There are many ways to make your body smell good. In addition to beauty products that can be purchased in stores, we can also use the herbs around us.Our ancestors also use a variety of traditional crops to cope with body odor or breath. Princesses palace in Java utilizing Kepel fruit freshness or burahol to keep the body from an unpleasant smell. Not only the body, the smell of urine became more fragrant.
Unfortunately, the secret palace is hard to imitate because of aliases burahol Kepel is a rare plant. However, these plants can still be found in the palace-palace on the island of Java.
According to Prof. H Unus Suriawiria, biotechnology and agro-industry expert from the Bandung Institute of Technology, there are several types of plants that have a predicate a natural deodorant. Plants are now still used by people who live in rural areas.
What are these plants?
1. Flowers kecombrang
Latin name of this plant is Nicolaia speciosa and included in the Zingiberaceae family. Flowers kecombrang often used as ornamental flowers, but also delicious eaten in the form pecal, vegetables, or sauce. "Kecombrang can be used in addition to vegetables during cooking," said Professor Unus.
Diligent consuming interest kecombrang proved beneficial to maintain freshness scent. This is because the active substances contained therein, namely sapomin, flavoinoida, and polyphenols. Still said Prof Unus, kecombrang also rich in vitamins and minerals.
2. Betel leaves
Leaves of plants named Latin piper betle is known to contain antiseptic and other active substances that are useful eliminate body odor problem.
How to use:
a. Boil five betel leaves with two glasses of water, wait until the remaining into a glass. Drink while warm once a day until odor disappears.
b. Take a taste of betel leaf and then granulated. Mix with a little whiting. Spread mixture on underarms.
3. Leaves beluntas
Beluntas common as live fences. Latin Pluchea indica plant named this leafy oval, short stalks, and green. The flowers are white, brown. Leaves and flowers contain alkaline substances that act as an antiseptic.
How to use:
a. Beluntas leaves eaten fresh as a salad with rice and side dishes.
b. Take a handful of leaves beluntas then boiled in two cups of water. Wait until the remaining into a glass. Warm drink every morning and evening.
4. Basil
Basil salad is common in the menu that eaten daily. Leaves of plants named Latin Ocimun balisicum is indeed scented fragrance and contains the active substance that serves as an antiseptic. These substances help to eradicate the bacteria that causes body odor. Another benefit basil leaf salad is to increase appetite.
5. Wild Ginger
Latin name is Curcuma xanthorrhiza ginger. Wild Ginger is one plant that is widely known in Indonesia as a living pharmacy. This plant contains saponins, flavoinoida, and essential oils so efficacious to remove acne, refreshing body, and eliminate body odor.
How to use:
Provide a ginger finger. Washed and cut finely. Boil with a glass of water with sour taste. Wait until it becomes half a cup. Wait until cool and then drink the potion.
6. Ginger
Ginger rhizome is known as a warm traditional medicine, so often used to cope with a cold and feeling nausea due to pregnancy and other reasons. Research has shown that ginger contains antiviral, antitumor, and anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal properties as well. Both these latter that cause ginger can be used to address body odor.
How to use:
Take one finger ginger. Peeled and washed and cut finely. Boil in two cups of water until the remaining one cup. Add brown sugar to taste. Drink while warm.
7. Lemon
This fruit has been studied at Ohio State Biotechnology Center, Ohio, USA. One result, orange juice known to be extremely rich in vitamin C and some minerals than other types.
Traditionally, lime has been appointed as a cough medicine for centuries. In addition to eliminating the fishy odor when washing dishes and cleaning goods originating from brass, citrus fruit juice can also be used to eliminate body odor.
How to use:
Squeeze two limes. Take a little whiting and mix with the lemon juice. Apply on armpits to eliminate body odor.
