Benefits of Lemongrass

lemongrass or Citronella scent is usually use for food and as a flavor. The question, whether it's just the benefit of the lemongrass?

lemongrass or the Latin language called Andropogon nardus this turned out to save a lot of benefits for human health.

In some studies, the leaf turns Lemongrass contains anti-microbial and anti-bacterial which is very useful especially to treat infections of the stomach, intestines, bladder, and heal wounds. Not only that, Seehi also widely used for the relief of spasms, anti-rheumatic, and is a diuretic.

In addition, the content of analgesics in lemongrass also can play a role to help relieve the pain of headaches, muscle aches and joint pain. Later, Lemongrass also widely believed to cure various diseases such as skin infections, typhoid, food poisoning, and also relieve body odor.

In Lemongrass, there are many geranil containing compounds such as butyrate, lomonen, eugenol, metileugenol, geranial that are beneficial to health. For more details, Citronella scent related functions are very nutritious for health, the following is an elaboration.

8 top Benefits of Lemongrass

•     Lemongrass prevent cancer

    There is research that explains that every 100 grams of lemongrass contains antioxidants that we know beneficial for preventing cancer. Then, a study conducted by a team of Gurion University in Israel have found that there are compounds in the lemongrass can kill cancer cells without damaging healthy cells.

•    Lemongrass Treat indigestion

    Lemongrass is very useful to overcome indigestion, stomach pain, colds, reduces intestinal gas, and diarrhea.

•     Lowers blood pressure

    Lemongrass is also widely used to reduce blood pressure and stimulate blood circulation. By consuming beverages containing lemongrass every day it will be very helpful in reducing hypertension.

•     Lemongrass as Detoxification

    Lemongrass is also excellent for detoxifying the body by increasing the amount of urination. It is very useful to make the entire digestive organs such as the liver, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and also clean and healthy because of various toxins will be eliminated.

•     Benefits of the nervous system

    Containing lemongrass essential oil can also be beneficial to strengthen and improve the functioning of the nervous system. That is because the lemongrass oil will give effect warms, relaxes muscles, and relieve cramps.

•     Lemongrass Functioning as an analgesic

    Lemongrass can also relieve all types of inflammation and irritability associated with your suffering aches and pains such as joint pain, muscle pain, toothache, and others.

•     Beautify skin

    The use of lemongrass leaves also have occurred in the field of cosmetics that are used to beautify the skin. The effect of the use of cosmetics containing lemongrass leaves are able to eliminate acne and also serves as a refresher.

•     Women's health

    Lemongrass is also commonly used by women to relieve pain when the onset of menstruation and relieve nausea.

With so many benefits of lemongrass, is expected in the future with the growth of public knowledge related to alternative medicine, could expand the use of lemongrass which is not only used as a spice in cooking, but also as an herbal health.

The use of the lemongrass to overcome various health problems above has many advantages, besides the readily available and inexpensive, also did not provide any side effects when its use is appropriate.