Boroco (Celosia argentea Linn.)

Boroco

    (Celosia argentea Linn.)

    Synonyms:

    Celosia linearis, Sweet. Celosia magaritacea, Linn.

    Family:

    Amaranthaceae

Description:

Grows erect, 30-100 cm. Growing wild on the side of the road, the edge of the ditch, abandoned terrain. Round rods with rough grooves elongated, branched, green or red. Leaf color was green and there was a red, elongated oval shape, pointed tip, finely serrated edge is almost flat. Flowers form of grain length 3 10 cm, pink / purple, black beans a bit brighter, the flowers grow at the ends of branches.

Local Name:

Dutch tail Spinach, Spinach cat, Kuntha, Baya kasubiki; Qing xiang zi (China).;

Curable Disease:

Eye Inflammation, Hypertension, Vomiting blood, vaginal discharge, dysentery; Drug wash the eyes, urinary tract infections;

Utilization:

PART USED:

Seeds, flowers and entire plants, dried in the sun to be stored.

PURPOSE:

Seeds: - red eye = eye infections (acute conjunctivitis).

             - Inflammation of the cornea (keratitis)

             - Infection of the eye (uveitis Chronic)

             - High blood pressure (hypertension).

Flowers: - Vomiting blood (Haematemesis)

             - Discharge (Leucorrhoe)

             - Drug eye wash.

Whole plant: - Defecating mucus and blood (dysentery)

                             - Urinary tract infections (urinary tract.

                               infection)

USAGE:

Seeds: 10 - 30 grams

flower: 30-60 grams. ... boiled.

Whole plant: 30-60 grams.

HOW TO USE:

1. Keratitis:

    Boroco beans 15 grams, chicken liver taste boiled, eaten.

2. Hypertension:

    Boroco beans 30 grams, 1 cup boiling water into 1/2 cup water, divided

    into 2 (two) times the drink.

3. Vomiting blood:

    Fresh flowers boroco 30-60 grams plus meat to taste

    boiled into soup, eat.

4. As an external medicine:

    Flowers boiled water to wash the eyes (after filtered with

    filter paper / cotton).

5. Whitish:

    60 grams of interest, plus 60 grams of meat, boiled, drinking water and

    flesh.

CAUTION:

CONTRA INDICATIONS at elevated eye pressure (Glaucoma).

Composition:

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological: bitter taste, cool, eye inflammation, and treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension).