Blumea balsamifera

Blumea balsamifera Plants from Nepal are living in the open until somewhat sheltered by the river and hold the farm. Can be grown in sandy soil or soil slightly moist at altitudes up to 2,200 m above sea level.

Shrubs, grow upright, reaching 4 m tall, branching at the ends, smooth-haired, the parts of the plant smelled camphor when crushed. Single leaf, at the bottom of the stalks, leaves the top of a seat, the location of alternate, there are 2-3 extra leaf on the stalk leaves. Leaf blade round to oval egg, base and pointed tip, serrated or scalloped edge, the top surface is rather rough-haired, lower surface hairy tight and smooth as beludu, pertulangan pinnate, length 8-40 cm, width of 2-20 cm. Compound inflorescence panicle shape, came out at the end of the stalk, the color yellow. Fruit cylindrical shape box, beriga 8-10, 1 mm long, hairy. Propagation by seed or root shoots separation.

Nature and Efficacy
Sembung is spicy, slightly bitter, warm and smells like spices. Efficacious as antibacterial, blood circulation, remove blood clots and swelling, laxative fart (carminative), laxative dried (diaforetik), laxative sputum (expectorant), astrigen, tonic and cough medicine.

Chemical Ingredients
Sembung contains essential oils (ngai camphor), gummy substance (mothballs) and borneol, which also contains sineol, limone, and myrristin palmitin acid, alcohol sesquiterpenes, khlorasetofenon diameter, tannins, and glycosides pirokatechin. While borneol extract obtained from the leaves fresh.

Used Parts
The leaves and roots of young plants that have not flowered, fresh or dried.

Indication
Leaves merit overcome:

Arthritic joints, joint pain after childbirth,
Painful menstruation, irregular menstruation comes,
Influenza, fever, shortness of breath (asthma), cough, bronchitis,
Abdominal bloating, diarrhea, stomach pains,
Sprue,
Chest pain due to narrowing of the coronary arteries (angina pectoris), and,
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus)
Young roots merit overcome:

Excessive menstrual bleeding (menorrhagia),
Lack of appetite
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, intestinal worms and,
Arthritic joints


How to Use
Dried leaves as much as 9-18 g of fresh leaves as much or 15-30 g boiled, drinking. For external use, fresh leaves boiled and the water used for the treatment of hemorrhoids, bruises, boils, skin ulcers and rashes on the skin.

Pharmacological Effects
Infusion of leaves sembung 10% with a dose of 5 mg / kg bw in rabbits, after 1 hour a decline in blood sugar levels. Comparison, use tolbutamide (Herlina Hutajulu, Prayitno W and Tarin Slamet, Department of Pharmacology Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty USU USU)

Infusion of 10% and 20% leaf fresh sembung dose 11 ml / kg bw given to male pigeons have didemamkan, shows the effect of the first antieprik work faster and shorter working time than comparable doses of paracetamol 300 mg / kg bb (Muhammad Imbalo, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty USU, 1981).

Usage Example
Diarrhea
Sembung leaves 1 handful of fresh washed and cut into pieces as needed. Add 3 cups water and boil until the remaining 1 1/2 cups. add honey as needed, and drink 3 times a day, each 1/2 cup.

Irregular menstruation, Flatulence
Sembung much as 20g of fresh leaves washed and cut into pieces as needed. Boil 3 cups of water until the remaining 3/4 of his. Add a little honey, then drink. 3 times a day, each 3/4 cup.

Menstrual Pain
Sembung fresh leaves as many as 5 pieces and 5 seeds Kedaung have baked and mashed boiled with 2 cups water until the remaining half. Drink once when cool.

Sembung roots and whole plants ginjean (Leonorus sibiricus) each as much as 30g of washed and cut into pieces as needed. Add brown sugar to taste and boil with 3 cups water until the remaining half. Setelahdingin filtered, then taken 2 times a day @ 3/4 cup.

Angina pectoris
Sembung fresh leaves as many as 5 pieces of washed and boiled in 3 cups water until the remaining 3/4 of his. After chilling filtered and drunk. 3 times a day @ 3/4 cup. Do it every day.

Arthritic Joints
Root sembung 30 g and 60 g of willow leaves washed and cut into pieces as needed. Boil 3 cups water until remaining 1 glass. After chilling filtered and drink 2 times a day, each 1/2 cup.

Fever
Sembung fresh leaves as much as 15 g of washed and boiled with 1 cup of water for 15 minutes. After chilling filtered. Distillate taken 2 times as much in the morning and afternoon.

Lack of appetite
Sembung roots of plants that do not bloom as much as 30 g of washed and cut into pieces as needed. Brewed with a cup of hot water. After dngin filtered, then drink as well.