar

   taste and 1 cup water, steamed for several hours. After

   cold filtered with a piece of cloth, divided for 2 times drinks,

   morning and evening empty stomach.

4. Cough:

   25 flowers starfruit, 1 finger rhizome Intersection bells, 1 finger

   cinnamon bark, 1 finger rhizome kencur, 2 red onions, 1/4

   handheld gotu kola, 1/4 handful sage leaves, 1/4 handheld leaf

   inggu, 1/4 handheld leaf spoon, washed and cut into pieces

   necessary, boiled with 5 cups water until remaining 2 1/4

   glass. After chilling filtered, drink with honey as necessary.

   3 times a day 3/4 cup.

5. Whooping Cough:

    a. 10 pieces starfruit washed and ground smooth,

       kneaded with 2 tablespoons of salt water, then filtered. Drinking,

       do 2 times a day.

    b. Fruit starfruit made sweets, eat 3 times a day 6-8 pieces.

6. Rheumatism:

    a. 100 gr of young leaves starfruit, 10 clove seeds and 15 seeds

       washed and finely ground pepper, add vinegar to taste

       until it becomes dough like mush. Spread batter slurry was

       the place of the sick.

    b. 5 pieces starfruit, 8 leaves kantil (Michelia champaca

       L.) seeds 15 cloves, 15 grains of black pepper, washed and pounded

       smooth, kneaded with 2 tablespoons lime juice and

       1 tablespoon eucalyptus oil. Used to rub

       and massaging parts of the body. Do it 2-3 times a day.

7. Thrush:

    a. Segenggarn flowers starfruit, sugar to taste and

       1 cup boiling water until thickened. After chilling filtered,

       used to clean and lubricate the mouth ulcers.

    b. 2/3 handheld flowers starfruit, washed and boiled with

       3 cups water until remaining 2 1/4 cups. After the cold

       filtered and drunk, 3 times a day 3/4 cup.

    c. 3 pieces starfruit, red onion 3 eggs, 1 nutmeg

       young leaves 10 sprue, 3/4 teaspoon fennel, 3/4 fingers

       pulosari, washed and finely ground, kneaded with 3 tablespoons

       eating coconut oil, squeezed and filtered. Used for

       greasing the wounds caused by canker sores, 6-7 times a day.

8. Acne:

    a. Fruit starfruit sufficiently washed and finely ground,

       kneaded with salt water as needed, to rub the face

       with acne. Do it 3 times a day.

    b. 6 pieces starfruit and 1/2 teaspoon of powdered sulfur,

       finely ground and kneaded with 2 tablespoons lime juice.

       This herb is used to scrub and facial grease

       acne. Do it 2-3 times a day.

9. Panu:

   10 pieces starfruit washed and finely ground, add the lime

   Betel of tamarind seeds, kneaded until smooth. This herb is used

   to rub the affected skin tinea versicolor. Apply 2 times a day.

10. High blood pressure.

     a. 3 pieces starfruit washed and cut-p

Composition:

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological: Sour taste, cool. Relieve pain (analgesic), multiply expenditure bile, anti-inflammatory, laxative urine, astringent. CHEMICAL CONTENT: Stem: saponins, tannins, glucoside, calcium oxalate, sulfur, formic acid, peroxidase. Leaves: Tanin, sulfur, formic acid, peroxide, calcium oxalate, potassium citrate.