Hello The Herbal Hive Lovers,Various types of herbs have been proven to be effective in treating and treating various diseases, generally these herbs are used traditionally. Some herbs are used in fresh form without being processed, such as lemons and some must be processed first to get their properties, such as ginger rhizome.
The recipe I share today comes from the experiences of my friends and family. One day I visited my uncle's house who was suffering from high blood pressure, then my aunt immediately plucked a few salam leaves beside his house and boiled the leaves. it turned out that after consuming the stew of salam leaves, my uncle's high blood pressure slowly started to fall and my uncle didn't feel sick anymore. my aunt said every time my uncle's high blood pressure relapsed, my aunt only boiled salam leaves to deal with it, because my uncle really liked meat, so my uncle's high blood pressure often relapsed.
The next day, I asked some of my colleagues, have they ever used salam leaves to treat high blood pressure? My friends say that they have been using salam leaves for a long time to treat high blood pressure and cholesterol. The part used to treat high blood pressure and cholesterol is the leaf.
Before I share the recipe, we must know the bay tree that we will use the leaves for. Salam plants are shrubs that usually grow in the forest.
Scientific classification of salam plants
Based on the data I got from the source : https://id.m.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Salam_(tumbuhan)
Scientific classification of salam plants are:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Syzygium
Species: S.polyanthum
Binomial name: Syzygium polyanthum
Plant morphology
Root part
Plant roots are taproots, even after they are over 5 years old, plant roots will stick out to the soil surface.
Stem part
The main stem of the salam plant grows upright with many branches that grow around the main stem, in the salam plantation forest it can reach a height of 30 meters or more, next to my neighbor's house there is also a bay plant that reaches 8 meters in height.
Leaf part
Salam leaves are oval in shape with a slightly pointed tip, the leaf bones are facing each other with the slippery leaf surface.
Coincidentally, none of the laurel trees that I have photographed are blooming, because usually the laurel trees will flower after they are old.
The nutritional content contained in 100 grams of bay leaves are :
Ash : 12.8 grams
Water : 13.1 grams
Iron (Fe) : 44.1 milligrams
Carotene : 5,400 micrograms
Energy : 301 Calories
Phosphorus : 250 milligrams
Potassium: 619.0 milligrams
Calcium: 86 milligrams
Carbohydrates (CHO): 49.0 grams
Fat : 10.9 grams
Sodium: 180 milligrams
Niacin : 5.0 milligrams
Protein: 14.2 grams
Retinol (vit A), C20H30O :-
Riboflavin (vitamin B2): 0.32 milligrams
Zinc : 0.7 milligram
Fiber : 9.4 grams
Copper : 1.31 milligrams
Thiamine (vitamin B1): 0.10 milligrams
Vitamin C :-
source : https://m.andrafarm.com/_andra.php?_i=daftar-tkpi&kmakan=NR017
Salam leaf benefits
Salam leaves are usually used as spice leaves because of their distinctive smell and can increase appetite. In Indonesia, salam leaves are commonly used in nasi uduk, nasi lemak, curry, rendang and various other fatty dishes.
Apart from being a spice, bay leaves are also beneficial for health, namely :
1.treat high blood pressure
2.treat gout and cholesterol
3.overcome digestive problems like inflammation in the stomach
4.maintain heart health
5.helps relieve stress because the smell is fragrant and the nutrients contained in salam leaves can suppress stress
6.helps boost the immune system
Thus some of the benefits of salam leaf as a traditional medicine that has been used for generations.So far, there have been no complaints and side effects of using salam leaves as herbal medicine.
the ingredients we use are :
a handful of salam leaves (about 50 grams), the salam leaves used are fresh salam leaves or green bay leaves, not brown ones.
600 mL water.
if nothing is fresh, we can buy it at the market and the price is very cheap (USD.0,03) or 500 rupiah.
how to use salam leaves to treat high blood pressure, cholesterol and uric acid is :
1.Wash the salam leaves and put them in a pot of water.
2.Boil salam leaves in 600 mL until the water boils and shrinks.if the water is only 400 ml then turn off the stove.
3.drink while warm or after cold
this recipe is used for one drink, if you want to make it once boiled to drink in the morning and evening then you can multiply the number of leaves and water used.
for friends who have other information about the benefits of salam plants, leave comments to improve our knowledge together.
thank you for reading my writing
Best Regard
@umirais
Thanks @plantpoweronhive for curation @umirais