In September and October, Indonesia usually enters the rainy season, marked by sufficient rainfall high, sometimes it rains heavily every day. But it hasn't rained for several weeks, if it does, it's just a drizzle and only removes the dust on the ground.
Hot weather can even be said to be close to extreme, this makes children and parents who are vulnerable to weather changes become sick, the most common illnesses are coughs and canker sores.
My 7 year old son also has a cough, because I am a fan of traditional medicines, so I will make him cough syrup from wuluh starfruit flowers. This cough medicine recipe has long been known by traditional people to treat coughs, especially in children, this recipe can be used by all people, from children to adults, because of its sweet taste, this traditional cough medicine is liked by children.
I was lucky to have learned traditional herbs from my grandmother, before my grandmother died, it turns out that what I learned as a teenager, is very useful for my life now, when many people rely on chemical drugs, so I still rely on traditional medicines which I don't think are less efficacious with artificial chemical drugs.
The wuluh starfruit flower has long been known as a traditional cough medicine, but this recipe is apparently not widely known by millennials now, if they knew this recipe, millennials had a hard time finding wuluh starfruit flowers, because this plant was starting to be difficult to find, when I was in junior high school (1992-1995), I can still find this plant in almost every house I pass by, but now among 100 houses, it is not certain that we can find this wuluh starfruit plant.
cough syrup from wuluh starfruit flower
Wuluh starfruit plant is a plant that is usually planted in the yard and in the garden, the fruit taste is very sour, making this sour fruit added to various dishes to give a fresh taste to dishes such as sour vegetables.
Old tamarind fruit, many processed into sunti acid (processed star fruit wuluh typical of Aceh province). Asam sunti is made from sour fruit which is added with salt, then dried in the sun to dry, sunti acid can be stored for months without the addition of artificial preservatives.
Asam sunti can be added to various dishes such as curries, its taste is sour and slightly salty, making it suitable to be added to various chili sauces, such as anchovy sauce.
The morphology of the wuluh starfruit plant is:
ROOT
The main root of this plant is a taproot, the main root has many fibrous roots, so many people think that the starfruit plant has a fibrous root system, whereas the starfruit plant has a taproot system.
The stem
on the star fruit wuluh has branches that grow upward, the stem is brown and has cambium.
The leaves
The leaves grow on the petiole with the number of leaf blades 15-25 pairs in one stalk, the leaves grow opposite each other on one stalk, with a leaf shape that is tapered at the end and the shape of the pinnate leaf bone.
The Flowers
flowers grow on each stem or branch, flowers are purplish red, flowers grow in groups with flower tips shaped like stars.
The fruit
The fruit is green when young and yellow when old, the fruit grows in clusters in one stalk, the young fruit tastes sour and slightly chelating, the old fruit contains more water and the taste remains sour.
The Seeds
The seeds are located inside the fruit, the seeds are oval with brown color.
Plant propagation through old seeds that are dark brown in color, can also be through stem grafts and stem cuttings.
Based on data source from https://agrotek.id/klasifikasi-dan-morfologi-tanaman-belimbing-wuluh/
Classification of Wuluh Starfruit Plants
Kingdom : Plantae
Sub kingdom : Tracheobionta
Super division: Spermatophyta
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Sub Class : Rosidae
Order : Geraniales
Family : Oxalidaceae
Genus : Averrhoa
Species : Averrhoa bilimbi L.
The ingredients used to treat coughs are:
- 50 grams Wuluh starfruit flowers
- 30 grams rock sugar
- 500 mL water
how to make a cough medicine syrup:
The first step : wash the wuluh star fruit flower and rock sugar.
The second step : mix wuluh starfruit flowers, rock sugar and water, boil until boiling.
The third step : after boiling and the water is red, turn off the stove.
Drink while warm and can also be drunk after cold.
My son also likes the wuluh starfruit flower which is in the wuluh starfruit flower syrup, although the taste of the flower is a bit bitter, my son still likes it.
The dose used to be taken 2 times a day in the morning and evening. Drink for three days and a maximum of one week.
I hope this recipe is suitable for those who are coughing.
stay healthy and keep spirit.
All photos I take using iphone 7 plus camera.