The 6 health Benefits of Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)

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Herbs: Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) originating from South America, which is now has been spread all over the world, especially in the South East Asian countries. It is also called "peacock flower", "patramenggala", "peacock ngigel".
The fruit pods are flattened with a length of 6-12 cm and can be eaten.
Hence, Patrakomala also called as "pea flowers".

The beautifully Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) has many benefits for the healing.
In Indonesia it is mainly become the flower icon of Bandung, West Java.
It is a shrub which has upright stem with a height of 2-4 meters, and usually used as roadside plants and ornamental plants.
The flowers are red and yellow, similar to a peacock tail whenever it is being developed.

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The beautiful Patrakomala turns out has many benefits for the healing.
The flowers contain tannins, gallic acid, benzoic, acid and resin.
The leaves contain alkaloids, saponins, tannins, and calcium okdalat glucoside.
The bark contains Plumbagin, lumbagol, tanning substances, alkaloids, saponins, tannins and calcium okdalat.

Part used as a treatment, are flowers, bark, roots, leaves and fruit.
The flowers are used to treat random periods on women, hit injuries hit, fevers, hot seizures in children and red eyes.
The bark is used for treating diarrhea.
The roots are used to heat seizures in children and fever.
The leaves for flatulence, hepatitis, ulcers, fever and skin diseases.
While fruit is used for treating diarrhea and dysentery.

Some traditional medical herb of this plant, among others, to heat illness seizures in children, heat, acute diarrhea, flatulence, mouth ulcer and hepatitis.

1. Heat cramps in children

Five flowers patrakomala, 1/4 handful leaves of Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), three fingers and three fingers root bark Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima).
All material is washed, and then finely ground.
Add salt to taste water into the collisions, then use to rub the neck, back and legs of children.

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2. Fevers

Patrakomala flower brewed, Drinks to the patient.

3. Acute diarrhea

The mashed bark of Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), add water one glass of wine.
Drink all at once. Repeat the remedies as it necessary.

4. Bloated

Patrakomala  (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) leaves, reeds and garlic.
All the ingredients until finely mashed into a pulp.
Apply to the bloating stomach.

5. Sprue

Patrakomala  (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) leaf brewing. Use boiling water to rinse your mouth.

6. Hepatitis

Patrakomala  (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) leaves cleaned, then boiled.
Drink the water.

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As the last reminder; pregnant women are forbidden to drink concoctions that use the leaves, flowers, roots or bark of Patrakomala (Caesalpinia pulcherrima. Since it may causes miscarriage.

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