Banyan

(Benyamina Ficus L.)

Synonym:
= Ficus microcarpa, Linn. = F.nitida, auctt. = F.retusa, auctt. = F.retusa, auctt. non Linn. = F.retusa var. auctt nitida. non verae.

Family:
Moraceae

Description:
Banyan are found on the street, or growing suburb on the brink. Large tree height from 20 to 25 m, rooted heels. Trunk straight, round, rough surface, blackish brown, branching simpodial, the stem hanging out roots (air roots). Leaves single, short-stemmed, where the cross face, oval shape, flat edge, pointed tip, base turnpul, length 3 to 6 cm, width of 2 to 4 cm, pertulangan pinnate, green. Single flower, out of the armpit leaves, petals form a funnel, rounded crown, smooth, greenish yellow. Buni fruit, round, long, 0.5 to 1 cm, young green, dark red after. Seeds round, hard, white.http://ariyawanioryne.blogspot.com/

Local Name:
Caringin (Sunda), waringin (Java, Sumatra).; Chinese banyan, (China), the banyan tree (English).;


Curable Disease:
Runny nose, high fever, inflammation of the tonsils (tonsillitis), rheumatoid arthritis pain,; injury blow (bruise), Influenza, inflammation of the airways (bronchitis) whooping cough (pertussis), malaria, acute gastroenteritis (acute enteritis),; Dysentery, heat cramps in children.;

Utilization:
PART USED:
Air roots and leaves. Washed before use and then dried.

INDICATIONS:
Useful air roots to overcome:
- Runny nose, high fever,
- Inflammation of the tonsils (tonsillitis),
- Pain in the arthritic joints, and
- Injury blow (bruise).

Leaf useful to overcome:
- Influenza,
- Inflammation of the airways (bronchitis), whooping cough (pertussis),
- Malaria,
- Acute appendicitis (acute enteritis), dysentery, and
- Heat cramps in children.

HOW TO USE:
Banyan air dried roots of 15 to 30 g of dried banyan leaves of 50 to 120 g of boiled and then drunk. For external use, and then boiled banyan leaves while warm water is used for bathing.

EXAMPLE OF USAGE:
1. Heat cramps in children:
Take 100 g of fresh fig leaves, washed and then boiled with water 5 fl
for 25 rnenit. Cooking water is as warm used to
bathing the sick child.

2. Acute gastroenteritis and dysentery
Take a fresh fig leaves as much as 500 g. Then washed
then boiled in 3 cups of water until remaining 1 glass. After
cold filtered, divided for 2 times drinks, morning and afternoon, respectively,
each 1 / 2 cup.

3. Tonsillitis
Take the roots of a banyan air as much as 180 g, washed and cut -
cut as needed. Boiled with 3 cups of water until remaining 1 glass.
Add 1 cup vinegar. After the cold is used to gargle -
mouthwash (gargle). Do this several times a day.

4. Chronic bronchitis
Take 75 g of fresh fig leaves and 18 g of mandarin orange peel, washed
then boiled in 3 cups of water until remaining 1 glass. After
cold filtered and then divided to. Drink 3 times, ie morning, noon, and
night. Do it for 10 days.

Composition:
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological slightly bitter taste, astringen, cool. KANDUNGAN CHEMISTRY: Roots of air containing amino acids, phenols, sugar, and sour orange.http://ariyawanioryne.blogspot.com/