5 medicinal plants that proved efficacious
There are at least five proven efficacious for the health of the body. What are the medicinal plants in question?
Speaking of treatment, many people are more pleased with natural treatments that utilize herbs. Some of them have even been proven through research. Here is the list.
1. Ginkgo Biloba
Ginkgo Biloba is one of the oldest medicinal plants in Chinese medicine. Leaf extracts are often processed into capsules, tablets, or drinkable in a form of tea.
Ginkgo Biloba plants are efficacious to overcome memory disorders, mood disorders, to facilitate the circulation of blood.
Some research also reports that Ginkgo Biloba can help maintain blood sugar levels and accelerate the healing process of fractures. Nevertheless, the research is still applied to animals, so it is uncertain whether the effect can also be felt by humans.
Although it offers health benefits, supplements or medications containing Ginkgo biloba also have side effects.
Among them, nausea, headache, drowsiness, indigestion, blood sugar levels become too low, and blood pressure is unstable.
Therefore, you are advised to first consult a doctor before consuming it, especially if you are taking certain medicines from your doctor.
2. Chamomile
Chamomile or kamomyl flowers are also herbal ingredients that have been used for centuries. The shape resembles a daisy but is smaller in size.
Chamomile is rich in apigenin in the form of flavonoid compounds. The compound is efficacious in providing a calming effect.
Often processed into tea, you who have an insomnia sleep disorder and general anxiety disorders are advised to be "friendly" with that one flower tea. For, the study in 2016 mentions, drinking chamomile tea for two weeks proved to improve the quality of study participants. In fact, depressive symptoms were reportedly reduced.
Not only can it soothe the drinkers, but chamomile is also often used to help overcome gingivitis, various infections, indigestion, and stiff muscles.
3. Turmeric
The use of the skin is very wide, ranging from kitchen seasoning to medicinal plants. Benefits for health have also been recognized.
Health experts argue turmeric extracts have antioxidant, cholinergic effects (stimulates the flow of bile), collekinetic (stimulates the contraction of the gallbladder), anti-inflammation, anti-cancer, and antimicrobial.
Clinical trials also show, turmeric efficacious in reducing the symptoms of the mag. The golden yellow is also touted to have no meaningful side effects if consumed regularly.
4. Lavender
Lavender has many benefits that are hard to resist.
There are several benefits of lavender that have been demonstrated by various medical studies. Among these are overcoming depression, insomnia, pain relief, hair loss, and improving cognitive function and memory.
Based on five different studies, 6-8 drops of lavender aromatherapy or 80 mg of lavender oil that is consumed per day can prove to improve the quality and duration of sleep significantly. Both in school children, heart disease patients, to middle-aged women who suffer from insomnia.
Not only that, but the efficacy of lavender can also be aligned with the effect of sleeping medicine that is commonly prescribed by doctors. Thus, lavender can be hope as another alternative to sleeping medicine. The reason, sleep medications can cause unexpected side effects, including dependence.
5. Tea Tree Oil
Reported from Livestrong, Tea tree oil contains active ingredient terpinene-4-ol to 43 percent. These compounds are known to possess antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties. This may be due to the ability of Terpinen-4-old to stimulate white blood cells, immune system cells responsible for protecting the body against infectious diseases and foreign substances.
Tea tree oil is well known for wound healing, oily skincare made mouthwash to treat gingivitis, treat warts in the penis, overcome dandruff, and much more.
That's five of the many medicinal plants grown in Indonesia, which proved efficacious through research. Nevertheless, it is still wise to use it. The most secure is to consult first with a doctor before doing any therapy, even from natural ingredients.