Benefits of Tamarind For Traditional Medicine

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) is a plant belonging to the family Caesalpiniaceae. Tamarind tree is usually found in mountainous areas in the lowlands. Tamarind tree has fruit that tastes too acidic. Usually used by the public for cooking aka herbs. For breeding usually use the seeds.

Tamarind tree is also called tamarind tackles (Sunda), Celagi, Number Seven and others. The sour fruit contains compounds such as sour grapes, apples acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, acetic acid, and pectin

Besides its use as a kitchen spice, tamarind is also commonly used as a traditional medicine. Among others to treat ulcers, acne, scars, itching, menstrual pain, ulcers, cough, measles, and so on. Parts used for traditional medicine is the fruit and leaves.


Traditional Ulcer DrugsKawak acid (sour fruit cooked meat that has been processed and the color is black, not brown) of quail eggs, soaked in 1 cup of water so that it expands, 5 slices of ginger are washed before sliced, palm sugar for sweetening. Semuan boiled so that the water a half. Drunk 1x a day until healed. To be attached: kawak acid of quail eggs, a little salt and a little oil mixed and pulverized. Stick it to the boil.

Traditional Acne MedicationProvide 12 leaves bitter, 10 slices of ginger, kencur 5 cm, 1 1sendok fennel tea, 10 leaves cumin, all washed. Mash with kawak acid of quail eggs. Give 1 2/2 g elas water, filtered, and the waste is squeezed with a cloth. Drink 3 times a day. For foreign drugs: tamarind given clean water, knead, filtered and the water used to steal the face at bedtime.Itching in the form of red dots bubbly waterEight slices of ginger are washed before sliced ​​and boiled palm sugar with a glass of water, until the water a half. Enter kawak acid of quail eggs, stirring until the acid out the juice. Filter. 1x drink a day until healed.Itching in scars that have been driedMethod I: kawak acid moistened with clean water that has been cooked and then rubbed into the scar that itch.Method II: 1 tablespoon full of tamarind leaves, turmeric master piece, washed, crushed, affixed to a scar that itch.

Menstrual pain in adolescent girlsMethod I: 10 slices of ginger are washed before sliced, palm sugar to improve taste, boiled with a glass of water until the water a half. Enter kawak acid of quail eggs. Stir until fluffy acid. Often, 1x drink a day for a week before menstruation.Method II: Acid kawak of quail eggs, 10 slices of fresh turmeric are washed before sliced. Brewed with half a glass of water. Cover and leave until lukewarm. Filter. This herb for a drink. Do it every morning and afternoon. Note: Herb kawak acid by pregnant women should not drink.Menstruation rancidityAcid kawak of quail eggs mixed with 10 slices of ginger were washed before sliced ​​and sliced ​​palm sugar. Brewed with a glass of water. Stir well. After cold filtered. Drunk 1x a day during menstruation.

Hacking coughPrepare 2 cups sour leaf, 2 cups of sage leaves, 5 cm cinnamon China washed, boiled in 3 cups of water until the water 2 cups. Taken during the day, instead of ordinary drinking water. Repeat for a few days.Treating ThrushTake 1 cup light sour leaf, a piece of turmeric 5 cm. All washed, sliced ​​turmeric. Boil 4 cups of water until the water a half. So that it felt a little bad, palm sugar may be added when boiling. Filter. Drinking in the morning and afternoon. Repeat for a few days.Treating WhitishKawak acid of a marble, 25 beluntas washed leaves, turmeric 5 cm washed, peeled, little palm sugar. Tamarind leaves and turmeric crushed, brewed with 1/2 cup hot water. Enter the acid and sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Squeeze the cloth. Taken at bedtime each day.Drug MeaslesPrepare 1 cup tamarind leaves, 3 fresh turmeric rhizome washed, sliced, a little salt and palm sugar. All boiled with 2 cups of water until the water a half. Drunk in the morning and afternoon. Repeat as necessary.Ulcers (sores and festering watery, itchy, and painful)The seeds of acid washed, peeled, crushed. Paste the ulcers