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Lemongrass is included in medicinal plants that have a number of properties. The way to process it is to boil the stems or leaves.
This lemongrass boiled water has a refreshing fragrance. To add properties, lemongrass can be mixed with ginger, turmeric, lemon, or honey.
Below we will review 12 benefits of lemongrass stew. Among these can relieve coughing to make the mind relax.
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Here are 12 benefits of lemongrass stew for body health:
1. Help relieve cough
Reporting from Netmeds, lemongrass boiled water is useful for relieving coughs, sore throats, and ordinary flu, because they have geraniol and citronellol which are antiseptic compounds. Just boil a few lemongrass strands to get nutritious drinks.
2. As an antioxidant
Research in 2005 in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, quoted from the spice book (spices, rich in benefits) by Aisyah’s core (Aisyah Putri), showing lemongrass containing several antioxidants that can help cleanse free radicals in the body.
Some of these antioxidants include chlorogenic acid, isoorientin, and Swertia japonica. This compound has benefits to help prevent cell dysfunction in the coronary arteries.
3. Helps deal with oral infections and cavities
The antimicrobial properties of lemongrass stew can help the body overcome oral infections and cavities. In vitro in 2012 research published by the National Institutes of Health shows, lemongrass essential oils can overcome the bacterium Streptococcus mutans that cause tooth decay.
4. Relieve cramps due to menstruation
The benefits of lemongrass stew can also be felt by women who feel cramps due to menstruation, flatulence, and hot flashes (the condition of feeling the sensation of heat). In theory, lemongrass contains anti -inflammatory which can be useful to calm the stomach.
5. Improve the digestive tract
Lemongrass tea can be useful to improve the digestive tract, thus overcoming digestive problems. Study of rodents in 2012 published by the National Institutes of Health explained, lemongrass effectively overcome gastric ulcers and protect the stomach layer from damage due to aspirin and ethanol.
6. Control cholesterol
Research in 2011 by Gagan Shah, et al, showing that lemongrass oil extract is useful to help reduce cholesterol in animals, depending on the dose.
There is a possibility that lemongrass boiled water also has similar benefits. But there are still more research on this matter.
Lemongrass tea is useful to help you lose weight, because the content is good for the body’s metabolism. This lemongrass decoction acts as detox tea. But most of the existing studies are not scientific research.
8. Having a chance to be a diuretic
Lemongrass is also the possibility of acting as a diuretic, which is a drug to remove excess salt and water from the body through urine. The effect, we will urinate more often.
9. Anti-inflammatory
Inflammation can affect many problems, including stroke and heart disease. Based on the center of Kettering Sloan Memorial Cancer, the cytral content and geraniol are useful as anti-inflammatory to help stop the release of certain inflammatory signs in the body.
10. Relieve high systolic blood pressure
In the 2012 observational study by Naveed Ullah, et al, explained the lemongrass content could relieve high systolic blood pressure. As many as 72 male respondents in research given lemongrass tea experienced a modern decrease in systolic blood pressure. Respondents also experienced a slight increase in diastolic blood pressure.
11. Helps reduce the risk of cancer
The citral content in lemongrass is believed to have the ability to anticancer or prevent the growth of several types of cancer cells. Some experts provide lemongrass boiled water as additional therapy during chemotherapy and radiation.
12. Make relax
Hot tea is known to be relaxed, but lemongrass tea can make it relaxed with anxiety. The scent of lemongrass makes the mind calm, so that it can help sleep soundly and overcome insomnia.
Most of drinking lemongrass stew might cause mild side effects, such as frequent urination, allergies, to dizziness. If there is a bad and harmful reaction, don’t hesitate to consult a doctor immediately.
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