Herbal Plants

Article #2.

Herbal plants, plants that can heal mild illnesses.

As a mother, you always get worried when you hear your kid cough or sneezes, more so with this pandemic that the world is facing now.

It is some wonder that Mother Earth has a lot to offer with regards to healing.

For cough and cold remedies, we made a concoction of oregano and sambong leaves. Sambong is what we call “gabon” in bisaya. We have this plant in our small garden.

So what are in the oregano and sambong leaves that it can cure mild cough? And what are other benefits to these herbal plants?

Let us start with the oregano.

Oregano is an herb from the mint family. It is used to add flavor to dishes and treat health conditions. Though oregano has many benefits, let us concentrate on the benefit it has on the lungs.

The oregano is a powerful tool for lung health. It is effective, reliable and safe as it naturally rich in carvacrol, flavonoids and terpenes, all of which are natural decongestants and antihistamines.

Oregano also contains calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, potassium, vitamins A and C and niacin, all of which strengthens the immune system.

Sambong on the other hand is used in traditional herbal medicine for common colds and as a diuretic.

Sambong works as an expectorant which treat some symptoms of the common cold

Sometimes it is much more healthier to go back to the times when our ancestors doesn’t know any pill but uses herbs to cure the sick.

Although the taste is not yummy but rather yucky, I am just glad that we have these plants in the garden that we can just pick anytime there is a need to.

Let us all be safe peeps.