sunflower is very beautiful and beneficial to health.

Hy steemians?

Do any of the steemians plant sunflower trees in the yard? If so, did you know that sunflower is not only useful as an ornamental plant, but also as a medicinal plant? Hmmh, I'm sure many do not know about the benefits of sunflower for traditional medicine.

The sunflower has the Latin name Helianthus annuus Linn. and entered in the Compositae family. Just like aloe vera, sunflower is an ornamental plant that is often used as a traditional medicine. Some diseases that can be tried with sunflower include Hypertension, Headache, Toothache, menstrual pain, rheumatism, Stomach pain, inflammation of the breast, Difficult birth, Dysentery, Measles, Urinary tract infections, Bronchitis, Cough, Whitish and Malaria.

Chemical properties contained in the interest include: Quercimeritrin, helianthoside (A, B, C), oleanolic acid, echinocystic acid. While in the seeds contained Beta-sitosterol, prostaglandin E, chlorogenic acid, quinic acid, phytin, 3,4-benzopyrene.

Benefits of Sunflower The parts of plants that are often used for treatment are roots, leaves, flowers and seeds. Sunflower root efficacious to treat urinary tract infections, inflammation of the airways (bronchitis), whooping cough (pertussis), leucorrhoea (leucorrhoe). The flower itself is beneficial for the treatment of high blood pressure, relieving headache, dizziness, toothache, menstrual pain (dysmenorrhoe), gastric pain, breast inflammation (mastitis), rheumatoid (arthritis), difficulty in giving birth.

The seeds can be used to increase appetite, lethargy, bloody ministers, measles, and headaches. While the leaves are used to treat malaria.

Here is an example of the use of sunflower as a traditional medicine:

1. Treating Headaches
   Take 30 grams of sunflower, then boil with a chicken egg (do not solved). Boil in 3 cups water until remaining 1/2 cup. Then boiled water is drunk after eating twice a day.

2. Treating rheumatism
   To treat rheumatism, boil 1 stalk of sunflower head until it becomes kanji. Then attach the kanji to the affected part such as using an ointment.

3. Treating dysentery
   30 grams of sunflower seeds, then steamed for about 1 hour. Once cool, add enough sugar to the stone, then drink.

4. Launch defecation and small
   If you have difficulty defecating or difficult to urinate, boil 15-30 grams of fresh roots, then drink the water. Insya Alloh everything will be smooth again.

5. Urinary tract infections
   Boil 30 grams of fresh roots of sunflower. When it will boil, immediately lifted and drink while still warm.