Friday, April 15, 2011

Treating dizziness or headache with medicinal plants

Dizziness is a headache that occurs at one point only or the entire head. The frequency and the duration varies. The headaches are usually accompanied by nausea and dizzy vision. Much of headache occurs because the body's response to stress, indigestion, low blood pressure or high blood pressure, emotions, and sitting too long that causes muscle tension.

Dizziness with mild category will quickly disappear by itself. Dizziness is treated with a type of short break and continued with the massage slowly in the area head to the nape (back of neck). After that, a hot bath, breathe in fresh air, and consuming plants that are suppressing pain (analgesic), facilitating blood circulation, as well as anti-inflammatory.

Headache accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dizzy eyes, head throbbing, and pain to the neck, should require a handler that often because it is always something to do with other diseases. The treatment would be easier if the cause is unknown.

There are several medicinal plants that can be used to overcome dizziness among Java long  pepper, Sambiloto (bitter), and sembukan.

Treating dizziness with Java pepper plants (Piper retrofractum Vahl.)
There are 2 ways headache treatment using Java long  pepper plants, namely:
How 1:
a) Mash smooth fruit dried Java long  pepper a as much as 6 grams.
b) Add 100 cc of boiled water and 2 tablespoons of honey.
c) Stir until blended.
d) Drinking potions while warm.
e) Do the treatment 3 times a day until healed.

Method 2
a) Boil 15 grams of dried Java long  pepper with 3 cups water to boil.
b) Allow the water to the remaining half (1 ½ cups).
c) Strain, then chill mixture.
d) Drink this mixture 3 times a day each ½ cup.

Java long  pepper has analgesic properties, body warmers, blood circulation, relieving indigestion, and raising blood pressure. So, by eating Java long  pepper, dizziness disease because of low blood pressure and digestive disorders can be cured gradually.

Treating dizziness with Sambiloto herbs (Androgaphis paniculata (Burn. F.) Ness.)
How to use:
a) brewed 5-7 fresh leaves of Sambiloto with 100 cc of hot water.
b) Let it cool, then drink potions.
c) Do the treatment 3 times a day until cured.

Treating dizziness using plants sembukan (Phaederia foetida L.)
There are 2 ways to use sembukan headache treatment, namely:
How 1:
a) Rinse and 15-16 grams of fresh sembukan.
b) Mash until smooth leaves like porridge.
c) Add 100 cc of boiled water and 1 teaspoon salt, and stir.
d) Strain, then drink herb 3 times a day until healed.

Method 2:
a) Boil 15 -16 sembukan fresh stems and leaves with 3 cups water to boil.
b) Allow up to half the remaining water (1.5 cups).
c) Strain, then chill mixture.
d) Drink this mixture 3 times a day @ ½ cup until cured.

Sembukan are pain relief, laxative fart, appetite enhancer (stomakik), anti-biotic, anti-inflammation, eliminating toxins (detoxification), de-worming, and reliever seizures. By consuming sembukan, headache because indigestion can cause headaches resolved after treatment.