Lemon Grass Or Maggile Hullu.
When we are in Primary school, lemon grass was grown in our school garden. The medical property of lemon grass is not known those days. But we enjoyed the fragrance of it those days. After so many years, its uses drew my attention such that we planted lemon grass in our garden and also using its leaves in kashaya and herbal tea.
Sanskrit name for Lemon grass is Bhutrin. Essential oil and herbs are used in many ways.
Uses: Bowel spasms, colic, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea (neuralgic), fever, gas, colds, G.I. spasms, intestinal mucus membrane tonic and stimulant; vomiting. Oil/external—bath, perfume, and hair oils; with coconut for lumbago, rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains, pains, ringworm; excellent tea for Pitta and kidneys.
Other uses: In production of citronella oil, which is used in soaps, as an insect repellent (especially mosquitoes and houseflies) in insect sprays and candles, and in aromatherapy.
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