Boroco

(Celosia argentea Linn.)

Synonym:
Celosia linearis, Sweet. Celosia magaritacea, Linn.

Family:
Amaranthaceae

Description:
Grow up, high 30 to 100 cm. Grow wild in the streets, side ditches, abandoned terrain. Round stems with coarse elongated groove, much branched, green or red color. Leaves have a green color and the color is red, elongated oval shape, pointed tip, finely serrated edge is almost flat. Flowers form spikelets 3 10 cm long, pink / purple, black seeds somewhat brighter, the flowers growing on the ends of the branches.http://ariyawanioryne.blogspot.com/

Local Name:
Dutch tail Spinach, Spinach cats, Kuntha, Baya kasubiki; Qing xiang zi (China).;


Curable Disease:
Eye inflammation, hypertension, vomiting blood, Keputihan, dysentery; medicine washing eyes, urinary tract infection;

Utilization:
PART THE APPLICABLE:
Seeds, flowers and whole plants, dry in the sun to be stored.

PURPOSE:
Seed: - Infection eye = red eye (acute conjunctivitis).
- Inflammation of the cornea (keratitis)
- Infection in the eye (uveitis Chronic)
- High blood pressure (hypertension).

Interest: - Vomiting blood (Haematemesis)
- Keputihan (Leucorrhoe)
- Drug washing eyes.

The whole plant: - Defecation mucus and blood (dysentery)
- Urinary tract infection (Urinary tract.
infection)

USAGE:
Seed: 10 - 30 grams
rate: 30 - 60 g. ... boiled.
The whole plant: 30 - 60 g.

HOW TO USE:
1. Keratitis:
Boroco seeds 15 grams, enough chicken liver boiled, eaten.

2. Hypertension:
Boroco seeds 30 grams, 1 cup of boiled water to 1 / 2 cup water, divided
into 2 (two) times to drink.

3. Vomiting blood:
Boroco fresh flowers 30 to 60 grams of meat plus sufficient
boiled into soup, eat.

4. As an external medicine:
Flowers boiled water to wash the eye (after filtered by
filter paper / cotton).

5. Whitish:
Rate plus 60 grams 60 grams of meat, boiled, drinking water and
meat.

CAUTION:
CONTRA INDICATION on the eye pressure rises (Glaucoma).

Composition:
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological: bitter taste, cool, eye inflammation and treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension).http://ariyawanioryne.blogspot.com/