Title:Botanical Name:Cymbopogon Citratus,Kagati Ghas/Dubo(Nepal)
Purpose:
lemongrass has been considered a carminative and insect repellent.Crushed root juice is taken to relieve piles. Root paste applied heals cuts and wounds. Boiled leaf and root juice help in treating diarrhea and dysentery.
Target:-
Web diary:
Lemongrass is used in herbal teas and other nonalcoholic beverages in baked goods, and in confections. Oil from lemongrass is widely used as a fragrance in perfumes and cosmetics, such as soaps and creams. Citral, extracted from the oil, is used in flavoring soft drinks in scenting soaps and detergents, as a fragrance in perfumes and cosmetics, and as a mask for disagreeable odors in several industrial products. Citral is also used in the synthesis of ionones used in perfumes and cosmetics.
Source of lemongrass oil used to flavor teas, ice cream, candy, pastries, desserts and chewing gum. Also used in cosmetics and perfumes
Parts Used: lemon grass leaves and oil
uploaded by Arya K.C. at FB 2018 August 18
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