Mentual Tongue Plants (Sansevieria trifasciata prain)
Assalamualaikum wr, wb. Previously
I have provided information on the benefits of some plants around the yard,
which is not only beautiful or as greening at home but also can be used as a
traditional medicine. This time I will provide information to friends the
benefits of the plant tongue-in-law, Plant tongue-in-law is a herbaceous plant
that is not stemmed. Called the tongue-in-law because it is a long, erect sword
with a pointed and wavy tip, its leaves are thick but not easily broken because
of clay. The color of the leaves is varied, which is gray-green with a longish
yellowish and gray-green portion with dark brown transverse ribbons. This plant
is easy to breed, which is enough to separate the seedlings, stems, and leaf
cuttings. This plant is usually located as a decoration of the house, homes and
home page or home office kerarangan.
The classification of tongue-in-law (Sansevieria trifasciata
prain) according to Murti (2013: 161) are:
Kingdom: plantae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Ruscaceae
Genus: Sansevieria
Species: S.Trivasciat
Ingredients and
Benefits of the Intercellular Tongue (Sanseviera trifasciata prain)
According to Dalimartha (2006: 55) manjelaskan
"Tongue-in-law contains abamagenim compounds, kardenolin, kardenolin,
saponin, and perifenol. The tongue-in-law is useful for treating colds, coughs,
bronchitis, swelling due to bumps, sprains, bitten by poisonous snakes, ulcers,
ulcers, and fertilizing rambur.
Ways of utilization of the plant of the Sneaker (Sansevieria
trifasciata prain) into traditional medicine are as follows:
A. For drugs taken, boiled leaves tongue-in-law (15-30 g)
B. For external use, milled fresh leaves until smooth, Dab
on the sore place, then dressing