Lemongrass has a sweet smell and has a beneficial content for health. Because of the fragrance, lemongrass is used as raw material to make soap, lotion or oil. In addition to the use of fragrance, lemon grass is also useful to cure diseases. you can make your own lemonade as a traditional medicine such as cough medicine, dental pain medication, ulcer or sprue medicine with the following recipe.
Lemongrass contains antibacterial and antimicrobial properties so it is good to prevent infection. In addition, there is an analgesic compound that is useful to relieve pain from headaches, pain in muscles and joints. Another benefit of lemongrass is that it can be used to reduce heat, shed sputum, treat cough, mouthwash and body warmers .
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If you want to try the efficacy of lemongrass, please practice the following recipe.
Cough medicine
If your cough does not go away, you can try a recipe with lemongrass to heal it.
Recipe I:
Boil 50 grams of dried lemon leaves in 2 glasses of water. boiled until the water shrinks to half a glass. Drink 3 times a day to repel cough.
Recipe II:
Take 5 grams of lemongrass root. Wash thoroughly then boil with 1 cup water for 15 minutes. Share 2 stews to drink in the morning and evening.
Toothache medicine
Recipe:
40 grams of fresh lemon grass boiled in 2 cups water to water live ½ cup. Use the stew water as a gargle to overcome toothache.
Spit or Sprain Drugs
Recipe:
2 stalks of lemongrass, 3 pecan and a little water pounded. Heat over heat. after enough heat, place on the sprained part.
Maag Medicine
Recipe:
40 grams of fresh boiled lemon in 2 cups of water and leave until the remaining water ½ cup. Drink 2 times a day to get the usefulness.
Mosquito Repellent Drugs
Recipe:
put lemongrass leaves along with olive oil in an aromatherapy container. Light the candle under the aromatherapy container. The burning flame will make the fragrance of the lemongrass leaves spread. This fragrance is not preferred by mosquitoes, so it is useful to repel mosquitoes .
Eliminating pain and body warming
Recipe:
You can apply lemongrass oil on the body to relieve joint pain, muscle aches or headaches. Lemongrass oil that will give the body a warm feeling and useful analgesic content to reduce pain. Lemongrass oil can be purchased at pharmacies or drugstores.
Note the following when using Lemongrass
Lemongrass oil is very hot, Therefore, lemongrass oil should not be used directly because in some people, lemongrass oil can cause irritation to the skin, especially if your skin is classified as sensitive skin. to work around this, you can add solvent oil before use on the skin to use oil that is not too thick. Put it on a small area of skin and see if the skin is irritated or not. Lemongrass oil is also not recommended for use in pregnant women because it can increase heart rate in excess