This flower is good for body health

Apart from these flowers, there are still many types of edible flowers that you can consume to support a healthy lifestyle. The following is a list of these flowers with various benefits for the body.

Rose flowers have long been used in the treatment of beauty and health. The phenolic content in roses functions as anti-inflammatory, rich in vitamins, and can reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

Usually, rose petals are dried and then made into tea or sweets. In addition, rose water, which is made from essential oil from rose petals, is also used as an ingredient in dessert recipes such as baklava in the Ottomans.

Flowers commonly used in traditional weddings are rich in substances that nourish the body, such as indole, linalcohol, benzilic acetate, benzilic alcohol and jasmon.

The benefits that you can get from consuming jasmine flowers are not only in terms of beauty such as reducing acne, but can also reduce inflammation in the intestines, kidneys, lower cholesterol, balance blood sugar, as a detoxification and lose weight.

This flower, also known as honje, kincung, kantan or sambuang, is rich in beneficial substances such as saponins, phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, triterpenoids, glycose, steroids, polyphenols, antimicrobials, vitamins, minerals and rich in antioxidants.

Kecombrang flowers are useful for treating skin diseases, smoothing breast milk, cleaning blood, eliminating bad odors, strengthening bones and teeth, improving brain function, preventing dehydration, and treating wounds. In Indonesia, kecombrang flowers are often used as a complement to dishes such as laksa medan and curry.