Flower Pagoda

(Clerodendrum japonicum [Thunb.] Sweet)

Synonym: C. kaempferi (Jacq.) Sleb., C. L. paniculatum, Volkameria japonica Thunb.

Family: Verbenaceae.

Description:
Generally, pagoda flowers planted in the garden, yard, or on the sidewalk outside the city areas as an ornamental plant. Withered shrubs, 1-3 m. high Trunk filled with fine hair. Single leaves, stemmed, where the deal. Leaf blade broad oval, base heart-shaped leaves, old leaves bercangap menjari, the length can reach 30 cm. The flowers are red compound interest, consist of small flowers that come together to form a pyramid, out of the end of the shaft. The fruit is round. Pagoda flowers can be propagated by seeds.

Local Name:
NAME OF Bali: senggugu, tumbak king. NAME OF FOREIGN He hua bao (C), pagoda flower (I). NAME Simplisia Clerodendri japonici Radix (root of the pagoda flower), Clerodendri japonici Flos (pagoda flower).


Curable Disease:
NATURE AND KHASIAT bitter roots, its cool. Pagoda flower roots potent anti-inflammatory, peluruh urine (diuretic), eliminating swelling, and destroy the frozen blood. Leaves taste sweet, sour, slightly brown, neutral in character. Leaf efficacious as anti-inflammatory and ooze pus. Sweet flowers, its warm, potent sedatives, and stop the bleeding (hemostatis).

Utilization:
PART USED
The part used is the root, flower, and leaves. For storage, the roots must be dried.

INDICATION
-The root is used for treatment:
-back pain (lumbago), rheumatic pain,
-tuberculosis lung (pulmonary TB) is accompanied by coughing blood,
bleeding-hemorrhoids (haemorrhoids), dysentery (dysentery),
-difficulty sleeping (insomnia), and
bruises (bruises) due to hit something hard.

Flowers are used for the treatment of:
-enhancer of blood in anemic patients,
-white,
-hemorrhoids bleeding, and
-difficulty sleeping (insomnia).

HOW TO USE
To drug intake, 30-90 g of boiled roots or flowers. In addition, it can also be used as the root powder, then poured boiling water and drunk.

For external use only, minced fresh leaves until smooth, then Put on the boil, sore, and bruised. In addition, fresh leaves can be squeezed and the water is applied to the wounded feelings bleed.

EXAMPLES OF USE
Bleeding hemorrhoids
Cook 60 g of root or flower pagoda with cow intestine. After a cold, liquid drink and can be eaten cow intestines.

Difficulty sleeping
Dry the flowers or roots of the pagoda to taste, then milled to become powder. Take a teaspoon of this powder, and enter into a shot glass of wine sweet. Stir well and drink well at night before bed.

Ulcer, sore
Wash fresh leaves enough pagoda flowers, then milled until smooth. Add a little honey, stirring evenly. Put these ingredients in place of the sick, and dressing. Replace this concoction three times a day.

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