Surprised by the cancer prevention properties of lemongrass

According to Oriental medicine, lemongrass has a spicy taste, aromatic smell, warm properties, and has the effect of inducing sweating, promoting urination and digestion. Lemongrass is mainly used as a medicine to treat colds, bloating, diarrhea, etc.

Lemongrass is also known as lemongrass, lemongrass, lemongrass, scientific name is Cymbopogon citratus (DC) Stapf, belongs to the Poaceae family. The type of lemongrass commonly found in Vietnam is lemongrass, has a bitter taste, warm properties, aromatic smell, the effect of eliminating bad odors, eliminating evil spirits, relieving colds, fever, treating cold stomachaches, vomiting.

According to Oriental medicine, lemongrass has a spicy taste, aromatic smell, warm properties, and the effect of inducing sweating, promoting urination and digestion.

People grow lemongrass to get the rhizomes as a spice to eat raw, to marinate meat and fish. Lemongrass leaves are used to boil water to wash hair, often combined with some other plants with essential oils (mint, oregano, lemon leaves, mugwort, grapefruit leaves...) to boil water to steam to relieve colds.

Lemongrass is also used to distill essential oils. Lemongrass contains 1-2% light yellow essential oil with a lemony scent, the main components of which are citral (65-85%), geraniol (40%). Each time, use 3-6 drops mixed in milk and water to form an emulsion, which has the effect of clearing flatulence, preventing vomiting, relieving pain, treating bloating, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.

According to Oriental medicine, lemongrass has a spicy taste, aromatic smell, warm properties, and has the effect of inducing sweating, promoting urination and digestion. Lemongrass is mainly used as a medicine to treat colds, bloating, diarrhea, etc.

1. Cure colds, fever, and headaches

Daily dosage is 8-12g of lemongrass leaves and roots in the form of steaming medicine or infusion. The most popular is a pot of steaming water with lemongrass leaves combined with some other leaves such as bamboo leaves, chrysanthemum leaves, grapefruit leaves, perilla leaves... a handful of each, boiled in water to induce sweating to cure colds and headaches.

2. Repel insects and snakes

The main effect of lemongrass is in its essential oil. Lemongrass leaves contain essential oil, the main components of which are geraniola and citronellol. Therefore, when people crush lemongrass leaves, they will smell a special aroma reminiscent of lemon.

Lemongrass essential oil applied to the skin or sprayed indoors can repel flies, mosquitoes and other insects such as ants, fleas, etc., so it is often used as a mosquito repellent and deodorizer.

Folk experience shows that planting lemongrass around the house helps repel snakes.

3. Hair beauty

Women also often boil lemongrass leaves water to wash their hair to make it smooth, remove dandruff and prevent some hair diseases.

4. Treat eczema

Lemongrass and lemongrass essential oil are also used to treat some common diseases such as crushing lemongrass and applying it to eczema in children.

5. Treat digestive disorders

Take 3-4 drops of lemongrass essential oil mixed with boiled water to cool. It helps aid digestion, slow digestion, bloating, nausea, vomiting, stimulates bowel movements, prevents stomach pain, heat in the body, and diarrhea.

6. Treat menstrual disorders

Women with menstrual disorders and menstrual cramps can take a few drops of lemongrass essential oil mixed with a little black pepper powder into a liquid mixture and drink it. They can also squeeze fresh lemongrass to get the juice or boil it to get the water and drink it. This will reduce menstrual cramps and help regulate menstruation.

7. Prevent cancer

According to the results of some studies, the citral compound in lemongrass helps destroy cancer cells without harming other healthy cells. Experts recommend adding lemongrass to food or steeping lemongrass to drink like tea. People undergoing radiation therapy for cancer can drink lemongrass water to support treatment.

In addition, some other studies show that lemongrass contains beta-carotene - a powerful antioxidant that can help prevent cancer.

8. Pain relief, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial

Lemongrass essential oil can relieve pain such as toothache, muscle pain, joint pain or pain in other parts such as back pain, nerve pain, headache. Take lemongrass essential oil mixed with twice the amount of coconut oil and apply to painful or swollen areas to see very effective pain relief. In case of acute pain, you can drink more decoction of fresh lemongrass.

Some studies show that lemongrass contains many biological active substances belonging to the flavonoid and phenolic groups, such as teolin, isoorientin 2′-O-rhamnoside, quercetin, kaempferol and apiginin... They give lemongrass natural anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.

9. Lower blood pressure

The essence in lemongrass will help reduce blood pressure effectively. It increases blood circulation and helps alleviate all blood pressure problems. Experts advise that when blood pressure increases, drinking a cup of lemongrass water will help blood pressure drop significantly.

10. Effective detoxification

Lemongrass helps increase the quantity and frequency of urination, keeping the liver, digestive tract, kidneys, pancreas and bladder clean and healthy by eliminating unwanted toxins and uric acid.

Lemongrass helps detoxify alcohol. People who drink alcohol can use a bunch of crushed lemongrass, add water, filter out 1 cup, and drink it all. People who are drunk will quickly sober up and feel less tired and have less headaches.

Seafood dishes (snails, clams, oysters...) cooked with lemongrass not only create delicious flavor but also help improve digestion, dispel cold and prevent poisoning and stomachache.

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