3 Herbal Recipes to Treat Cough

Cough is a disease regardless of age, children and adults can be infected at any time. If you have a cough, no need to panic or worry and rush to buy medicine at a pharmacy, try to treat a cough with a natural or herbal treatments. Here is herbal recipes that is capable and proven to cure cough:

First herbal recipes ingredients:
1. Celery
2. Honey
3. Water

Steps to make:
1. 30 grams of celery cleaned and chopped
2. Celery pieces are boiled in 3 cups water in a enamel saucepan over low heat.
3. Reserving the cooking water until remaining 1 cup.
4. Drain and strain the cooking water.
5. Add honey to taste.
6. Stir until smooth.

Rules of natural herbal drink:
1. Herbs for 2 drinks.
2. Drink it 2 times a day, morning and afternoon.
3. drink regularly.

Second herbal recipes ingredients:
1. Kencur (Kaempferia galanga L)
2. Water
3. Salt

Steps to make:
1. Kencur in the grate.
2. Add 1 tablespoon water, then wring it out, take the water.

Rules of natural herbal drink:
1. Drinking kencur juice with a little salt three times a day at night, evening and morning.
2. Repeat a few days to recover cough.

Third herbal recipes ingredients:
1. Lemon
2. Noni
3. Whiting
4. Hot water.

Steps to make:
1. Cut the lemon juice and noni that has been cooked, squeeze and take the water, place in a container.
2. Add 2 cups of hot water.
3. Add 1 teaspoon of whiting.
4. Stir until smooth and strain.

Rules of natural herbal drink:
1. Drink three times a day, morning, afternoon or evening, and night.
2. Drinking for three consecutive days.

Indonesia discordant 2% turnover of the herbal world

Ministry of Health recorded a turnover of traditional herbal medicine each year continues to increase, in 2006, the turnover of herbs remain in the range of 5 trillion rupiah rate, but this year the turnover is expected to reach 13 trillion herbs rupiah. Herbs from Indonesia is 2% of the turnover of herbal medicines in the world.

This subject was presented by theGeneral Director of Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development Ministries of Health, Maura L Sitanggang after launching herbal village in Sukoharjo Central Java, Thursday (11/22/2012).

Maura said, survey from the Health Ministry found that herbal medicine is consumed by more than half of Indonesian people from various ages. Amount 95.6% of the costumer claimed the benefit of it.

Maura said, population trends are happy taking herbal medicine, should be caught as a business opportunity for farmers in Indonesia. It's because the raw material for making herbal medicine, most are imported from abroad.

Almost 60% of raw materials are imported. Our farmers must be able to capture these business opportunities, while Indonesia has the advantages of biodiversity, almost all medicinal plants can grow in our state, said Maura.

Herbal Recipes for Treating Your Child's Fever

Child fever usually makes parents panic. because the child becomes fussy, not wanting to eat and difficult to sleep. If you have a situation like that, try to calm down, assist and monitor the  changes of child's body temperature.

The fever is not a disease, but not significantly, fever can be ignored. Therefore, you should know the limit of normal fever, and which ones need to obtain medical help immediately. This is following herbs to help deal fever in children:

Recipe 1
Ingredients: onion, vegetable oil, eucalyptus oil, lemon juice.
How to make: 2-3 peeled onions, wash and grate. Take 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1/2 tablespoon of eucalyptus oil, grab a slice of lemon juice. All ingredients are combined.
Rules of Use: rub it into the armpits, back and abdomen. For high fever, rub it into the head, body folds, and the body parts that feel hot to the touch.

Onion (Allium Cepa L) have flavonglikosida that acting as anti-inflammatory, bacteria killer, lower the heat, warms, relieves wind expenses of the stomach, and avoid blood clots.

Recipes 2
Ingredients: Calabash
How to make: grated Calabash and take water.
Rules of use: Drinks 3 times 1 day each 1/2 cup.

Calabash (Lagenaria siceraria) contain calcium, iron and C vitamin.

Recipes 3
Ingredients: coconut water, honey
How to make: a glass of coconut water and 1 tablespoon of honey mixed.
Rules of use: drink 2 times 1 day, each 1/2 cups for children under 5 years.

Green coconut (cocos nucifera l) contains glucose, saccharose, fructose, sucrose, minerals, and amino acids. chemical substances in the form of the enzyme can break down toxins.

The fever is a guide that your child isn't in good condition. On the other hand, the fever also is evidence that the body's defense mechanism is not working properly making protection. So, you don't need to be panic.