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Tuesday, August 20, 2019


DAMONG MARIA
(Mugwort)




HEALTH BENEFITS

Fever
Dewormer
Eczema
Scabies
Dysmenorrhea
Amenorrhea/menstrual pain
Diabetes
Reduce stress and anxiety
Weight lose
Detoxify the body
Osteoporosis
Liver aid
Stomachache
Cancer
Constipation


PROPERTIES

Antimicrobial
anti-oxidant
anticonvulsant
hepatoprotective


STEP BY STEP GUIDES ON HOW TO MAKE MANGO LEAVES TEA

Step 1: Take 10-15 pieces of damong maria leaves and wash them thorougly with clean water

Step 2: Put the damong maria leaves in a boiling pot and pour 1 liter of water

Step 3: Boil the damong maria leaves for 10-15 minutes

Step 4: After boiling the damong maria leaves, immediately remove the leaves or immediately pour the made tea into a container

Step 5: Let it cool the made tea before drinking and enjoy the benefits to our body.



Damong-maria is an erect perennial herb, hairy, aromatic, rank smelling, often half-woody, growing to a height of 1 meter or less. Stems are leafy and branched. Leaves are pinnately lobed, 5 to 14 centimeters long, hairy, gray beneath, with nearly smooth above. Flowering heads are numerous, ovoid, 3 to 4 millimeters long, occurring in large numbers in spikelike, ascending, and branched inflorescences.

This herb is usually known as "Motherwort" or "Maiden wort" in English. It comes with the scientific name Artemisia Vulgaris. It typically occurs in all warm countries including Philippines, from the Bataan Island and northern Luzon to Mindanao. Damong maria is often found in and about towns at low and medium altitudes. It is frequently planted and stablished around the houses and gardens and open places.

Furthermore, this plant is also benificial to our health. In fact, study of crude extract yielded alkanoids, cournarins, flavonoids, saponins, sterols, tannins, and terpenes. This plant is considered effective as antimicrobial, anticonvulsant, hepatoprotective, and anti-oxidant. However, though it has a lot of herbal properties, this plant should not be use by pregnant women.


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