Sunflower Benefits

Sunflower or Helianthus annuus L is a native plant of North America, specifically in the area of ​​Mexico, Peru and Chile. These plants come from families compositeae (Asteraceae). There are approximately 67 species in this genus Helianthus. Helianthus comes from the word helios meaning sun and anthos meaning flower. But the most plausible reason why sunflowers are named because the flowers are always facing the direction of the sun. This move follows the interest of the largest light source is.

Flowers in China is known as the Xiang ri quiz. While in Indonesia itself gets a lot of interest such as the pupil Matori, ledomata, flower stengenge, Bungong matuhori, purbanegara, until sungeng.
This short-lived herbaceous tunbuh up as high as 1 to 3 meters with fine hairs on all parts. Single heart-shaped leaves with large flowers resembling the cup on the edge. Right down the middle there are the small flowers are tubular and brown. Although included in the wet trunked plants, flowers are just 'more comfortable' planted in an area that gets lots of sunlight.
This flower contains a fairly complete nutrition.

And each of its parts have the following functions:

Flowers: antipyretic, hypotensive, lowering blood pressure, reduce pain (analgesic), painful menstruation (dysmenorrhoe), stomach pain (gastric pain), headache, toothache, abdominal pain, high blood pressure, inflammation of the breast (topical), arthritis (topical), cosmetics (to prevent premature aging), and hard labor.

Root: Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antitussive, diuretic, cough, kidney stones, bronchitis, leucorrhoea (leucorrhoe), anti-inflammatory, laxative urine, cough, and pain relief.

Leaf: Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammation, reduce pain, and anti-malaria.

Seed: Anti dysentery, arouse appetite, lethargy, headaches, bloody dysentery, stimulate the secretion of fluid body (hormones, enzymes, etc..), Induced stimulation of measles (measles).

Marrow from stem and flower base (reseptaculum): Stimulating the vital energy, calm the liver, stimulate spending urine, relieve pain during bowel tract, stomach pain, bloody urine (hematuria), fatty urine (chyluria), gastric cancer , esophageal cancer and malignant mole.