Health Benefits of Reeds for Treatment

Reed grass is a kind of crisp leafy, often considered weeds in agriculture. The Latin name of this reed is Imperata cylindrica, and placed in the child's interest panicoideae. This plant can reproduce quickly, with seeds that spread quickly fly with the wind, or the rhizomes can penetrate through loose soil. Contrary to common assumptions, the weeds are not happy to grow in poor soil, arid or rocky. The grass is like the land that quite fertile, sunny lot until slightly shady, damp or dry situations. In the muddy soils or submerged, or that is always shaded, reeds and will not grow. Weeds is a place where the jungle soon mastered the broken and open ex-fields, rice fields so dry, the edge of the path and so on. In places like that weeds grow dominant and cover large areas.

Natural reed spreads starting from India to east asia, south east asia, Micronesia and Australia. Current reeds were also found in northern Asia, Europe, Africa, America and in most of the islands. But due to the invasive character, in many areas the weeds are often thought of as a very troublesome weed. Despite the apparently mistaken for grass weeds can be used as a natural remedy for various diseases.

According to dr. Dalimartha Setiawan in the books of traditional herbs to cure hepatitis, in some European countries and America reeds have been made into a patent medicine.

The study said about this plant, reed contains mannitol, glucose, sakharosa, malic acid, citric acid, coixol, arundoin, cylindrin, fernenol, simiarenol, anemonin, grit acid, resin, and alkali metals. seen from the contents, the reed-shaped antipyretic (lower heat), a diuretic (urine shed), hemostatic (stop bleeding), as well as get rid of thirst.

Traditional Chinese Healing said, reeds have a sweet character and cool. healing effects of plant enters the lung meridian, stomach, and small intestine. With characters that launched diuretic urine, reeds useful for treating acute renal inflammatory diseases.

Character diuretic that owned by this plants can remove body fluids are not helpful and useful for controlling high blood pressure inclines. Character hemostatic that owned by this plants can stop the bleeding also can be used to treat nosebleeds and bleeding inside.

These herbs can infiltrate into the body lungs, stomach, and small intestine. Therefore, the best weed herb is not given to those who benefit weak stomach and frequent urination.

Side of the reed plants that can be used as a traditional medicine that is a rhizome, either fresh or already dried. Reed material can be found at chinnesse drug stores. There is now an instant beverage weeds are beneficial to get rid of heartburn. This instant beverage can be found in herbal shops or chinnesse drug stores.

Step to use it, take a bunch or roll roots of the weeds. wash and boil in three cups of water until the remaining one cup. Mix the juice of one lime fruit with three tablespoons of water weeds. Use as needed. Add sweetener if the herb is for children.