Sunflower (Helianthus annuus Linn.)

Sunflower

    (Helianthus annuus Linn.)

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    Family:

    Compositae

Description:

Herba Anual (umumya short, less than a year), erect, hairy, tall 1-3 m, planted on the lawn and gardens gets enough sunlight, as an ornamental plant. Including trunked plants moist, heart-shaped leaves of a single, large flower / flower bowls, with a crown-shaped ribbon along the edge of the cup, yellow, and in between there are small flowers are tubular, brown color.

Local Name:

bungngong matahuroi, bungka sun, Purbanegara; five matoari Flowers, flowers pupil matoari, Sungeng; flowers sarengenge, kembhang mataare, bungga ledomata; flowers sangenge, kembhang tampong are; Xiang ri kui (China).;

Curable Disease:

Hypertension, Headache, toothache, menstrual pain, rheumatism; stomach pain, sore breasts, hard labor, dysentery, measles; urinary tract infections, bronchitis, cough, vaginal discharge, malaria;

Utilization:

PART USED:

The whole plant. For storage: dried.

PURPOSE:

Flowers: High blood pressure, reduce headache pain,

           headache, toothache, menstrual pain (dysmenorrhoe), pain

           stomach (gastric pain), inflammation of the breast (mastitis), rheumatic

           (Arthritis), difficult childbirth.

Seeds: No appetite, lethargy, bloody dysentery, stimulate

       expenditures rash (redness) on measles, headache.

Roots: Urinary tract infections, inflammation of the respiratory tract (bronchitis), cough

        Whooping (pertussis), vaginal discharge (leucorrhoe).

Leaves: Malaria.

Marrow of the stem and the base interest rate (reseptaculum):

   Gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and malignant mole. Also for

   stomach pain, bowel movements difficult and painful urine (dysuria), pain flue

   urine in urinary tract stones, bloody urine (hematuria)

   and urinary fatty ari (chyluria).

USAGE:

Flowers: 30-90 gr.

Basic rate (Receptaculum): 30-90 gr.

Marrow from stem: 15-30 gr. boiled.

Roots: 15-30 gr.

EXTERNAL USE: Burned, scalded, rheumatic.

HOW TO USE:

Flower (Flower head):

1. Headache:

    25-30 gr interest + 1 egg (not solved) + 3 cups

    water, boiled into 1/2 cup. Taken after meals, 2 times a day.

2. Breast Inflammation (Mastitis):

    Flower heads (without seeds), cut smooth, and then dried.

    Once dry roasted / toasted until charred, then

    ground into powder / flour. Every time you drink 10-15 ounces,

    white wine mixed with warm water + sugar +. 3 times a day, drinking

    first have to sweat it out. (Sleep wear blankets).

3. Rheumatic:

    Flower heads boiled until it becomes starch, affixed to the

    the sick.

4. Dysentery:

    30 grams of beans brewed, then steamed for 1 hour. Once appointed,

    added sugar to taste and drink.

Roots:

1. Difficulty defecating and small:

    15-30 ounces will be fresh boiled, drinking.

2. Urinary tract infections:

    30 g fresh root boiled. (Not for long, as a new boil,

    appointed), drinking.

NOTE: Marrow of the stem and the base interest containing hemicellulose, which inhibit sarcoma 180 and ehrlich ascitic carcinoma in mice. Extracts from the marrow to destroy nitrosamines and for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal tumors (digestive tract).

CAUTION: Pregnant women are prohibited from drinking boiled flowers!

Composition:

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological: Sense of soft, neutral. Flowers: Lowers blood pressure, relieve pain (analgesic). Seed: Anti dysentery, stimulate spending body fluids (hormones, enzymes, etc..), Stimulate spending measles (measles). Leaves: Anti-inflammation, relieve pain, anti malaria. Roots: Anti-inflammatory, laxative urine, cough, pain relief. Marrow of the stem and the base interest: Stimulating the vital energy, calming the liver, stimulate spending urine, relieve pain during bowel movements urine. CHEMICAL CONTENT: Flowers: Quercimeritrin, helianthoside A, B, C, oleanolic acid, echinocystic acid. Seeds: Beta-sitosterol, prostaglandin E, chlorogenic acid, quinic acid, phytin, 3,4-benzopyrene. In 100 g of sunflower oil: Fat total: 100, saturated fat: 9.8: Unsaturated fat: 11.7 Oleic and linoleic 72.9, cholesterol: -.