Pluchea Indica or locally known as Beluntas has a lot of known medical uses. One of the local Malay and Indonesian remedies include boiling the leaves of Beluntas as a tea to reduce fever.
References:
Beluntas Leaf Tea
Servings: 1 person
Equipment
- 1 small pot
Ingredients
- 15 leaves Beluntas leaves
- 300 ml water
Instructions
- Boil the Beluntas leaves in a pot of water. Leave to cool.
- Strain and drink once per day until fever subsides.
Notes
- Can use young or older leaves.
- Another possible remedy is to use a mortar and pestle to grind the leaves to juice them. One spoonful of juice is then taken for reducing fever.
