Beluntas (Pluchea indica (L.) Less.)

Beluntas

    (Pluchea indica (L.) Less.)

    Synonyms:

    Baccharis indica, Linn.

    Family:

    Compositae

Description:

Shrubs or half-shrubs. growing up to 2 m tall, sometimes more. Many branching, ribbed smooth and fluffy. Growing wild in the Badlands and ugly, or planted as a fence. There are up to 1,000 m above sea level. Short-stemmed leaves, alternate layout, round egg shape breech, the round ends tapering, serrated bright green color. Flowers out at the end of the branch and the leaf-shaped flowers in axillary or sit-handled bulb, the color purple. Fruit longkah somewhat shaped tops, brown with white corners, Lokos.

Local Name:

Beluntas (Indonesia), Luntas (Java), Baluntas (Madura); Baluntas, Baruntas (Sunda), Lamutasa (Napier); Beluntas (Sumatra), Lenaboui (East); Luan Yi (China).;

Curable Disease:

Body odor, appetite, reduce heat, scabies, tuberculosis;

Utilization:

PART USED: Whole plant, fresh / dried.

PURPOSE:

1. Eliminate body odor.

2. Digestive disorders in children and increase appetite

    eating.

3. Reduce heat, sweating bullets.

4. Scabies.

5. Cervical gland tuberculosis (tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis)

6. Pain in the rheumatic, back pain (lumbago)

USAGE: 10-15 grams, boiled.

HOW TO USE:

1. Indigestion in children:

    strain the leaves mixed with porridge / Rice team.

2. TBC neck glands:

    - Stem and leaf beluntas extra, extra gelatin from cow skin,

      Laminaria japonica (seaweed). These ingredients are steamed until

      soft, Ialu eaten.

    - Laminaria japonica (seaweed)

3. Rheumatic pain: 15 gr beluntas roots, boiled, drinking.

4. Eliminates body odor: as a salad.

5. Sweat bullets, lower the heat:

    Boiled leaves, or brewed as a tea, drink.

Composition:

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological: typical smell (Sengir) and it tasted bitter. Leaves: increase appetite (Stomakik), helps digestion. CHEMICAL CONTENT: alkaloids, essential oils.