Daun Salam Benefits

Hail or Syzygium or Eugenia polyantha polyanthum, or E. lucidula, Miq.Familia: Myrtaceae
Salam grows wild in the forests and mountains, or planted in the yard and around the house. This plant can be found from the lowlands to the mountains with an altitude of 1.800 m above sea level. Titled lush trees, reaching 25 m high, stems riding, round rods, slippery surface. Single leaf, where the deal, which stemmed from 0.5 to 1 cm in length. Leaf blade is oval shaped to elliptical or egg breech round, tapered tip, base tapering, flat edge, 5-15 cm long, 3-8 cm wide, pinnate pertulangan, smooth upper surface dark green, lower surface light green color. Aromatic leaves when crushed.


The flowers are arranged in panicles of compound interest that out of the end of the branch, it's white, fragrant smell. Buni fruit fruit, round, diameter 8-9 mm, color is green when young, become dark red after cooking, it was a bit Sepat. Round seeds, about 1 cm in cross section, the color brown. Regards grown for its leaves is taken as a complementary herbs, bark used as a dye netting or woven bamboo. Propagation by seeds, grafts or cuttings.
Local Name:Gowok, (Sunda), Burn (Java), kastolam (Kangean); Meselangan, Ubar lemongrass (Malay); Salam (Indonesia, Sundanese, Javanese, Madurese);

Chemical Properties: Leaves: Taste chocolate, fragrant. Chemical Ingredients: Essential oils (0.05%) containing sitral and eugenol, tannins and flavonoids.

Drug Usage For:
1. Diarrhea:15 g leaves washed and boiled with 1 cup water for 15 minutes. Add a little salt. After chilling filtered and drunk.
2. Diabetes:7 bay leaves washed and boiled in 3 cups water 1 cup sampal remaining. After chilling filtered, divided for 2 times drinks.
3. Heartburn:15-20 leaves washed, boiled with 1 / 2 liter of water until boiling. Add the brown sugar to taste. Drink as a tea every day, until the full flavor and tenderness in the stomach disappeared.
4. Intoxicated due to alcohol:1 handful of greeting the ripe fruit is washed and crushed into powder. Squeeze and strain, and drink.
5. Scabies, itch:Leaves or bark or roots, washed and finely milled until a dough like mush. Apply the sick place.