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An asthma attack, I ended up in A & E on Wednesday night for 4 hours. Always the opportunist, I decided to make a recording. However, add 10 pounds have such nebulizers my book / sock / shoe.

In my previous article about Aloe Vera, I mentioned my grandmother as a botanist in the family. I remember reading a book about different herbs in the Philippinesand the appropriate medical values. One of these medicinal plants, which is my grandmother for the lagundi system. If someone in the family has a cough, they will recommend to immediately heal lagundi leaves in the form of tea to the disease. I do recall the sour face every time we make when we are forced to drink tea from the above lagundi because derived from its bitter taste. As such, the family, especially the younger ones prefer to in cough syrups, which one tasted much better than the lagundi tea.

The lagundi plant originated in the Philippinesand is commonly used as an alternative treatment for respiratory illnesses such as coughs, flu, rhinitis, bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis and pharyngitis. By these medicinal values ​​that can be extracted from the plant lagundi, extensive research by the Philippine Government Department of Health, the approval of the Bureau of Food and Drugs of cough syrup and capsule lagundi led backed drug. This is definitely good news for those who have alternative remedies prefer to keep their respiratory symptoms are not so keen on the bitter taste.

a little background about Lagundi

Lagundi (scientific Name: Vitex negundo) as mentioned above is from the Philippines and has been used for centuries for its therapeutic properties, it is a large shrub, up to five meters high, with thick woody stems as a single. a tribe. Its leaves are pointed and set of five booklets like a hand. Most parts of the plant have medicinal values ​​lagundi why it is actively promoted by the Philippine Department of Health.

the many uses of Lagundi

Although the scientific research at the system usage has focused on respiratory diseases, has the lagundi many other uses. For example, the roots to treat rheumatism, dyspesia, boils and even leprosy can be used. The flowers on the other side can also be used as a remedy for liver diseases and internal diseases such as diarrhea and cholera. The plant has properties that prevent the body’s production of leukotrienes, the substance that is produced during an asthma attack.

Another active ingredient is found in lagundi Chrysoplenol D, the anti-histamine and muscle relaxant properties. Apart from these properties is lagundi also a great expectorant and can also drank my breast-feeding mothers, as they increase milk production helps.

The traditional preparation of Lagundi

The usual method for producing is of lagundi concoction by boiling the parts of the plant, they can be steep and then strain the parts. The concoction is then drank three times a day to various diseases like asthma, pharyngitis, rheumatism, to relieve coughs, colds, fever and flu and other bronchopulmonary disorders. For skin diseases, the South (the process of cooking in water) can be applied directly to the skin of leaves and roots.

Although the lagundi plant has many advantages, let us carefully into the application and advise you on our doctor especially if there are other drugs that we take are.

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