Virgaurea Solidago L.

Scientific Names

Virgaurea Solidago L.

classification

Division: Spermatophyta

Sub Division: Angiospermae

Class: Dicotylcdoneae

Nation: Asterales

Ethnicity: Asteraceae

Marga: Solidago

Type: Solidago L. virgaurea

The characteristics

Habitus: Herbaceous plant, chronic, high 30-60 cm.

Stem: Spherical, slightly woody, smooth, bluish green.

Leaves: Single, the reset rod, at the tip of the stem, scattered, oblong shape, the end of the base and tapering, 50-20 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, smooth, green.

Interest: Compound, at the end of the rod, composed of grains, with the fulcrum of leaves, petals triangular shape, 2-13 cm long, composed storey circular, green, stamens amounts, purple, crown shape lanceolate, 1 to 1.5 cm long , purple.

Fruit: Single, elliptical shape, small, black.

Seed: shape elliptical, small, soft, white.

Roots: The fibers, brownish white.

Ecology and Distribution

Is a plant commonly cultivated as biased at an altitude of 800 m to 1,000 m above sea level. Grows well in fertile soils and loose, but not like a lot of water. Flowering in October and harvesting should be done in July-August.

Chemical Ingredients

Leaves and flower stems ceplikan contain saponins and polyphenols, while the flowers contain volatile oil.

property

Leaves, flowers and flower stems ceplikan efficacious as influenza medicine, cough medicine.

Influenza drug, flower ceplikan as much as 10 grams, washed and soaked in a glass with hot boiled water of 200 ml cover tightly and let it cool, drink as well, a day two times a day morning and afternoon.

Cough, leaves and stems of fresh flowers as much as 30 grams ceplikan, washed with 400 ml boiled water to boil for 10 minutes, filtered, after a cold drink 2 times a day morning and afternoon.