MALAEUCU LEUCADENDRA/MALAEUCU CAJUPUT

Eucalyptus (Meialeuca leucadendra L) Family Myrtaceae. Eucalyptus can grow on barren soil, heat resistant and can sprout again though after a fire.

The characteristics of eucalyptus trees have a height of 10-20 m, layers of bark, grayish-white in color with peeling skin surface irregular.

The trunk is not too big, with branches that hang down. Leaves single, rather thick skin, short-stemmed, alternate location.



Leaf blade elliptic or lanceolate, with a length of 4.5 to 15 cm, width from 0.75 to 4 cm, the base of the leaf tip and tapered, flat edge and leaves almost parallel to the bone. Surface of the leaf-haired, green color brownish gray to green, when crushed or crushed leaves smell of eucalyptus oil.

Inflorescence compound grains form, like a bell-shaped flowers, white petals, anthers cream-colored, branching out in the end. Fruit 2.5 to 3 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, color is brown to dark brown.

Benefits of Eucalyptus

• Eucalyptus can be used as a treatment after the refining and will produce essential oils. Herewith we inform the benefits of eucalyptus oil for health, including:
• Anti Septic and Bacteria: Oil of eucalyptus is very efficient in preventing infection from bacteria, viruses and fungi, such as tetanus, influenza and other infectious diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and so on. Used topically for wounds caused by the rusting of iron to protect them from tetanus.
• Insecticide and vermifuge: Oil of eucalyptus is very efficient in driving away Agat not catch a cold and kill insects. The smell is strong it can add other liquids and then inserted into the spray used to repel mosquitoes and other insects.
• Decongestant and Expetorant: Eucalyptus can be used to mengobatan interference with the nose and throat, coughing and other respiratory organs as well as other infections that cause sore throats and bronchitis.
• Cosmetics and Tonic: useful to smooth and brighten skin and free from infection and thus widely used for cosmetics, can prevent infection of the skin is then used as a tonic jugu (protective).
• Stimulant and Sudororific: Beneficial stimulate nerves in the body, giving the effect of warming and circulation mempelancar spending so that it can help the body of toxins released through the channel emergency spending.
• Analgesics: useful to reduce pain such as toothaches, headaches, pain in joints, muscles, runny nose, fever and others.
• Heat: useful for reducing fever caused by infection with mengelurkannya through perspiration that can cool the body temperature.
• Air: useful for removing the wind for people with a common colds, prevent colds and help remove existing wind in the stomach through the sewer.
• Anti-Nerve Pain: useful to overcome the pain-laden in the vicinity of the mouth including the throat, ears, tonsils, base of nose, upper throat and surrounding areas. Severe pain due to konpresi around the throat caused premen eating, food, lots of laughing and shouting.
• Eucalyptus oil can help reduce the pain because it can mempelancar blood circulation so as to reduce the swelling so that the pressure loosen the nerves in the throat so that can help directly in the area around the hospital.

Things to note: when used as a drug in dosage should be considered not in a lot because it can cause irritation.

Ingredients and Benefits: The leaves contain essential oils, sineol, melaleucin and fruits contain tannins. Diaforetik nature, relieve pain, kill germs, dilute the sputum, and anticonvulsants.

Note: If you want to use for the drug, you should look for the original eucalyptus oil. Because many brands on the market that has been eucalyptus oil mixed-mixed with various dyes and other chemicals.

Usefulness:
1. Flatulence
1 teaspoon eucalyptus oil, ½ cup water cave rock, mix evenly. Drink all at once
2. Wrinkles Skin Stomach (For women after childbirth)
20 drops of eucalyptus oil, 1 teaspoon of whiting, and 1 teaspoon lemon juice, mix evenly.
Apply on the stomach every day for several weeks.
3. Cough
1 teaspoon eucalyptus oil, grated ¼ pcs nutmeg, juice of ½ pcs lime, mixed into one. Rub the
back and chest of the patient. Do this 2x a day, for 3 days.
4. Fever / Prevent stuip (In children)
Juice of 2-3 lemon juice, 3 tablespoons coconut oil, 3 drops of eucalyptus oil, and 3 spring
onions that have been finely ground, mixed together. Apply the mixture to the entire
patient's body, especially the wrists, legs, abdomen, and armpits. Blanket body to sweat it
out.
5. Flu
2 teaspoons of eucalyptus oil, 2 teaspoons gandapura oil, 3 teaspoons of coconut oil, 3
tablespoons lime juice, blended into one. Rub this mixture on the neck, chest, and back 2x a
day.
6. Seizures (The baby)
Rub oil of eucalyptus on the nose and on the abdomen of the child. Do it 1x a day as needed.
7. Catch a cold
10 drops of eucalyptus oil, ½ cup brewed with hot water, give 1 tablespoon of honey, warm
drink ½ cup 1-2 x daily.