Bunga Matahari/ Sunflower

Bunga Matahari adalah bunga yang sangat indah dengan warna kuning yang cerah secerah matahari yang bersinar tepat jam 12.00 wib. Dengan bunga yang berukuran besar & kepala bunga yang besar bahkan bisa mencapai ukuran diameter 30 cm. Dalam satu bongkol bunga, terdiri dari ratusan bahkan ribuan bunga kecil. Bunga ini tumbuhnya menghadap ke arah matahari, mungkin karena hal tersebut bunga ini diberi nama bunga matahari.

The Sunflower is a very beautiful flower with bright yellow color as bright as the sun that shines exactly at 12.00 wib. With large flowers and large flower heads can even reach a diameter of 30 cm. In one flower bongkol, consisting of hundreds or even thousands of small flowers. This flower grows facing toward the sun, probably because it is called sunflower flowers.

Bunga matahari mempunyai nama latin yaitu *Helianthus annuus Linn*. dan masuk dalam famili *Compositae*. Bunga Matahari juga merupakan tanaman hias yang biasa dijadikan sebagai obat tradisional. Bunga matahari dapat menyembuhkan beberapa penyakit antara lain Hipertensi, Sakit kepala, Sakit gigi, Bronkhitis, Batuk, nyeri menstruasi, Sulit melahirkan, Keputihan, reumatik, Nyeri lambung, radang payudara, Disentri, Campak, Infeksi saluran kencing, dan Malaria.

Sunflower has a Latin name that is Helianthus annuus Linn. and entered in the family Compositae. Sunflower is also an ornamental plant commonly used as a traditional medicine. Sunflower can cure some diseases such as Hypertension, Headache, Toothache, Bronchitis, Cough, Menstrual Pain, Difficult Childbirth, Whitish, Rheumatic, Stomach Pain, Breast Inflammation, Dysentery, Measles, Urinary Infection, and Malaria.

Biji bunga matahari selain bisa dijadikan cemilan berupa kuaci, biji bunga matahari juga digunakan untuk berbagai macam resep masakan. Salin itu, biji bunga matahari juga berkhasiat dalam menyembuhkan dan mengatasi beberapa macam, penyakit antara lain :

Sunflower seeds can be used as a snack in the form of kuaci, sunflower seeds are also used for a variety of recipes. Copy it, sunflower seeds are also efficacious in healing and overcome several kinds, diseases include:

1. Anti-inflammatory
2. Prevent cardiovascular disease
3. Increase the detoxification process and prevent cancer
4. Can calm nerves, muscles, and blood vessels
5. Maintain bone health, Increase
6. Can prevent heart attacks and strokes
7. Good for child growth
8. Lowering cholesterol
9. Reduce depression
10. Beneficial for the development of the fetus