Gardenia, is my favorite flower ... its white color, its scent, and the beauty of its flower. Flower Gardenia is not so familiar as Rose and Jasmine ... it proves when I mentioned the name of this flower, a friend who heard it spontaneously asked "what is that flower?" .... "The flower is as beautiful as Roses and as good as Jasmine", I replied.
Gardenia flower comes from China, and now we can find in southeast Asia. usually grows around the mountainous area from a height of 400m above sea level. gardenia flowers are often used as an ornamental plant, because the flowers are beautiful and the smell is fragrant. many made also buns worn by women in some areas, also often used as cut flowers / home decoration.
The leaves are oval, thick, slick and shiny on the surface of the top of the leaf. Because of the fragrance of the flowers, gardenia has a commercial value to make perfume.
The Benefits of Gardenia Leaves As Herbal Medicines
In the world of herbal medicine gardenia is believed to treat various diseases such as Diabetes mellitus, Sprue, Fever, difficult bowel movements;
Here are the benefits and how to use the gardenia leaf for traditional medicine:
Potions gardenia leaves to treat Diabetes Mellitus:
Ingredients: 13 gardenia leaves
How to make: After cleaning the gardenia leaves boiled with 2 cups water to boil down to live 1 cup.
How to use: drink at once and repeated regularly every day.
Treat Sprue
Ingredients: 9 gardenia leaves, 2 tablespoons of honey and 1 piece of palm sugar;
How to make: gardenia leaf squeezed and added with 1 cup water and filtered. Then mixed with honey and palm sugar and stirred until evenly distributed.
How to use: drink and repeat every other day.
Gardenia Leaves To Overcome Fever
Ingredients: 9 pieces gardenia leaves and 1 piece of sugar;
How to make: Gardenia leaf wringed with 1 cup water and filtered. Then mixed with rock sugar and stirred until evenly distributed.
How to use: Taken on fever patients
Overcoming constipation
Ingredients: 3 gardenia seeds;
How to make: The seeds of gardenia fruit boiled with 2 cups water to boiling until
live 1 cup;
How to use: Taken regularly 2 times a day
