PANDAN
aka Pandanus amaryllifolius
GROW
Propagate: cuttings
Light: sunny
Water: twice a day
Soil: good drainage
Fertilizer: twice a month
USES
Treating High Blood Pressure :Pandan leaves treat high blood pressure. High blood pressure or hypertension is a disease in blood vessels that cause the pressure beyond the normal limit of 110-120 / 90mmHg. This disease can be caused by factors of food, age, lifestyle, obesity, and stress. Various sources mentions that drinking pandan tea twice a day could lower high blood pressure. All you have to do to make this pandan tea, is to boil 2 – 3 cups of water with 3 grams of pandan leaves. Wait until it receeds to only half the amount of the water. The pandan tea could be consumed half in the morning and half in the night to lower high blood pressure. If pandan tea consumed regularly, it could also prevent other heart diseases like coronary artery disease.
Embellishing Dull Hair Color : Pandan leaves have yet another benefit for our hair, that is to embellish dull hair color. Various factors such as pollution cause the hair becomes dull and lose its natural luster. Restore the luster of hair by preparing 7 pieces of pandan leaves, wash and cut into small pieces. Boil the pieces of pandan leaves with 1 liter of water, until the color of the water turns green. Dab it for a night. The next day, mix the boiled water of pandan leaves with the noni juice. Shampoo your hair with the concoction and then wash the hair clean after. Do it routinely 3 times a week and see the results.
Pain Reliever : Pandan leaves contains laxative properties that can act as a pain reliever from headache, ear pain, chest pain, and arthritis. To use pandan leaves as pain reliever, one could drink pandan tea twice a day, in addition if drank regularly, it also have the capacity to decrease stomach spasms which could relate to inflammation and infection. Also for mothers, pandan tea could also aid in the recovery of after birth.
Overcoming Weak Nerves : Pandan leaves are also very beneficial for our nerves system health. Weak nerves could cause people to get occasional cramps. Weak nerves usually caused by the reduction of nerve stimulation to specific body parts that have been previously been available in full and sufficient. Pandan leaves helps to promote health and nerve system in our bodies. To do that, you just have to pick 3 pandan leaves and chop them to small pieces, boil it with 3 glasses of water. Let it gets boiled in the water until there is only about 2 glasses worth of water remaining. Strain the concoction to separate the water with the pandan residue, and drink one glass in the morning and one in the evening.
Relieving Insomnia : Insomnia could be a very hard thing to handle. Especially if this happens when you have to get up early the next day and have a bunch of activities to do. The symptom often occur when a person is anxious and has a burden of mind. If you are experiencing insomnia you can give a try to Pandan Leaves to relieve your Insomnia. Pandan leaves have been proven very beneficial here for our health. Pandan leaves contain alkaloid compounds that can provide a calming effect on the body. When experiencing insomnia, pandan leaves can help you calm down and make you easier to sleep. You only need to brew pandan leaves with hot water, then put one teaspoon of honey. Drink while still warm.