Contes #6 || Tell About Tradisional Medicine I Often Use || Herbal Drink "Akuga" (Ginger, Lime And Brown Sugar)

rizkiblangpadang (60)Memberin Steem Healthcare • 3 years ago (edited)

Assalamu'alaikum

Traditional medicine has become part of the medical culture in Indonesia, herbs and spices are the basic ingredients of traditional medicines. We certainly know how much it costs, both for cooking spices and medicine, even in the past the colonialists such as the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands were tempted by the spices in this region. Spice occupies a place as gold in their slogan Gold, Glory, Gospel.

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Akuga Herbal Drink

The use of spices and herbs as medicine has survived until now, there is one concoction that my mother usually uses, which is to combine three ingredients as a multifunctional herbal drink, namely ginger, lime and brown sugar. Now I will describe each of the benefits of these three ingredients medically for the body.

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Ginger

The efficacy of this spice cannot be doubted, ginger is useful for preventing aging and anti-cancer, relieving pain during menstruation, lowering blood glucose and cholesterol that is too high, warding off bacterial and virus infections, relieving muscle aches, relieving morning sickness, overcoming digestive problems, and strengthen the immune system. A strong immune system is one of the properties that my mother told me, it can be seen from the content of vitamin C and magnesium, these ingredients make it help the body to strengthen the immune system. In addition to these two substances, ginger also contains gingerols, shogaols, and zingerones which can function as antioxidants for the body.source

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Lime

Lime has the latin name Citrus aurantifolia, it turns out to have many beautiful names in various regions in Indonesia, such as kelangsa, pecel oranges, alit oranges, lemau nepi and boh kuyun in various regions in Indonesia. Lime is famous for its high vitamin C content and is good for the body if consumed in moderation and not in excess. Lime has the property of rejuvenating the skin, maintaining digestion, maintaining blood sugar levels, reducing the risk of heart disease and cancer, overcoming dehydration and inflammation, and boosting immunity.source

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Brown Sugar

Brown sugar as an alternative food sweetener contains important nutrients vitamin C, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, zinc, iron, copper, several phytonutrients, polyphenols, flavonoids, and anthocyanidins, so they can boost immunity. Its benefits for the body include preventing anemia, relieving joint pain, menstruation, containing anti-septic, treating canker sores, preventing aging, regulating cholesterol levels, and preventing respiratory problems, overcoming colds and coughs and increasing immunity.source.

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After knowing the efficacy of each ingredient for the body. Now I will share my mother's traditional recipe for making healthy herbal drinks from these three ingredients.

Prepare a pot and fill with 200 ml of clean water.

Take 3 segments of ginger then clean the skin then cut into small pieces.

Enter the ginger that has been cut into small pieces into a pot filled with water and boil.

When the water is boiling, put the brown sugar into the boiling water until the brown sugar dissolves.

Cool briefly then add lime juice to the stew earlier.

Then strain the water and the drink is ready to be served.

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This herbal drink is perfect for boosting our immune system, preventing colds and coughs and overcoming fatigue. We as a family regularly consume this herbal drink, especially with the uncertain weather conditions like this.