Family/Famili: Compositae
Origin/Negara Asal: Malaysia, Indonesia, Himalaya, Molluccas, Phillipines
Plant height/ Ketinggian pokok: 1.5 to/hingga 3 meters
Facts about the plants/ Fakta mengenai pokok Sembung:
- Sembong is one of herbal medicine approved by the Philippine Department of Health (DOH) / Salah satu pokok herba yang diluluskan Jabatan Kesihatan Negara Filipina.
- The plant is a strongly aromatic and smell strongly of camphor/ Berbau kapur barus
- The Malays rely upon the warm, stimulating, and sudorific effects of medicines prepared from it / Orang Melayu mengamalkan penggunaan ubat ini untuk membuat badan panas dan berpeluh
- The roots should be taken from young plant, according to old folks, if roots taken after flowering, then it is tasteless./ Akar pokok ini diambil sebelum berbunga, katanya selepas berbunga rasanya tawar.
Medicinal uses
- Anti urolithiasis-the process of forming stone in kidney. Bladder or urinary tract. /Menggelak dari batu karang
- Diabetes/ Kencing manis
- Aids in treating mild hypertension / Darah tinggi
- Diuretic- it helps dispose of excess water and sodium (salt) in the body/ Untuk buang air dan garam dari badan (penggalak kencing)
- Treatment of kidney disorders/ Sakit buah pinggang
- To treat colds/ Demam selsema
- Reumatism/Sengal tulang, sendi atau otot.
- Fever/Demam panas
- Anti-diarrheic /cirit birit
- Anti-gastralgic properties/ mengelak sakit perut
- Helps remove worms/ Ubat cacing
- Treats dysentery/Disentri
- In Kelantan a decoction from roots is taken by women for menorrhagia/ DiKelantan digunakan untuk melancarkan haid
- In java a decoction from the leaves is taken by women for menorrhagia/ Di Jawa Indonesia digunakan untuk melancarkan haid
- Boil with melastoma and mangosteen peel and is used in a bath for flatulence, and tenderness of the leg/Direbus dengan daun senduduk dan kulit manggis untuk melembutkan kaki.
- Dried pounded leaves blown into horse nostril for cold (Ridley-Journal. Straights Med.Asocc. 5. 1897 page126)/ Debu daun kering disembur masuk kehidung kuda untuk ubati selsema.
- In Sarawak, it is used in childbirth, it is one of the ingredient in ointment put on the fore head , or a lotion rubbed on the abdomen and as a decoction taken internally/ DiSrawak digunakan untuk ubat selepas bersalin, salah satu ramuan untuk disapu kedahi dan perut dan air rebusan diminum
- In Indonesia it is used for heart disease Cholera, Bleeding nose, Malaria, Diabetes, Rheumatic, blood clot, and anti-inflammatory/ Di Indoensia dugunakan untuk ubati sakit taun, darah beku dan ubat bengkak.
- Its expectorant properties make it as a popular recommendation to be taken in as tea to treat colds./ Daun di buat teh untuk ubati batuk dan sakit tekak.
Chemical contents/Kandungan bahan kimia:-
- Borrneol
- Cineol
- Limonin
- Sesquiterpene
- Dimethyl ether
- Tanning
- Pyrocatechin
- Glycoside
Notes/catitan;-
There are more articles listed at the top right column ,listed on the following headings/terdapat banyak lagi artikel disenarai di ruangan kanan/atas dibawah tajuk berikut:-
- Tips on landscape.
- Tips on herbal plants,
- Tips on agriculture
- General tips .
Rujukan:-
Dr. Setiawan Dalimartha- Resep tumbuhan obat untuk reumatik
Slamet Hariyadi-Mencegah Dan Mengobat Flu/Pilek
I I.H.Burkill- A Dictionary of Economic Product of Peninsula Malaysia
Ridley-Journal. Straights Med.Asocc. 5. 1897 page126
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