Powder

(Kaempferia galanga, Linn.)

Synonym:

Family:
Zingiberaceae

Description:
Kaempferia galanga (Kaempferia galanga), including interest and Zingiberaceae plants classified as a medicinal plant medicinal species that have the most tender meat and no fiber. Powder is a small terna thrives in low lying areas or mountain soil loose and not too much water. Rhizome kencur having a specific scent. Kencur fruit flesh is white and brown shell. Number of leaf blade kencur no more than 2-3 pages dealing with the composition. The flowers are arranged half sitting with a crown of flowers amounted to between 4 to 12 fruit, flower lips berwara white violet is dominant. Powder grow and develop in a particular season, ie in the rainy season. Powder can be planted in pots or in the garden enough sunlight, not too wet and in the open.

Local Name:
Powder (Indonesia, Java), Cikur (Sunda), Ceuko (Aceh); Kencor (Madura), Cekuh (Bali), Powder, Sukung (Minahasa); Asauli, sauleh, soul, umpa (Ambon), Cekir (Sumba);


Curable Disease:
Stomach Inflammation, Inflammation of the ear children, influenza in infants; Cold, Headache, cough, blood Eliminate dirty; Diarrhea, Heavy menstruation, Eye Pegal, sprains, fatigue;

Utilization:

1. Stomach Inflammation
Ingredients: 2 rhizome kencur registration thumb.
How to make: kencur skinned and chew thoroughly;
How to use: swallow the water, pulp removed, then
drink 1 glass of water, and repeated until healed.

2. Child Ear Inflammation
Ingredients: 2 rhizome kencur for your thumb and ½ nutmeg seed.
How to make: both materials are finely ground and given 2
tablespoons warm water;
How to use: applied / dibobokkan around the nose.

3. Influenza in infants
Ingredients: 1 rhizome kencur for your thumb and 2 bay leaves
cubeb (tailed pepper / Cubeb)
How to make: both materials are finely ground, then
plus a few tablespoons of warm water.
How to use: applied / dibobokkan around the nose.

4. Masuk Angin
Ingredients: 1 rhizome kencur for thumb and salt to taste.
How to make: kencur skinned clean.
How to use: kencur eaten with salt to taste,
then drink 1 glass of water putih.Dapat done 2 times a day.

5. Headaches
Ingredients: 2-3 kencur leaves.
Method: kencur leaves until finely crushed.
How to use: applied (as a compress / pilis) on the forehead.

6. Coughing
a. Ingredients: 1 rhizome kencur for thumb and salt to taste.
How to make: kencur grated, then add 1 cup of warm water, squeezed and filtered.
How to use: drink with added salt.

b. Ingredients: 1 rhizome kencur registration thumb.
How to make: kencur skinned and chew thoroughly;
How to use: the water is swallowed, pulp discarded. Performed routinely every morning.

7. Diarrhea
a. Ingredients: 2 rhizome kencur for thumb and salt to taste.
How to make: kencur grated, then add 1 cup of warm water, squeezed and filtered.
How to use: in the stomach as diolsekan powder.

b. Ingredients: 2 rhizome kencur for thumb and salt to taste.
How to make: kencur grated, then add salt to taste.
How to use: applied to the abdomen as a powder.

8. Eliminate Dirty Blood
Ingredients: 4 rhizome kencur of thumb, 2 sheets trengguli leaves, 2 cloves of dry seeds,
pulawaras fennel taste.
Method: boil all these ingredients together with 1 liter of water to boiling and then
filtered.
How to use: drink 2 times a day on a regular basis.

9. Streamlining menstrual
Ingredients: 2 rhizome kencur of thumb, 1 sheet trengguli leaf, fruit seeds 1 clove old,
pulawaras fennel taste.
How to make: kencur chopped, then mixed with other ingredients and boil together
with 3 cups water to boil down to 2 cups, and then filtered.
How to use: once a day to drink 2 cups.

10. Eyes Pegal
Ingredients: 1 piece of rhizome
How to make: kencur split into 2 parts.
How to use: wet surfaces used to rub eyelids.

11. Sprain
Ingredients: 1 rhizome kencur and rice that have been soaked in water.
How to make: both material and enough water dipipis.
How to use: applied / digosokan on the sprained part as powder.

12. Eliminate Fatigue.
Ingredients: 1 large rhizome kencur, 2 tablespoons rice fried without oil (couple) and 1 seeds
chili.
Method: boil all these ingredients together with 2 cups water to boiling
down to 1 cup, and then filtered.
How to use: drink one time and repeated until healed. For men can
plus 1 piece galangal and pepper powder to taste.

Composition:
KANDUNGAN CHEMISTRY: Rhizome Powder containing starch (4.14%), minerals (13.73%), and essential oil (0.02%) sineol form, methyl acid and penta kanil independence, cinnamic acid, ethyl aster, sinamic acid, borneol, kamphene, paraeumarin, anisic acid, alkaloids and gom.