Marsh fleabane include bush plants are grown and used as a fence or grow wild.
This plant grows in dry areas on the hard ground and rocky,also in the lowlands to the highlands at an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level.
This plant has a scientific name Pluchea indica L. and can grow up to 3 meters high.
Marsh fleabane leaves contain alkaloids,tannins,sodium,essential oils,calcium,flafonoida,magnesium and phosphorus.
The roots of Marsh fleabane contain flafonoida and tannin.
Marsh fleabane leaf has a distinctive aroma and taste bitter aromatic and refreshing.
Marsh fleabane leaves have benefits to increase appetite,eliminates bad breath,reduce fever,bone pain,back pain and vaginal discharge.
Marsh fleabane leaf contains oil 5% and can inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria,whereas the levels of 20% to inhibit bacterial growth Escherechia coli.
Marsh fleabane can also treat digestive disorders in children,rheumatic and eliminates body odor.
How to use Marsh fleabane leaves for herbal remedies are:
1.Treat gastrointestinal disorders in children:
Ingredients:
•Marsh fleabane leaves: 20 grams
How to make:
Take 20 grams of fresh Marsh fleabane leaves then mash Marsh fleabane leaf until smooth and add on porridge.
How to use:
Give the slurry which has been added Marsh fleabane leaf to the sick child.
2.Treat arthritis
Ingredients:
•Roots of Marsh fleabane: 15 grams
•Water: 3 cups
How to make:
Boil the roots of Marsh fleabane with 3 cups water to boiling and the water remaining 1.5 cups.
How to use:
Drink herb 2 times a day until healed.
3.Eliminates body odor
Ingredients:
•Marsh fleabane leaves
How to use:
If you are a salad lover,then add a little leaf of Marsh fleabane on your salad.
Perform 2 or 3 times a week and your body odor will disappear.