Jamu
Recipes for Influenza
PATHO-PHYSIOLOGY:
Influenza, or commonly shortened to “flu” is an extremely contagious viral disease
of the upper respiratory tract. It usually appears during winter, cold weather
or rainy seasons. Flu can spread further into the lungs and causes more severe
complications.
INDICATIONS:
Symptoms of influenza: fever between 101º–102ºF (or 38.3º – 38.9ºC) and can be as
high as 106ºF (41ºC), chills, sore-throat, dry and hacking cough, muscles pain,
general fatigue and weakness, nasal congestion, sneezing, headache
Recipe # 1
INGREDIENTS:
Sour lime juice (Citrus aurantifolia, perasan jeruk nipis) – 5 tablespoons
Cajuput oil (Oleum
Melaleuca leucadendra, minyak kayu putih) – 2 teaspoons
Betel
leave lime water (kapur sirih) – 1 tablespoon
PREPARATION
AND DOSAGE: Rub oil:
Mix
even the 3 liquids and rub the oil onto the chest, neck and back twice a day
until condition gets better
Recipe # 2
INGREDIENTS:
Quinine
(Quechua quinine, kina) - 2
finger-size cut of quinine bark
(Zingiber aromaticum, akar lempuyang
wangi) – 1 finger-size cut
Papaya
seeds (Carica papaya, biji papaya) –
30 seeds
Sour lime juice (Citrus aurantifolia, perasan jeruk nipis) – 2 tablespoons
Honey
(madu) – 3 tablespoons
PREPARATION
AND DOSAGE: Decoction:
Clean
wash the quinine, lempuyang and papaya seeds, and then grind them to a fine
mixture. Put this ground mixture into 1 liter of warm water. Add the sour lime
juice and honey, stir well and strain. Drink the decoction ½ a glass 3 times
daily until the condition gets better.
REMARKS:
If the patient has fever that last for more than three or four days and
experiences short of breath while resting, or chest pain, these are signs that
the patient has developed pneumonia
IMPORTANT NOTE
The recipes and techniques mentioned in this page
are not meant to replace diagnosis and treatment of a medical practioner.
Before using any of these recipes, the author recommends to consult a
physician. All the recipes has been used without any side effects and are
considered safe. However, since some people have more sensitive skin or
digestive system than others, and since the user’s actual recipe preparation is
beyond the control of the author, the author accept no liability with regard to
the use of recipes or techniques contained in this page
