Guidelines for The Use of Herbal Medicines in Family Health Care

GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF HERBAL MEDICINES IN FAMILY HEALTH CARE

PROLONGED SUPPURATING WOUND

Ingredients

• Leave of Piper betle 1 leaf


• Coconut oil sufficient amount

Preparation

Clean the leaf thoroughly and heat it over a small fire
until it withers. Smear the leaf with coconut oil, roll the leaf
between the palms of both hands to make it soft.

Direction for use

Apply the leaf on the wound.

Ingredients

• Fruit of Areca catechu 1 fruit


• Coconut oil sufficient amount

Preparation

Peel the fruit, clean thoroughly and pound it. Mix with
coconut oil to make a pulpy mass.

Direction for use

Clean the wound with cold boiled water or decoction
of Cassia fistula. Then put the pulpy mass on the clean
wound.

Ingredient

• Turmeric 1 finger length


• Leaves of Tinospora crispa 3 leaves

Preparation

Peel the turmeric, clean thoroughly and pound it into a
pulpy mass.

Direction for use

Apply to the clean wound, 2 times a day for a week or until
the wound heals.

RECIPE I

RECIPE II

RECIPE III

SIRIH

Piper betle L.

PINANG

Areca catechu L.

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