Sweet Gum or “ubi karet” grows fertilly in dry season, especially in Southeast Asia. Sweet gum is almost same with cassava leaves, but the leaves of sweet gum are wider, thicker and larger than the size of cassava leaves. It can be used to reduce the pain during menstruation period. Here is how to use … Continue reading Sweet Gum (manihot glaziovii)
Witbalingo’s fruit or Balinese usually call it ‘Belego’ is a vine plant which the fruit can be eaten as a vegetable. Actually, it is a seasonal fruit, but the fruit will be viable in the long time or months. It has many functions such as for treating people who are crying continuously and should not … Continue reading Witbalingo or Belego (Benincasa Hispida)
Cocos nucifera is very functional tree or tree with high economic value added. This plant can grow to a height of 1.000 m above the sea level. All parts of the tree can be used for human’s needs, so this tree is often called the tree of life. Because almost all parts of this tree, … Continue reading Young Coconut (Cocos Nucifera Varietas Eburnea)
Citrus amblycarpa is a shrub or small tree of about 5 meters height. It has small fragrant shiny leaves and produces small white flowers. Its fruits have a thick irregular skin and turn from green to yellow when mature. Like the leaves, the fruit has a pleasant smell when it is touched or squeezed. Citrus … Continue reading Lime Tree (Citrus Amblycarpa)
Majegau or Mahoni tree grows as a group in the forest and about 4 metres height. This plant, aside as a herbal drink (loloh), it has a good quality of wood, so widely used as a building material (especially sacred buildings in Bali) and a carving craft materials. It can be used for relieving disease … Continue reading Majegau Tree (Dysoxylum Densiflorum)
Ginger is useful for pain and stiff joints, relieve pain, reduce cholesterol, clean the dirt in the body, inflammation, anti-allergy, drug of sickness, fever and cough, treat migraine, blood circulation. How to use it : - Soak all the ingredients about 5 minutes. - Mashed all the ingredients until have a form like wet powder. … Continue reading Ginger (Zingiber officinale)
Substances contained in this spice are starch, mineral, kamphane, borneol, kanil metal acid, cinnamic acid, Ethyl aster, Paraeumarin, Alkolid, Gom. Efficacy , this spice also can be used to treat a colds, heals stomach ulcers, sprains ,Treating heartburn in the stomach, as a cough medicine, treating diarrhea. When make boreh from kencur, kencur also can … Continue reading Kencur (Kaempferia galangal)
Almost all of the parts are useful, especially the sap and the leaves are useful to treat a baby who got smallpox. Sandalwood also contain with santanol that can used as antiseptic. Here are the way how to use it : Take the bark of sandalwood Mix it with arracks Use it as a … Continue reading Sandalwood Tree (Santalum Album)
The roots and the sap can be used for eliminating the exhausted. Soursop also contain of carbohydrate, fructose, and contain with the other nutrients that have a functions to gain an energy. Here are the way how to use it: Take the bark of this tree Mix it with arrack,Vinegar and Then grind it and … Continue reading Soursop Tree (Annona Muricata L)
This tree has several parts which are useful to treat disease, the leaves and the bark of this tree are useful to treat the disease and use it as boreh. Frangipani tree also has several compounds that have functions as the medicine such as antipyretic can used to reduce fever, analgesic can used to alleviate … Continue reading Frangipani Tree (Plumeria)
Balinese Traditional Medicine 