CONTEST WEEK VIII WORLD OF XPILAR | Sida rhombifolia

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Sidaguri is a wild plant on roadsides, grassy yards, forests, fields, and places with bright sunshine or a little shade. This erect, branched shrub can reach 2 m in height with small, tightly haired branches. Single leaf, located alternately, oval or lanceolate shape, serrated edge, sharp tip, pinnate, short gray hair, 1.5-4 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide. A single bright yellow flower that emerges from the axillary of the leaves, blooms around 12 noon and withers about three hours later. Fruit with 8-10 kendaga, 6-7 mm in diameter. Sidaguri is one of the well-known traditional medicines in Australia, especially a medicine for diarrhea which is very effective.
Sidagori is sweet and cool. The main ingredients of plants are tannins, flavonoids, saponins, alkaloids, and glycosides. Apart from this, calcium oxalate, phenol, steroids, ephedrine and amino acids are also found. The combined extract of sidaguri with celery can be used as an anti-gout by inhibiting the activity of the xanthine oxidase enzyme. The ethanol extract of Sida rhombifolia leaves showed anti-inflammatory activity.

Sida rhombifolia

In some areas, the leaves are also used as a tea drink. Although known as wild plants, sidaguri plants contain compounds in them that can be used for health.
The decoction of all parts of the plant is used as a fever medicine. This plant paste is used to treat indigestion, is also used as a poultice, a medicine in the form of thick liquid or lubricated with dregs, for the treatment of headaches, ulcers, cramps, rheumatism, toothaches, chapped lips, to poultice jerawteh. made from a mixture of herbs, oil, and sugar, used to heal abscesses and remove pus. The leaves are said to have diuretic properties, and are used to treat dysentery. The juice from the leaves mixed with vinegar is used for anti-inflammatory and digestive medicine. The decoction of the leaves is used to clean the wound. Yellow flowers eaten with wild ginger are consumed to increase work stamina.
Apart from that, the root is also used for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery and gastric disorders. Root paste is also used to treat ulcers. The plant fibers are obtained from the bark and are of good quality, used for making rope and yarn. This easy-to-extract plant is known to have good, strong, shiny, white fiber. In experiments with fibers, it was shown that a rope with a circumference of 12.5 mm can withstand a weight of 180 kilograms.

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