The bark and flowers are used to treat digestive and respiratory ailments. - Burans have excellent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-diabetic properties making it not just appealing to the eye but potent for health too.
The petals are natural pain killers. One of the best example of which is the amazing health benefits of the rhododendron flower. The national flower of Nepal and the state flower of Himachal Pradesh in India, the flower is not only an attraction in spring-time but a natural cure for diarrhea, inflammations, headaches, and bacterial and fungal infections. According to WHO (2000), about 65% of the global population utilizes the medicinal properties of the plant for treatment and up to 80% of the Indian population uses it for curing several diseases. Traditionally, rhododendron flowers are used to make dried powders, pastes, pickles, and chutneys (dips mixed with mint leaves, salt, and anardana). A mine of phytochemicals, the health benefits of Rhododendron are due to its antifungal, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties, especially the Rhododendron honey. For ages, the homeopathic medicine system use rhododendron flowers and leaves to make medicines to cure various diseases. To know what wonders it does to your body, read on:
Applying the leave paste of the rhododendron tree on the forehead
cures the headaches. On top of that, the paste is used as a poultice on wounds
and inflamed skin due to its potent astringent properties.
And juice extract from the flowers of the tree helps relieve
stomach aches. Animal studies found that rhododendron extracts pacify stimuli
of pain in rats.
Numerous homeopathic and Ayurveda medicines utilize rhododendron
petals and leave them to cure inflammations, especially gout, arthritis, and
bronchitis.
Packed with phytochemicals such as saponin, flavonoid, tannins,
and more, the plant extract soothes inflammation immediately.
Moreover, rhododendron flowers contain two anti-inflammatory
chemicals ‘Quercetin’ and ‘Rutin’. Where quercetin provides effective relief
from inflammation in the kidney, prostate and urinary bladder and Rutin treats
mouth ulcers, gastrointestinal tract infections, and osteoarthritis.
The juice of rhododendron flowers lowers blood pressure and bad
cholesterol. Its antioxidant properties reduce the risk of stroke and heart
disease.
Quercetin is highly effective in treating hypertension,
atherosclerosis, and other factors leading to heart ailments. Whereas Rutin
prevents the formation of blood clots increasing the chances of a heart attack.
Rhododendron’s petals contain an antioxidant ‘hyper in’ that
inhibits action of various glucose enzymes, causing a drop in blood sugar and
cholesterol levels.
In an animal study on rats with diabetes mellitus, Rhododendron
honey effectively helped in lowering blood glucose and lipid levels.
In fact, rhododendron honey (also known as wild, mad, and toxic
honey) is being used since ancient times to treat several disorders. However,
beware that it’s may be toxic because an excess of this honey can cause vertigo
and arterial hypotension.
Rhododendrons contain bioactive steroids and phytochemicals that
have antimicrobial properties. Lab studies of the flowers concluded their
effectiveness against different strains of bacteria.
Moreover, it contains two powerful flavonoids ‘Quercetin’ and ‘P-coumaric’
that maintain healthy gut flora against the foreign microbial activity.
Locals consume rhododendron petals as it strengthens their immune
response preventing allergic responses due to changes in weather. They
experience a lower risk of asthma, allergies, hives, and hay fever, thanks
again to Quercetin.
Moreover, if you mix these dried leaves with tobacco and inhale
the smoke, it helps cure respiratory diseases naturally.
Used in Ayurveda medicine as a liver tonic, it reduces the risk of
liver damage. The hepatoprotective properties of rhododendron flowers comes
from Quercetin and other phytochemicals which have powerful antioxidant
properties.
Quercetin and Rutin in rhododendron prevent oxidative damage to
normal cells that leads to mutation and then cancer. Moreover, these
antioxidants also inhibit the growth of existing cancer cells and, ultimately,
lower the risk of cancer.
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