Hello Amazing nature Lovers, this is my post for Amazing Nature Contest: Thematic Challenge - #4/2# Immunity from nature# with hosted @hive127788. For me this is an interesting theme because so far I have always focused and continued to learn herbal remedies from nature. today I will introduce life-sustaining plants that have many health benefits, especially to increase body immunity.
Life-sustaining plants have long been known by traditional communities to overcome and treat various health problems. The part of the plant that is often used is the leaf.The life-sustaining plant is also called the god plant by the traditional Malay community. In Indonesia, the leaves of the life-sustaining plant are used as fresh vegetables that have a taste like spinach leaves.
Based on data sourced from https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://id.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambung_nyawa&ved=2ahUKEwiC2JqI3bb2AhUz8HMBHWs0Bn8QFnoECEUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1E7dl6uTkXdBH-n9QjiBHR.
Life-sustaining plants have the following scientific classifications:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Spermatophyta
Subdivision: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gynura
Species: G. procumbens
life-sustaining plant (Gynura procumbens) is a wild plant that is widely used as a hedge plant, has many branches with thick leaves making it suitable for hedge plants, but is not suitable as a shade plant because the stems grow upward.
The morphology of life-sustaining plants is:
Root part
Life-sustaining plants have taproots with many root branches attached to the main roots so that they look like fibrous roots.
Stem part
Life-sustaining plants are shrubs with green segmented stems. The stem grows up and when it is old the stem can spread.
Leaf part
The leaf is a single leaf in the shape of an ellipse, the upper leaf blade is dark green and the lower leaf blade is light green. The leaf margins have fine hairs, the leaf surface is shiny with pinnate veins.
The leaves will emit an aromatherapy smell when crushed. The leaves are usually used as herbs with many health benefits and properties, this is because the leaves contain several chemical compounds such as saponins, tannins, terpenoids, flavonoids and antioxidants.
some of the benefits of life-sustaining leaves for health are:
1.help increase the body's resistance and immunity, this is because the antioxidant content contained in the leaves of life connects which can ward off free radicals that will enter the body
2.helps maintain heart health
3.treat hypertension
4.fight germs and bacteria
5.helps kidney health
6.overcome digestive disorders
7.overcoming infertility
how to use the leaves of life as a herbal plant that is efficacious to increase the body's immunity is to boil the leaves. The ingredients we use are:
600 mL water
one handful of life-sustaining leaves
its steps are:
the first step: separate the leaves from the stems, then take a handful.
the second step: wash the leaves
the third step: put the leaves into the pot then add water.
the fourth step: its time to boil, boil until the ingredients boil.
the fifth step: strain the concoction and then drink the water. The stew of life-long leaves can also be used as vegetables such as spinach.
How to reproduce this plant is also very easy, namely by stem cuttings, we only take old stems to accelerate shoot growth and then we plant the stems. within a week new leaves will appear.when the plant has grown and is tall it usually has thick leaves, so we must be diligent in pruning it, so that the plant remains neat.
thank you for taking the time to read my writing.
Best Regard
@umirais