Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) an aromatic plant most of the content has benefits for health

Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) is the plant species vascular plants or Tracheophyta, Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) including the order Lamiales, family Lamiaceae with Plectranthus amboinicus latin name. Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) can be planted with the techniques of cuttings i.e. plant stalks only.

Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) stem is colored light green. Rising along the stems and the leaves at the base of the leaves also will grow small branches make it easy to staple exuberantly.

Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) has reinforced soft characteristics, plans section, circular, with a diameter of about 15 mm, the central part and ends approximately 10 mm ± 5 mm, can develop-breed easily. The leaves are thick, the shape is still fresh, dark green leaves are slippery surface, the second.

Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) are found in almost all regions of Indonesia with a variety of different local names.

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae

Sub kingdom: Tracheobionta

Super Division: Spermatophyta

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Plant Taxonomy

Subclass Asteridae:

Order: Lamiales

Family: Lamiaceae

Genus: Coleus

Coleus amboinicus Lour species:.

The Common Name

Indonesia: wake-up, the cat leaves, leaves the goat

Viet Nam: tan day la

China: zuo shou xiang, yin du bo he, xiang shou dao

Japan: kuuban oregano

United Kingdom: country, indian borage, mexican mint mint.

Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) is an aromatic plant, this is because the leaves wake up wake up has a distinctive aroma. In addition to the aroma, herbs borage Country (Coleus amboinicus) has a bladder where most of the content has benefits for health.

The interest portion of Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) contains essential oils (Coleus aromaticus), Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) also contain flavonoids like quercetin, luteolin, apigenin, salvigenin and genkwanin.

Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) contain water, sugar, carbohydrates, fiber, minerals, vitamins, alkoloid, musilaj (slime), polyphenols, a flavonol glycosides, saponins, vitamin C, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, beta carotene, niacin, karvakrol, calcium, fat, protein, and volatile oil.

Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) is a plant that is widely consumed by mothers after childbirth. Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) is believed to be able to improve the production of breast milk. Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) much was made a companion of rice meals, such as vegetables.

Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) also has been demonstrated as a bitter taste because it works to inhibit the inflammatory response induced by siklooksigenase, also proved as anti-cancer and antitumor (Kaliappan, 2008; Mangathayaru, 2008).

Based on a variety of literature chronicling the experience of hereditary from different countries and regions, Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) can cure the diseases, such as:

Canker sores.

Five sheets of fresh leaves are washed clean and then rinsed with water. Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) that it's clean and then slowly chewed, swallowed and dregs water discarded.

Fever.

Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) fresh washed clean sheet 7 and then rinsed with water is cooked, mashed up like porridge and then squeezed and filtered. The water is drunk and dregs used to rub the body.

Asthma and coughing.

Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) fresh, clean sheets 10 and rinse with the water is cooked, mashed up like porridge and then squeezed and filtered. Water the juice plus sesame oil, drinking.

A headache.

Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) fresh washed clean and then bruised, paste this in the head and crush.

Rheumatism.

Leaf Country borage (Coleus amboinicus) fresh 10 sheets washed clean and then milled smooth, add water to taste whiting and kneaded until evenly distributed. The leaf pulp used to smear and rubbing the part that hurts.