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Reasons why ratan jot or alkanna tinctoria is important to us?

Posted on: 16/Feb/2019 10:17:30 AM
A plant belonging to borage family is ratan jot or alkanna tinctoria and is found in mediterranean region is known.  It is worthy to mention that the roots of this plant produce red colouring material that is used as a red dye. This plant is also called by other names like alkanet, dyers alkanet, dyers bugloss, Spanish bugloss etc. This alkanet root could be used as wood stain when it is powdered and mixed with oil.

There are many health benefits we could get by this ratan jot. These are

Treats headache in us:

Many these days suffer from headaches and these headaches could be due to various reasons is known. It is said that the anti-inflammatory effect of ratan jot could provide a superb solution for this issue. The blood circulation would get improved and feeling of headache gets lowered.

Fever could be treated:

It is revealed that ratan jot has got superb cooling effect and is one of the best herbs to cure fever. By inducing sweating the body temperature is brought down by this amazing plant.

Clears scars in us:

This is also one important benefit of ratan jot. It is used in many face masks, face cleansing products etc due to its skin clearing abilities. The truth is alkanet is used to treat and heal burn scars. The anti-inflammatory property of alkanet plays a huge role here.

Sleeping disorders gets treated:

People for various reasons suffer from the lack of proper sleep. The essential oil got from this plant could reduce the symptoms associated with sleeping issues. Those having chronic insomnia could use this essential oil. Sense of calmness is got by this oil and we could get sound sleep.

Good for heart health:

By soaking the root of ratan jot in water and drinking the juice, the toxins present in the body gets released. By this the heath of the heart is superb and there would be good blood circulation in us.

Good for skin health:

The antiviral and antibacterial property of ratan jot does superbly for the skin health. Issues like wrinkles and pigmentation are avoided by application of the masks made from the roots of alkanet.