Sunday, November 20, 2011

the advantage medical plant Lempuyang Gajah(Zingiber zerumbet)


Medical plant lempuyang gajah or(Zingiber zerumbet)in the name botanical plant and here are the description;
The original rod form rhizomes under the ground, a height of more than 1 m. Trunk: a collection of pseudo-stem leaves are alternate midrib, on the ground, several rods colonize, green, rhizomes; creeping, fleshy, plump, aromatic. Leaves: Single, seated alternate, midrib; form a pseudo-stem, strand; form a narrow lanceolate, widest in the middle or above middle, length 3-7 times width, base tapering or blunt, the tip is very sharp or pointed, hairy on the surface above, leaves or bones at the base, 14-40 x 3 to 8.5 cm long, hairy stalks, 4-5 mm. Aloe leaf; erect, blunt, such as membranes, hair from 1.5 to 3 cm. Flower: arrangement of compound grains, spherical or elongated shape, appear above the ground, upright, smooth-haired, thick slender, 9-31 cm. 1.5 to 1.6 times the width, widening slightly rounded tip, leaf shield with a flat tip, size 1.54 x 1.54 cm, stalk grain scales 4-6, lanceolate, obtuse, hairy, red, 3-6, 5 cm. Leaves the protective sheath is greater than, equal in length to the tube crown. Grain sizes from 3.5 to 10.5 x 1.75 to 5.5 cm. Petals: 13-17 mm. Crown: bright yellow, dark green, or white, tube 2-3 cm, oval rounded lobes elongated, tapered or pointed ends, most of the posterior petals 1.5 to 2.5 x 1-2 cm, rounded lip eggs or rounded, orange or lemon yellow, 12-20 x 15-20 mm. Stamen: anthers elongated elip-round, bright yellow, 8-10 mm, 7 mm connector. Pistil: fruit will be 3 rooms, going to seed lot, the position of axillary, forked pistil stalk free. Fruit: ovoid inverted, red, 12 x 8 mm. Seed: round elongated ball, an average of 4 mm. Flowering time this medical plant about January-

PART USED
rhizome.

USE of the medical plant lempuyang gajah to over come disease
1. Kidney stones.
2. Dysentery.
3. Seizures in children.
4. Diarrhea.
5. Generating appetite.
6. Freshener.
7. Jaundice.
8. Sore skin.
9. Colds.
10. Sore skin (topical).