Benifet of Sunflower

Traditional Medicine (Sunflower)

Sunflower which has a behavior that mengahadap heliotropisme or flower toward the sun. The origin of this plant has been cultivated by the Indians of North America thousands of years ago. Further spread to South America and became one source of food for the citizens of Inka. After the conquest by the Europeans, sunflower was introduced to Europe and various other corners of the world in the 16th century. Since the 17th century the seeds are used in a mixture of bread or treated as a substitute for coffee and chocolate. Its use as a source of oil started pioneered in the 19th century and in 1919, planting in Java. And made the sunflower as a symbol of national interest and the PRC official state flower of Kansas, USA.

Traditional Medicine (Sunflower)

Efficacy of a sunflower plant that is at:

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

SEED: Anti dysentery, arouse appetite, lethargy, headaches, bloody dysentery, stimulate spending body fluids (hormones, enzymes, etc..), Stimulate spending measles (measles). Abortion rich in protein, phosphorus, fat, potassium, magnesium, and iron. Therefore recommended that sunflower seed oil can be used as a substitute for butter. Because, in butter fat contains more solid. "Iron content in the sunflower seeds are also useful, namely to prevent anemia." According to Sri Wahyuningsih Kes (director of Academy of Nutrition Surabaya, Java Post 1:48 PM 09/28/2008.

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

TRUNK: Stimulates vital energy, calm the liver, stimulating spending urine, eliminating the time wasting pain in the urine, stomach pain, bedarah urine (hematuria), urine fatty ari (chyluria), gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and malignant mole

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

Traditional Medicine (Sunflower)

To content in every hundred grams of sunflower seed oil, there is fat with a total of one hundred, which consisted of 9.8 saturated fat and unsaturated fat (oleic) of 11.7. The rest are linoleic much as 72.9 and the rest do not contain cholesterol.