Lemongrass is perennial and intensely fragrant herb, native to Asia, and widely cultivated as a commercial crop throughout the tropics and subtropics of the world. The lemongrass oil finds widespread u se in soap, perfumery, cosmetics and the beverages industry.
In herbal medicine, lemongrass oil if taken orally, it provides relief from colic, intestinal gas, and obstinate, vomiting.
Rubbed into the skin, it relieves lower backache, lumbago, rheumatism sciatica, sprains and tendinitis. Lemongrass oil also is used in the treatment of cholera, colds, diarrhea, fever, flatulence, flu, headache, herpes, insomnia, parasites and stomachache.
Lemongrass oil in herbal medicine
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In the region of West Africa known as the western Sahel, legendary tales
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