Showing posts with label Plant Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plant Health. Show all posts

Olive


Olive

Olive (Olea europaea) is an annual small trees and evergreen, the young fruit can be eaten raw or preserved as a refresher after. Old fruit and its oil extracted to be pressed olive oil that can be used for various purposes. Oleaceae Olive is a member of the tribe. In addition to flavor enhancer known as food, these oils also have a variety of benefits, both for health and beauty. Properties, among others:
This oil can be used for hair. One of them is to dry hair as a result of air pollution, sun exposure, too much was in the air-conditioned room or even overuse of chemical based products. Use hair and scalp treatment containing olive oil believed to be the right solution and healthy. Section, the nutrients contained in them can repair damaged hair cuticles while providing the extra moisture in the hair. So the hair becomes more healthy, soft, shiny and not easily branched. Pure olive oil (Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Olive Oil Un-refined) may also be used directly on the scalp prior to treatment creambath. Even olive oil mixed with castor oil, lemon juice and water solution from steeping leaves of peppermint believed to be a natural recipe for preventing dandruff and itchy scalp.
Especially for facial treatments, beauty products containing olive oil are believed to help retain moisture and elasticity of the skin as well as expedite the process of regeneration of the skin, so skin is not easy to dry and wrinkled. For the face, olive oil can be blended with a mask or directly diulaskan on facial skin.
For the body of olive oil can be used as a carrier oil for essential oil blend as a massage oil. Olive oil can also be used as a mixture of body lotion or bath soap to maintain moisture and skin softness.
Olive oil is also efficacious to maintain its shape and firmness of breast.
While for the hands and feet, olive oil can also be used to reduce the thickening of skin on the soles of the feet, keeping skin smoothness, and strengthen nails.
Maintain cardiovascular health, thereby reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. Which was due to the mono-unsaturated fat, mainly oleic acid. But there are also studies showing efficacy of oil to heart health is caused by compounds containing phenol groups, rather than fatty acids. The content of phenolic compounds function as antioxidants, which can maintain the elasticity of artery walls.
As a mild laxative to ease the process of defecation.

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Betel Leaf properties

Betel Leaf properties

Nosebleed
Take one sheet of betel leaf, while in the press to roll out its oil and use to block the nose to bleed.

Diarrhea
Take 4-6 pieces of betel leaf, six white pepper, 1 tablespoon oil kelapa.Tumbuk all ingredients together until smooth, then rub on the stomach. Repeat until cured Toothache
Treatment: In kumur1. betel leaves boiled with 2 cups water to boiling and then cool in the cooking water tersebut.Gunakan cooking water to rinse. Repeated regularly until sembuh.2. Take two pieces of betel leaf that has been crushed, salt secukupnya.Caranya, tersebuh materials brewed with hot water as much as a cup, then stir until the salt dissolved, allow to cool. Water is used for gargling.
AlergiPengobatan: outside, in the brush on the part gatalBahan: 6 pieces of betel leaf, a piece of yellow ginger, 1.5 putih.Caranya wooden spoon oil, all ingredients are pounded together until smooth, then rubbed on the body that itches .

Bronchitis
Take seven pieces of betel leaf and a piece of sugar batu.Caranya, betel leaves, finely chopped, then boiled with rock sugar with 2 cups boiling water to within a glass, then filtered. Water decoction drunk three times a day, each with 3 tablespoons.

Whitish
Take 7-10 sirih.Caranya leaves, betel leaves, boiled with 2.5 liters of water until boiling. While still warm, the water decoction of betel leaf is used to wash and clean up around the crotch over and over ulang.dari various sources

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Basil Leaf Properties

Basil Leaf Properties.

Frequently encountered basil
tradisoinal market or displayed on supermarket shelves that
sold in the bond-small approach. The price is practically a relatively cheap,
we usually buy it just for salad or as an aromatic seasoning
in cooking. Basil is a member of the family Lamiaceae, which means a group of plants
with lipped flowers. Basil is Ocimum genus name meaning
aromatic plants. The distinctive aroma comes from the leaves. Basil
closely related to plant sweet basil (ocimun sancium), mint leaves
(Mentha arvensis), and wake-up leaves aka cumin leaves (Coleus
amboinicus). Mint leaves in the Sunda known karesmen, commonly eaten
crude. The closest relatives with basil is a bacillus (ocimun
amboinicus). In Jakarta, fresh basil is only sold in the supermarkets are packed
small tube in the container. Basil is widely used as seasoning
to mix aromatic Italian cuisine, such as sauce or ketchup sphagetti
pizza. Basil plant is then lowered a variety of
varieties of basil.

Basil in Indonesia named botanical Ocimum basillicum. Because
menyemak growth, basil bush basil are grouped in groups
(Bush basil).

In Jakarta, basil commonly used in typical Betawi dish, such as
laksa or rice side dish. In West Java, basil alias used surawung
in a variety of delicious dishes such as the Sunda ulukutek Oncom leunca
(Saute leunca), pais side dish (fish Pepes), laksa bogor or Karedok.
While in the area of East Java, basil leaves, served with rice
krawu, botok, trancam (urap), tempeh or fish seasoning pencek pesmol
who felt less fit and less enjoyable without basil. In
Manado cuisine treasures - like the porridge tasty complete - stamped
basil as a complementary dish.

In India and parts of Africa, steeping "basil tea" is commonly
steeping tea leaves are replacing the original. The drugs are usually
presented at the turn of seasons, when people are easily attacked
coughs, colds, or fevers.

Unlike in Europe, where basil oil is distilled and taken
atsirinya. Basil essential oil is widely used as ingredients
manufacture of drugs or for the care of the body such as toilet soap, prickly
perfume, body lotion, ointment, candy lozenges, and also
aromatherapy oils.

According to "the list of food" Directorate Nutrition Department
Health, including vegetables rich basil provitamin A. Each 100 g
5000 SI basil leaves contained vitamin A. Another plus, basil
including many vegetables that contain the minerals calcium and phosphorus,
It is consist of 45 and 75 mg per 100 g of basil leaves.

NATION basil we have long recognized as a functional food
at the same time delicious nutritious medicine. Hereditary, basil
used to solve or go wind flatulence. If
babies and toddlers you suffer from bloating, or fever, just dab squeeze
red onion and basil with coconut oil on the abdomen, chest,
and backs (because babies can not eat).

When we face problems with body odor, bad breath,
or milk jam, can be overcome by getting used to eating fresh vegetable
fresh basil. Alternatively, drink juice of basil leaves that have been
beluntas leaves and mashed with turmeric leaves. In the book "A
Medical Dictionary of Practical Materials ", John Henry M. mention,
basil nutritious juice cure diarrhea, breast pain, stones
kidney, disorders of the vagina, and also can overcome albuminaria,
namely the concentration of albumin in the urine.

According to a team of researchers from the Center for New Crops and Plant Products,
Purdue University, USA, basil proven to heal
headaches, colds, diarrhea, constipation, worms, and kidney disorders.
They also suggested the efficacy of treatment using basil leaves,
which can cope with heartburn, flatulence, colds,
seizures, and lethargic body. In addition, the aroma of basil can reject
mosquito bites.

Since time immemorial, basil juice is distilled to obtain oil
atsirinya. John Henry classify as essential oil basil oil
high. That is, the smell of basil is lost after the 24 hours immediately applied to
body. For comparison, the essential oil is medium, will be lost
smell after three days lubricated, while the category of essential oil
low, the scent disappears after a week.

Basil essential oil can be used for aroma therapy massage for
basil essential oil can relieve and refresh your body. However,
Pregnant women are prohibited from using it because it was feared could
causes of miscarriage.

In addition, basil oil nutritious overcome indigestion
such as indigestion, vomiting, intestinal infections, gastric inflammation, as well as
gas in the intestines. Also, disorders of the head (such as ear pain, fever,
nasal tract pain, migraine), muscle disorders (spasms or cramps),
and neurological disorders (anxiety, depression, hysteria, weak nerves, insomia).

For men, there are also benefits basil. Compounds 1-8 in basil sineol
can overcome the problem of premature ejaculation. Fenkhona and apigenin
his eugenol may facilitate the occurrence of an erection. While the substance arginine
contained in the basil can strengthen the vitality of the sperm and
prevent infertility.

As for women, basil, including a very healthy food
useful. Basil and boron-rich compound that stimulates anetol hormone
estrogen, whereas the compound can kill the fungus causing eugenolnya
whitish. Stigmaasterol substances in basil stimulates cell maturation
egg (ovulation), tannin, and zinc reduces the secretion of vaginal fluids.
Substances could delay monopause tryptophan. Basil is not a vegetable
usual, so do not underestimate the basil. (Sisca Dharmayanti)

People's minds Cyber Media

Basil (Sunda: surawung) is no stranger to us, we often encounter
tradisoinal market or displayed on supermarket shelves that
sold in the bond-small approach. The price is practically a relatively cheap,
we usually buy it just for salad or as an aromatic seasoning
in cooking. Basil is a member of the family Lamiaceae, which means a group of plants
with lipped flowers. Basil is Ocimum genus name meaning
aromatic plants. The distinctive aroma comes from the leaves. Basil
closely related to plant sweet basil (ocimun sancium), mint leaves
(Mentha arvensis), and wake-up leaves aka cumin leaves (Coleus
amboinicus). Mint leaves in the Sunda known karesmen, commonly eaten
crude. The closest relatives with basil is a bacillus (ocimun
amboinicus).

In Jakarta, fresh basil is only sold in the supermarkets are packed
small tube in the container. Basil is widely used as seasoning
to mix aromatic Italian cuisine, such as sauce or ketchup sphagetti
pizza. Basil plant is then lowered a variety of
varieties of basil.

Basil in Indonesia named botanical Ocimum basillicum. Because
menyemak growth, basil bush basil are grouped in groups
(Bush basil).

In Jakarta, basil commonly used in typical Betawi dish, such as
laksa or rice side dish. In West Java, basil alias used surawung
in a variety of delicious dishes such as the Sunda ulukutek Oncom leunca
(Saute leunca), pais side dish (fish Pepes), laksa bogor or Karedok.
While in the area of East Java, basil leaves, served with rice
krawu, botok, trancam (urap), tempeh or fish seasoning pencek pesmol
who felt less fit and less enjoyable without basil. In
Manado cuisine treasures - like the porridge tasty complete - stamped
basil as a complementary dish.

In India and parts of Africa, steeping "basil tea" is commonly
steeping tea leaves are replacing the original. The drugs are usually
presented at the turn of seasons, when people are easily attacked
coughs, colds, or fevers.

Unlike in Europe, where basil oil is distilled and taken
atsirinya. Basil essential oil is widely used as ingredients
manufacture of drugs or for the care of the body such as toilet soap, prickly
perfume, body lotion, ointment, candy lozenges, and also
aromatherapy oils.

According to "the list of food" Directorate Nutrition Department
Health, including vegetables rich basil provitamin A. Each 100 g
5000 SI basil leaves contained vitamin A. Another plus, basil
including many vegetables that contain the minerals calcium and phosphorus,
It is consist of 45 and 75 mg per 100 g of basil leaves.

NATION basil we have long recognized as a functional food
at the same time delicious nutritious medicine. Hereditary, basil
used to solve or go wind flatulence. If
babies and toddlers you suffer from bloating, or fever, just dab squeeze
red onion and basil with coconut oil on the abdomen, chest,
and backs (because babies can not eat).

When we face problems with body odor, bad breath,
or milk jam, can be overcome by getting used to eating fresh vegetable
fresh basil. Alternatively, drink juice of basil leaves that have been
beluntas leaves and mashed with turmeric leaves. In the book "A
Medical Dictionary of Practical Materials ", John Henry M. mention,
basil nutritious juice cure diarrhea, breast pain, stones
kidney, disorders of the vagina, and also can overcome albuminaria,
namely the concentration of albumin in the urine.

According to a team of researchers from the Center for New Crops and Plant Products,
Purdue University, USA, basil proven to heal
headaches, colds, diarrhea, constipation, worms, and kidney disorders.
They also suggested the efficacy of treatment using basil leaves,
which can cope with heartburn, flatulence, colds,
seizures, and lethargic body. In addition, the aroma of basil can reject
mosquito bites.

Since time immemorial, basil juice is distilled to obtain oil
atsirinya. John Henry classify as essential oil basil oil
high. That is, the smell of basil is lost after the 24 hours immediately applied to
body. For comparison, the essential oil is medium, will be lost
smell after three days lubricated, while the category of essential oil
low, the scent disappears after a week.

Basil essential oil can be used for aroma therapy massage for
basil essential oil can relieve and refresh your body. However,
Pregnant women are prohibited from using it because it was feared could
causes of miscarriage.

In addition, basil oil nutritious overcome indigestion
such as indigestion, vomiting, intestinal infections, gastric inflammation, as well as
gas in the intestines. Also, disorders of the head (such as ear pain, fever,
nasal tract pain, migraine), muscle disorders (spasms or cramps),
and neurological disorders (anxiety, depression, hysteria, weak nerves, insomia).

For men, there are also benefits basil. Compounds 1-8 in basil sineol
can overcome the problem of premature ejaculation. Fenkhona and apigenin
his eugenol may facilitate the occurrence of an erection. While the substance arginine
contained in the basil can strengthen the vitality of the sperm and
prevent infertility.

As for women, basil, including a very healthy food
useful. Basil and boron-rich compound that stimulates anetol hormone
estrogen, whereas the compound can kill the fungus causing eugenolnya
whitish. Stigmaasterol substances in basil stimulates cell maturation
egg (ovulation), tannin, and zinc reduces the secretion of vaginal fluids.
Substances could delay monopause tryptophan. Basil is not a vegetable
usual, so do not underestimate the basil.

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Healthy with Aloe Vera

Healthy with Aloe Vera

There is now a lot of drinks made with aloe vera or use aloe vera because these plants also have their uses for treatment. Meat from Aloe vera can overcome the heat in which can cause blisters or sore throat. Another benefit in the health sector is able to lower cholesterol. You can drink it in a way juiced or cooked. Instead, immediately if the meat from the aloe vera after peeled, because if left in the open air will cause it oxidized so diminished his usefulness and the meat will be brown.Drink or eat the flesh of the leaf aloe vera or aloe vera will also provide benefits for beauty. Aloe vera can also be used as a refreshing drink by adding sugar or honey plus water ice. Use aloe vera or aloe vera for beauty you can enjoy by buying cosmetics or beverages in containers that exist in the store or supermarket.

But for those of you who want to try the traditional properties, try to make this plant as one of the collections of living in your home pharmacy. This plant is easy to grow and not have to care too much trouble. In fact, this plant can close the pores of the leaves with the meeting so that can live long without flushing. Indeed, aloe vera is one traditional way to benefit both healthy and beautiful for you.

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TURMERIC FOR HEALTH BENEFITS.

TURMERIC FOR HEALTH BENEFITS.

Curcuma longa Linn.

CLASSIFICATION: Turmeric Curcuma longa Linn called. Or C. domestica Val. Belonging to the Zingiberaceae plant family. This plant is known by local names kunyir, koneng friends, turmeric, cahang, hunik, kunyik, or kurlai. Tumeric its foreign name. Name Rhizoma curcuma longae bulbs. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES: This plant is very rich in the chemical content, which is known to include: azadirachtin, glyceride oils, acid-oksosiklopentanatolfuran dekahidrotetrametil asetiloksifuranil-Acetate - ketone; heksahidro-hidroksitetrametil-fenantenon (nimbol)

Pharmacological EFFECT: The pharmacology of Chinese and other traditional medicine is mentioned that this plant has a nature, taste bitter (except meat sweet fruit), neutral, anti-diabetis, anti-diarrhea, anti piretik and antibilious, stimulate / activate the glands.

DISEASES THAT CAN BE HEALED AND METHODS OF USES

Based on various literature noted by generations of experience from various countries and regions, this plant can cure the diseases as follows:

1. Fever. 20 g fresh rhizome washed and shredded. Add ½ cup of boiled water and mix evenly, squeeze a piece of cloth. Water to drink juice. Perform 2 times daily.

(Suggestion 3x1 capsules per day)

2. Dyspepsia (abdominal bloating, pain, nausea, no appetite). 50 g fresh rhizome is cleaned and grated. Add 3 tablespoons water, then toss dipeas and filtered, divided for 3 times to drink.

3. Missed period. Turmeric rhizome and leaves of ivory sri 15 grams each, nutmeg and cardamom seeds 10 g coriander, black cumin and clove mssasing 5 g each, cut into pieces as needed and then braised with 3 water glass until remaining 1 glass. Once filtered, divided for tigal drinks.

4. Eczema. Old rhizomes of thumb, grated. Add one teaspoon of betel leaf and fruit juice of one lemon, stir until evenly distributed, dab on a sore body parts.

5. Whitish. Turmeric for mothers who are old enough fingers peeled and grated. Add ¾ cup water solution of acid and sugar Java, stirring evenly. Squeeze a piece of cloth, drinks. Do it every day.

6. Uterine inflammation, appendicitis, hepatitis and jaundice. Rhizome ½ fingers, wash, grate. Add 2 tablespoons water and 1 tablespoon of honey. Squeeze, strain, drink 3 times daily.

7. Itching caused by chickenpox. Grab a handful of leaves, tamarind and turmeric piece. After being washed, finely milled until a dough like mush. Apply to the part that itches.

8. Gingivitis. Three pieces of dried and then washed jarikunyit ½ thinly sliced. Boiled with 2 cups of water, until the remaining one glasses. Use to gargle-gargle. Do it 3-4 times a day.

9. Tonsillitis. ½ turmeric fingers washed, grated, add 2 tablespoons of water. Stir until combined and then blackmailed. Water juice plus 1 egg yolk of chicken eggs and a little water whiting. Whipped batter evenly drunk. Do it 1-2 times a day.

10. High blood pressure. Rhizome ½ fingers, shredded, add one tablespoon of honey, stir, squeeze and drink. Perform two to three times a day.

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BENEFITS OF LEAF GODS

BENEFITS OF LEAF GODS

Gynura segetum (Lour) Merr

CLASSIFICATION: Daun Dewa called Gynura segetum (Lour) Merr or Gynura pseudochina (L) DC. belonging to the plant family Compositae or Asteraceae. This plant is known by local names beluntas china, Daun Dewa or samsit.

CHEMICAL NATURE: The content of the known chemicals, including: saponins, essential oils, flavonoids, tannins, polyphenols, chlorogenic acid, acid kalfeat, asamvanilat, p-kumarat acid, and p-hydroxy benzoic acid, alkaloids, triterpenoids and sterols.
Pharmacological EFFECTS: This plant is: anti-coagulant (blood clot melt), stimulate circulation, stop bleeding, remove heat, cleanse toxins, anti-carcinogen and anti mutagenitas, diuretic. In the pharmacology of Chinese called this plant has a distinctive flavor and properties of neutral.



PLANT PART USED: This pharmacological effect is obtained from the use of whole plants.

Leaves, is useful for: injuries hit, circulation, stop bleeding (coughing up blood, vomiting blood, nosebleeds), breast swelling, throat infection, did not come menstruation, and bitten by venomous animals.

Bulbs, useful for: remove a blood clot (haematom), swelling, tulangpatah (fracture), bleeding.



DISEASES THAT CAN BE HEALED AND HOW Utilization

Based on various literature noted by generations of experience from various countries and regions, this plant can cure diseases as follows:

1. Injury hit, not coming period. Fresh Plants 15-30 grams of boiled or ground, taken the water, mix with the heated wine, drink.

2. Bleeding in women, breast swelling, coughing and vomiting blood. A trunk full of plants, braised, drinks.

3. Seizures in children. One rod was taken the water, mix wine, drink.

4. Injury blow, catch cold. Fresh tubers, 6-9 grams plus yellow wine, and then heated.

5. Bitten by a snake, bitten by another animal. Tubers are crushed and then affixed to the perversion.

6. Warts, UCI-five sheets of mashed uci.Daun gods and dilumurkan on warty place, and then bandaged. Released the next day.

7. Tumors. God leaves 3-4 pieces eaten

8. Eliminate bekuandarah in blood vessels, preventing and treating strokes and heart attacks. Tuber fresh leaves of about 10 grams of god pounded smooth, add half a glass of water, strain, wring it out, drink, every afternoon. Or leaves 2-4 pieces for the salad (three times a day).

9. Bladder stones. 15 grams of finely ground leaves of god, add a glass of water, strain, wring it out, drink three times daily.

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Leucaena leucocephala.

Leucaena leucocephala.

Scientific name: CML. de wit, Leucaena glauca, Benth.
Plant description:
The form of plants that have a hard tree trunk and the size is not large. The leaves are compound found in the stem of a double-bladed. The flowers are white tuft. The fruits are similar to fruit petai (Parkia speciosa) but much smaller and thinner. China petai fruits including fruit pod, containing small seeds which are sufficient bibji lot.
Disease Can Be Treated: Diabetes mellitus, Worms, sexual passion, a new wound and swollen; Tluseben (kasura);
Recipe for Herb or treatment of diseases:
1. Diabetes Mellitus / Diabetes
Ingredients: Chinese petai beans that are old and dry; How to make: fried without oil and finely ground (made powder). Then grab a spoon and brewed with hot water (Such as making coffee). How to Use: 1 times daily drink one glass and carried regularly.
2. Wormy
Material: Seeds of Leucaena leucocephala which was old and dry; How to make: fried without oil and finely ground (made powder). Then grab a spoon and poured boiling water with ½ - 1 cup hot water (such as making coffee). How to Use: drunk at bedtime.
3. Improve sex drive
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon Leucaena leucocephala, a tablespoon of black pepper powder, 2 eggs raw chicken egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of honey; How to make: all of these Materials dioplos until evenly How to Use: drunk at the same time
4. New wounds and swelling
Ingredients: Leucaena leucocephala leaves to taste Method: finely crushed or chewed How to Use: affixed to the part that cuts / swelling
5. Tlusuben (objects that get into the meat: wood, bamboo)
Ingredients: Chinese petai leaves are still young and paste the kitchen; Method: Chinese petai leaves finely ground and added shrimp paste kitchen to taste, stirring until evenly; How to Use: put on the affected part, then wrapped with cloth bandages.
CHEMICAL CONTENT:
Seed pods from the fruit of Leucaena leucocephala (Leucaena leucocephala), an elderly per 100 grams has a value of the chemical content of the form: - Calories 148 calories - Protein 10.6 grams - 0.5 grams Fat - 26.2 grams carbohydrate, - 155 milligrams of calcium - phosphorus 59 grams - 2.2 grams of iron, - Vitamin A 416 SI - 0.23 milligrams of Vitamin B1 - Vitamin C is 20 milligrams.

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Flower Pagoda


Flower Pagoda

From the name itself, we can already imagine how the form of interest. These plants are often found in the yard / gardens, the main street outside the city areas as an ornamental plant. Pagoda flower latin name Clerodendrum japonicum (Thumb). Sweet or known by Senggugu plants in Bali and Flower Pagoda in Europe is a deciduous shrub with plant height can reach 1-3 meters. Trunk full of fine hair. The flowers of this beautiful red color is compound interest is a collection of small flowers that gather into a pyramid shape where the number of the more pointed. Only a tiny minority evaluate the efficacy of this pagoda flowers, but from the roots, stems until the flowers have medicinal properties for certain diseases. Part roots for example, with chemical properties and pharmacological effects of bitter cold and efficacious as an anti inflammatory, peluruh urine (diuretic), eliminating the swelling (anti sweeling) and for blood clotting. Diseases such as back ache (Lumbago), pain in rheumatism, tuberculosis, accompanied by a cough or coughing up blood and hemorrhoids can be cured by the roots. Is the root of its usage as much as 30-90 grams of boiled or powdered drink. While for bleeding hemorrhoids can use roots or flowers as much as 60 ounces of cooked beef intestine in addition to the food dish.

Single-leaf-shaped pagoda like a heart that has chemical properties of sweet, sour, a little chocolate and neutral efficacious as anti-inflammation and blood sucking dirty (pus). For that, the leaves of this pagoda is very suitable for outside medicine such as ulcers, sore or wound shock. Use enough crush some fresh leaves are then inserted in place of the sick. Especially for ulceration or sores, fresh leaves pagoda washed, crushed and added a little honey and then inserted in place of the sick.

Interest Section efficacious for external or internal medicine. Pagoda flower itself has a property for an addition to blood, leucorrhoea, hemorrhoids and insomnia./span>

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Bananas in Queensland


Bananas in Queensland

The banana industry in Queensland worth over $200 million per year. QPIF's quarantine restrictions and disease control combined with research activities and production advice help to maintain the productivity of the industry.

Pests and diseases

Farm Biosecurity Manual for the Banana Industry

Biosecurity Queensland and Plant Health Australia have put their heads together to provide Australian banana growers with access to a one-stop-shop for information on how to prevent the introduction and spread of pests and diseases which threaten their farms and industry.
The Farm Biosecurity Manual for the Banana Industry highlights important information about good biosecurity practices such as spotting the industry’s high priority pests and diseases, tips on farm hygiene and how to ensure planting material is pest and disease free.
For more information or to obtain a copy of the Manual contact the Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland Business Information Centre on 13 25 23 or download a copy from the Plant Health Australia website.

Significant diseases - industry threats

Banana pest and disease control
Three diseases threaten Queenslands banana industry: bunchy top, Panama disease and black Sigatoka.
Deleafing of banana plants to control Sigatoka

Legislation and movement restrictions for disease control

Position paper: Repeal of the Banana Industry Protection Act 1989

Consultation on the Queensland Government position paper for the repeal of the Banana Industry Protection Act 1989 has been completed.
Inspector's Approvals are required to move and plant bananas. This also applies for home gardeners. This is because the plant can harbour diseases which, if not kept under control, could spread and destroy the entire commercial banana industry.
For information about moving bananas see Transporting plants.
See also:
A Guide to the new banana leaf spot regulations

Inspector's approvals under the Plant Protection Act 1989
Inspector's approvals are issued to allow for movement within and out of the pest area if certain conditions are met.

Other diseases


Crop management

Tropical bananas (North Queensland)

Subtropical bananas (South Queensland)

General (tropical and subtropical)

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Spread Of Rust And TheDisease Cycle

rust spores
Spread of rust and the disease cycle
Urediniospores of the soybean rust fungus are transported long distances by air currents.
Spores of the soybean rust pathogen are transported readily by air currents and can be carried hundreds of miles in a few days. Weather conditions will determine when and where the spores travel from south to north.
Rust spores, called urediniospores, are able to penetrate the plant cells directly, rather than through natural openings or through wounds in the leaf tissue. Thus infection is relatively quick: about 9 to 10 days from initial infection to the next cycle of spore production.
Rust is a multi-cyclic disease. After the initial infection is established, the infection site can produce spores for 10 to 14 days. Abundant spore production occurs during wet leaf periods (in the form of rain or dew) of at least 8 hours and moderate temperatures of 60 to 80° F.
Soybean rust has a wide host range
Phakopsora pachyrhizi has a wide host range, which is unusual for a rust pathogen. A “host” is a plant on which the rust fungus can survive. At least 89 different plants can host the fungus. The common weed kudzu is the host of greatest concern because it is so widespread in the southern U.S. The full impact of soybean rust will probably first be known when the kudzu acreage is fully infected with Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Other common hosts are yellow sweet clover, vetch, lupine, green and kidney bean, lima bean, and butter bean.
The name Asian soybean rust is used to distinguish the soybean rust disease caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi from a mild form of soybean rust, Phakopsora meibomiae , which is endemic to the Caribbean region.

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Plant Health

Plant Health

There are many plant pests and diseases, which if they were to become established in Great Britain, could cause serious damage to our crops and plants. Official controls and restrictions on the import, movement and keeping of plants, plant pests and other material e.g. soil are vital to help prevent the introduction and spread of harmful organisms.

Protecting plant health is a shared responsibility between government, growers, traders and the general public. There are two main elements to plant health. Quarantine measures are taken to keep foreign pests out of areas where they could cause damage to crops, trees and wild plants. Measures are based on a scientific assessment of the risks. They may include rules restricting import and movement of plants and plant produce, or specifying treatments or inspections which have to be carried out. Surveys and publicity increase the chance that outbreaks are detected early while they can still be eradicated. Certification ensures that high quality planting material, substantially free from plant pests and diseases, is available to growers. For example all seed potatoes sold in the UK are certified.

Fera is responsible, on behalf of Defra, for implementing the plant health Regulations in England and Wales (on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government). The Scottish Government is responsible for implementation in Scotland. Separate but similar arrangements apply in Northern Ireland.

Fera, together with the devolved administrations and the Forestry Commission (FC) forms the UK Plant Health Service and works with other EC Member States and the European Commission to agree appropriate plant health rules for Europe and co-ordinate their implementation. A range of services are available to help growers, traders and the general public meet their obligations under these plant health rules.

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It’s Aphid Season Again. Are You Ready ?

It’s Aphid Season Again. Are you Ready?


Soybean aphid is the most significant above-ground pest that farmers face today. Aphids reduce soybean yield and farmer profitability. They may even transmit viral diseases that can reduce seed quality at harvest. They’re born pregnant so populations can explode almost as quickly as you can turn your head.

Farmers could be facing another year of heavy aphid populations. According to Matt O’Neal, Iowa State University soybean entomologist, he and his Midwest colleagues logged record numbers of aphids headed to overwintering sites in 2009. “The numbers of aphids found on buckthorn last fall were so high that leaves were falling off the plant,” says O’Neal. However, a follow-up visit to those same areas found very few eggs. “This is a bit of a mystery to us,” admits O’Neal. He also admits they’ve seen this before and if history repeats itself, farmers will be spraying for aphids in late July or early August.

“One well-timed foliar application applied after the aphid population exceeds the economic threshold will protect yield and increase profits in most situations,” says O’Neal.

Timing is very important, however.

“Adding insecticide to an early-season glyphosate application as ‘insurance’ doesn’t make sense, says David Ragsdale, University of Minnesota entomologist. Weeds need to be controlled early because they compete for water, nutrients and sunlight. However, aphid populations don’t reach the economic threshold until much later.

The timing of a fungicide application may overlap with the management of soybean aphid. However, many fungicides are toxic to naturally occurring fungi that attack aphids and their use could lead to a subsequent increase in aphid numbers. Farmers who apply fungicide either alone or in a tank mix should monitor those fields for aphid population growth.

Some marketing programs encourage the prophylactic use of fungicides and insecticides as a tactic for managing soybean. Although yield gains using this tactic have been recorded, the results have been inconsistent and thus the benefit this management tactic remains unclear. Ragsdale believes there is a better way.

“Aphid management requires multiple tactics,” states Ragsdale. He advises farmers against becoming too reliant on the “quick fixes” when making management decisions. “Using multiple tactics including cultural, chemical, and biological control is the most effective aphid management plan for long-term, profitable soybean production,” he concludes.

Both Ragsdale and O’Neal recommend regular scouting and a 250-aphid-per-plant threshold for spraying to conserve the natural enemies that prey on aphids. Scout once or twice a week beginning in late June or early July, no later than the R1 (beginning bloom) soybean growth stage, and continue through pod fill. Pay particular attention to late-planted fields, or fields under moisture stress.

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