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The content of Noni

2012-01-22T15:38:00.000-08:00

Terpenoid compounds is an isometric hydrocarbon compoundswhich are also found in fat / essential oils (essential oils), which is a kind of fat that is essential for the body.
Terpenoid substances help the body in the process of organic synthesis and recovery of the body's cells.

Acubin, L. asperuloside, antraquinon alizarin and some substances have been shown as an anti-bacterial substance.Substances contained in Noni fruit has been shown to demonstrate the power of class against bacterial infections: Pseudonzonas aeruginosa, Proteus morganii, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli.

Tests later showed that the activity of anti-bacterial substance in Noni fruit can control two groups of deadly bacteria (pathogens),namely: Salmonella and Shigella. The discovery of anti-bacterial substances in Noni juice supports its use to treat skin infections, colds, fever and a variety of health problems caused by bacteria.

Ascorbic acid is in the Noni fruit is a source of vitamin C is remarkable. Vitamin C is one of the great antioxidant. Benefici alantioxidants to neutralize free radicals (harmful particles are formed as side basil metabolic processes, which can damage the genetic material and damage the immune system). Kaproat acid, caprylic acid and acid kapric including fatty acid group. Acid kaproat and kapric is what causes the sharp stench on Noni fruit.

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Overall Noni is a food that is nutritionally complete. Most of the indigenous Polynesian culture past and present, using the Noni fruit as a main meal. South Pacific island natives eating fruit Noni to survive during starvation Similarly, the soldiers who settled in the Polynesian islands during World War II encouraged to eat fruit Noni to add strength and power. Substances the body needs nutrients include: carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, and essential minerals are also available in the Noni fruit and leaves. Selenium is one example of the many minerals found in Noni and is a great antioxidant.

In 1993, University of Hawaii researchers managed to separate substances scopoletin from Noni fruit. Scopoletin these substances have medicinal properties, and in addition to experts believe that scopoletin is one of the substances found in Noni fruit that can bind to serotonin, one of the important chemicals in the human body. Scopoletin functioning channels widen narrowed blood vessels and blood circulation. In addition scopoletin has also been shown to kill certain types of bacteria, are fungicides (mold killers) against Pythium sp and also anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic.

Some recent research on Noni conducted to determine the content of anticancer agents (damnacanthal). Four Japanese scientists managed to find anti-cancer substances in extracts of Noni when they are looking for substances that can stimulate the growth of the normal structure of the abnormal cells of K-ras-NRK (precancerous cells) in 500 species of plant extracts. Apparently anti-cancer substance in Noni most effective against the abnormal cells.

One of the important alkaloids found in Noni fruit is xeronine. Xeronine also produced by the human body in a limited number of functions to activate enzymes and regulate protein function in cells. Xeronine was first discovered by Dr. Ralph Heinicke (biochemist). Although the Noni fruit contains very little xeronine,but contain-forming materials (precursors) xeronine, namely proxeronine in large numbers. Proxeronine colloid is a type of acid that contains no sugars, amino acids or nucleic acids as the other colloids with relatively large molecular weight, morethan 16,000. If we consume proxeronine, xeronine the levels in the body will increase. In the human body (colon) proxeronase enzymes and other substances will change proxeronine intoxeronine. Xeronine main function is to regulate the shape and rigidity (hardness) specific proteins contained in the cell. It is important to remember when these proteins to function abnormally then the body will experience health problems.

Overall Noni is a food that is nutritionally complete. Most of the indigenous Polynesian culture past and present, using the Noni fruit as a main meal. South Pacific island natives eating fruit Noni to survive at the time of famine. Similarly, the soldiers who settled in the Polynesian islands during World War II encouraged to eat fruit Noni to add strength and power.

Noni plant root bark contains a dye (red), which is named morindon and Morindin.

A little information About Noni

2012-01-21T00:14:00.000-08:00

There are approximately 80 species of plants belonging to thegenus Morinda. According H.B. Guppy, the British scientist who studied the Noni around 1900, approximately 60 percent of the 80 species of Morinda grows on the islands large and small, includingIndonesia, Malaysia and the islands located in the Indian Oceanand Pacific Ocean. Only about 20 species of Morinda who haveeconomic value, among others: Morinda bracteata, Morindaofficinalis, Morinda Fructus, Morinda tinctoria and Morindacitrifolia.

Morinda citrifolia is the most popular, so often referred to as the"Queen of the Morinda". This species has a distinctive name inevery country, including in Hawaii Noni, Nonu or Nono in Tahiti,Cheese Fruit in Australia, Mengkudu, Pace in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Phylum: Angiospermae,
Sub-phylum: Dycotiledones,
Division: Lignosae,
Family: Rubiaceae,
Genus: Morinda,
Species: citrifolia.
Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia.

Noni plant including families Rubiaceae, which was originally derived from the mainland of Southeast Asia and thenspread to China, India, the Philippines, Hawaii, Tahiti, Africa,Australia, the Caribbean, Haiti, Fiji, Florida and Cuba.

Noni comes from Southeast Asia. In the year 100 BC, the population of Southeast Asia migrated and landed in thePolynesian islands, they just bring the plants and animals that are considered essential for life in a new place. These plants have many uses, among others, for clothing materials, construction, food and medicine, five kinds of crops Polynesian nation of taro,breadfruit, bananas, yams, and sugarcane. Noni is in the local language called "Noni" is one of the important medicinal plant species are also taken.

Polynesians use "Noni" to treat various types of diseases, such as: tumors, wounds, skin diseases, respiratory disorders(including asthma), fever and diseases of old age. Knowledge oftreatment using Noni passed down from generation to generationthrough songs and folklore. Polynesian healers, called Kahuna isthe role of traditional medicine in the world of hoops nation andPolynesian Noni always use the prescription medication.

Reports of the efficacy of Noni plant is also found in ancientwritings made about 2,000 years ago, during the reign of the HanDynasty in China. Even loaded in wayang stories written during the reign of the kings of the island of Java, hundreds of years ago.

Developments in the European textile industry encouraged the search of natural coloring materials to the areas of colonization,because in those days of synthetic dyes has not been found. In 1849, European researchers found natural dyes derived fromNoni roots, and then given the name "Morindone" and "Morindin".From these findings, the name "Morinda" lowered.

Below is a table of the historical development of Morindacitrifolia:
100 M Immigrants from Southeast Asia arrived in Kep.Polynesian Noni with seedlings.
1849 The Europeans discovered the dye from the roots of Noni,namely Morindon and Morindin.
1860 Use of Noni for treatment began to be written in Western literature.
1950 The discovery of antibacterial agents in the Noni fruit.
1960-1980 Scientific research done to prove that Noni can lowerhigh blood pressure.
1972 Dr. Ralph Heinicke (Biochemist) started doing research onxeronine and Noni.
1993 The discovery of anti-cancer substances (damnacanthal) in the Noni fruit.

The Europeans know the benefits of Noni around the year 1800,which begins with the landing of Captain Cook and his crew in the Hawaiian Islands (1778). Their arrival also brought new diseases, including gonorrhea, syphilis, tuberculosis, cholera,influenza, pneumonia quickly endemic to Hawaii and throughout the region resulted in the deaths of thousands of residents. Even the traditional treatment of local communities are not able to resist these diseases.

European researchers who come later do a search and resear chon the history and culture of the Polynesians, including the system of traditional medicine. And in 1860, using natural treatment Noni starts recorded in Western literature.

Sweat a lot unhealthy sign

2011-04-29T22:51:00.000-07:00

Sweating is fine, but if it is excessive it could be a sign that something is wrong in our bodies. What if I want to know if the sweat that comes out of our body too much or not? First, grab a coffee filter paper which can be found at the supermarket and weigh. Furthermore, the paper wide as saucers are tucked in the armpit. After 60 seconds, filter paper was taken again and weighed. The excess weight of the end and beginning of the paper shows the amount of sweat released by the body.

Limit of the normal rate for adults is 20 mg. More than that number, the doctor may conclude that the relevant experience sweating disorder that may lead to the emergence of diseases, such as cases of severe hyperdrose. From these examples, we actually can know that hyperdrose a health disorder of excessive sweat production.

Actually, what causes the appearance of sweat? In the human body there are more than two million glands that fester in the bottom part of the epidermis to the hypodermis of the human body (typical cell layer contained beneath the epidermis). The gland is widely available in the feet and hands. The amount is approximately 400 glands per cm2. While in the back or buttock only amounted to 55 glands per cm2.

The gland is permanently remove the clear liquid called sweat, which consisting of 99% water and electrolytes. In extreme conditions, the adult can sweat up to 2 liters per hour, whereas under normal conditions a person is only out to 1.5 liters of sweat per day.

Meanwhile, during puberty, glands called aprokin employment also increased in the armpits and genitals. These glands not only remove the water, but also about 250 other different types of materials. When aprokin sweat glands, usually will appear unpleasant odors caused by bacterial activity.

Actually, sweat is the body's mechanism to maintain viability. Due process of metabolism, the body will generate heat that must be suppressed so that the body does not overheat. How do I? When there is a change in body temperature, the receptors in the epidermis of the body would report the matter to the brain. Then the brain would immediately react by adjusting the blood circulation for the heat evenly throughout the body.

If these efforts do not succeed, will play the role of sweat glands. It will remove the sweat glands through the skin, which will moisten and cool the skin.

Sweat volume issued of course there are limits and if excessive, surely there's something wrong in the body. There are some serious diseases that could have hidden behind the swift flow of perspiration, for example the thyroid disorders, diabetes, hypertension, or even tumors.

Now there are a number of therapies that can be used to overcome this problem, start therapy with aluminum chloride gel that is able to sweat through a special medicine to wash the hands and feet, until the medicine spray with botulinum neurotoxin. Some people are even willing to perform surgical removal of the gland or separation of various types of nerve.

Treating dizziness or headache with medicinal plants

2011-04-15T23:09:00.000-07:00

Dizziness is a headache that occurs at one point only or the entire head. The frequency and the duration varies. The headaches are usually accompanied by nausea and dizzy vision. Much of headache occurs because the body's response to stress, indigestion, low blood pressure or high blood pressure, emotions, and sitting too long that causes muscle tension.

Dizziness with mild category will quickly disappear by itself. Dizziness is treated with a type of short break and continued with the massage slowly in the area head to the nape (back of neck). After that, a hot bath, breathe in fresh air, and consuming plants that are suppressing pain (analgesic), facilitating blood circulation, as well as anti-inflammatory.

Headache accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dizzy eyes, head throbbing, and pain to the neck, should require a handler that often because it is always something to do with other diseases. The treatment would be easier if the cause is unknown.

There are several medicinal plants that can be used to overcome dizziness among Java long pepper, Sambiloto (bitter), and sembukan.

Treating dizziness with Java pepper plants (Piper retrofractum Vahl.)
There are 2 ways headache treatment using Java long pepper plants, namely:
How 1:
a) Mash smooth fruit dried Java long pepper a as much as 6 grams.
b) Add 100 cc of boiled water and 2 tablespoons of honey.
c) Stir until blended.
d) Drinking potions while warm.
e) Do the treatment 3 times a day until healed.

Method 2
a) Boil 15 grams of dried Java long pepper with 3 cups water to boil.
b) Allow the water to the remaining half (1 ½ cups).
c) Strain, then chill mixture.
d) Drink this mixture 3 times a day each ½ cup.

Java long pepper has analgesic properties, body warmers, blood circulation, relieving indigestion, and raising blood pressure. So, by eating Java long pepper, dizziness disease because of low blood pressure and digestive disorders can be cured gradually.

Treating dizziness with Sambiloto herbs (Androgaphis paniculata (Burn. F.) Ness.)
How to use:
a) brewed 5-7 fresh leaves of Sambiloto with 100 cc of hot water.
b) Let it cool, then drink potions.
c) Do the treatment 3 times a day until cured.

Treating dizziness using plants sembukan (Phaederia foetida L.)
There are 2 ways to use sembukan headache treatment, namely:
How 1:
a) Rinse and 15-16 grams of fresh sembukan.
b) Mash until smooth leaves like porridge.
c) Add 100 cc of boiled water and 1 teaspoon salt, and stir.
d) Strain, then drink herb 3 times a day until healed.

Method 2:
a) Boil 15 -16 sembukan fresh stems and leaves with 3 cups water to boil.
b) Allow up to half the remaining water (1.5 cups).
c) Strain, then chill mixture.
d) Drink this mixture 3 times a day @ ½ cup until cured.

Sembukan are pain relief, laxative fart, appetite enhancer (stomakik), anti-biotic, anti-inflammation, eliminating toxins (detoxification), de-worming, and reliever seizures. By consuming sembukan, headache because indigestion can cause headaches resolved after treatment.

Overcoming Excessive Menstrual Use of Medicinal Plants.

2011-04-08T23:25:00.000-07:00

Excessive menstrual disease is regular menstrual cycles, but the blood that comes out too much. In addition, accompanied by extravasation of blood clots as a polyp in the uterine mucous membrane, blood disorders, or psychological.

Treatment can be done with medicinal plants are also write your anti-hemostatic or stop bleeding and vitamin K. Medicinal plants include andong, baru cina and white weed.

Treatment of excessive menstrual using andong plant (Cordyline fruticosa (Linn.) A. Cheval.)
Boil dry leaves 15-30 grams or dried flowers 9-15 grams with 3 cups water in pot soil. Let boil until the remaining 1.5 cups. Chill the cooking water, then filtered and drink 3 times a day @ ½ cup before eating. Do treatment until healed.
Excessive Menstruation will be reduced after consuming boiled water this plant, because this plant has anti-bleeding properties.

Treatment using baru cina plant (Artemisia vulgaris L.)
Take 25-30 grams of roots, stems, leaves and flowers that are dried, then boiled in 3 cups water to boiling in a pot soil. Allow the remaining 1 ½ cups. Once cool, filtered boiled water and drink 3 times a day @ ½ cup. Do treatment until healed.
The content and nature of this plant is effective to relieve menstrual bleeding, as an anti-hemostatic, and also regulating the menstrual cycle.

Treatment using white weed plant (Ageratum conyzoides L.)
Take 25-30 grams of stems, leaves and flowers dry white weed. Boil 3 cups water in pot soil until the remaining half (½ cup). Once cool, strain the cooking water and then drink 3 times a day @ ½ cup an hour before meals. Do treatment until healed.
White weed is a plant that are easy to find and use. This plant is used as an alternative treatment for menstrual disorders, because the plant is efficacious anti-hemostatic and undid menstruation.

Kembang Pukul Empat Plant (Mirabilisjalapa Linn)

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These plants include familia Nyctaginaccae, widely planted as an ornamental plant in the yard. Can be grown in lowland and hilly regions which have enough sunlight. Although not very beautiful, this plant looks attractive with a variety of flower colors include: white, orange, red, yellow and mottled. This plant flowers bloom in the evening and the bud back in the morning before the chief. Not surprisingly, in Indonesia, this plant is called "Kembang pukul empat" (four o'clock flower). While the Chinese call it "Mo Zi Li".

This form of seasonal plant shrubs, erect and height between 50 cm - 80 cm, wet trunked, round, smooth, bare, and the joint grow leaves and branches. Single heart-shaped leaves, dark green color, length 2 cm - 11 cm, width 1 cm - 7 cm, leaf base rounded, tapered tip, flat leaf edge, where the opposite, pinnate leaves bones and have a long petiole 1 cm - 6 cm.

This plant has a single flower, a trumpet, is located on the tip of the stem, six stamens, flat, red, stamens curved stem inside, ± 3 cm long, crown ± 5 cm long, 1cm diameter - 1.5 cm, leaves a protective part under a single, triangular, cartilaginous tip protruding five in yellow. Fruit small, hard, wrinkled surface, ± 5 mm diameter, the inside white and soft, black. Plants rooted Mirabilisjalapa riding with white.

Mirabilisjalapa plant does not smell, taste a bit sweet, neutral and cool. This herb has anti-inflammatory properties, urine laxative, smooth-circulation and eliminate blood flow resistance. Special to the leaves, have the nature maturatif (accelerated ripening ulcers). Parts used for treatment of root, leaf, flower and fruit. Leaves and flower at four contain saponin and flavonoida, in addition, the leaves also contain tannins and the flowers contain polyphenols. Fruit contains flavonoida, polyphenols, starch, fat (4.3%), fatty acid (24.4%), acid oil (46.9%). The roots contain betaxanthins.

Mirabilisjalapa used to treat inflammation of the tonsils (tonsillitis), genito-urinary tract. infection, prostatitis, diabetes mellitus, urinary fatty (chyluria), leucorrhea, cervical erosion, breast swelling (acute mastisis), and acute arthritis. But for pregnant women are prohibited from consuming this plant because it can injure the uterus.

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Treating Stroke with Medicinal Plants

2011-04-07T23:26:00.000-07:00

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An unhealthy lifestyle and unbalanced, high cholesterol, blood sugar increases, and high blood pressure can spur the emergence of a stroke. Strokes result from blockage of blood vessels and the blockage and rupture of brain arteries. When a brain artery blockage and rupture the brain tissue to be deprived of oxygen so that the nerves will be disrupted vital functions. In addition, it can cause great damage to the part of the brain that ultimately lead to stroke.

Early symptoms of stroke characterized by headache, dizziness, drowsiness, and mental confusion. Minor stroke is marked by chaos speech, thought, movement sensation, and vision. Symptoms that one with the other symptoms that often in combination, either mild or severe symptoms, such as oblique, twin vision, a sense of spinning, dizzy vision, a sense of numbness or tingling in face or half face, and was paralyzed on one side of the body. This is a mild symptom that can last only a few seconds to several minutes or longer. Usually, these symptoms will disappear by itself.

Symptoms of severe stroke that can make patients look very dreadful appearance until the patient fell and lay like fast asleep, face flushed, breathing up and down, pulse beats slow, one leg weakness, disability or totally paralyzed, and unable to communicate. In fact, the muscles stiffen up the whole body becomes stiff. This is a symptom of a defect remaining. If it is severe then death can occur in patients with stroke.

First aid in stroke patients by providing medicine herbs that work to break the blood clots, prevent blood clotting, blood circulation, repairing damaged tissue, reduce blood pressure, and increase stamina. Thus, recurrent stroke can be avoided.

Herb that can be used in the treatment of stroke consists of 4 species of medicinal plants, namely: daun dewa, gotu kola (Centella asiatica), bitter (sambiloto), and sambung nyawa.

Treatment of stroke using a plant daun dewa (Gynura segetum (Lour) Merr.)

Blend 20 grams of tuber daun dewa, then add 100 ml (½ cup) warm water. Strain and drink 1 time a day every evening. It can also be a way to eat 3 pieces of fresh leaves 3 times daily.
Consuming leaves or tubers of daun dewa a lot to help heal stroke. This is due to the nature of plants that can remove blood clots in blood vessels, preventing and treating strokes and heart attacks.

Treatment of stroke with Centella asiatica plant material (Centella asiatica (L.) Urban)

Boil 20 grams of roots and leaves of Centella asiatica with 3 cups water in pot soil. Let boil and the remaining half of the cooking water. The water is filtered and then taken 3 times a day @ ½ cup. Try to drink potions empty stomach before meals.
Stroke is brain damage that occurs because the brain can no blood flowed for a while. By taking gotu kola (Centella asiatica), brain damage can be repaired. For Centella asiatica contains tonic, revitalization or repair damaged tissue and brain are tired, and also the revitalization of blood vessels.

Treatment of stroke using bitter/sambiloto plant (Androgaphis paniculata (Burm, f.) Ness)

Boil 1 handful of leaves and stems dry sambiloto (15-25 grams) with 3 cups water in pot soil. Let boil until the remaining 1 ½ cups. Once cool, strain the cooking water and drink 3 times a day @ ½ cup. Drink 1 hour before meals or when the stomach is empty. Make eat this concoction until healed.
One cause of stroke is high blood pressure. By eating regularly stew bitter, blood pressure will drop to normal limits, thus increasing the risk of severe disease can be avoided. However, for pregnant women are prohibited from taking this herb as it can abort the womb.

Treatment of stroke with sambung nyawa plant (Gynura procumbens Back.)

Eating fresh leaf sambung nyawa much as 2-3 pieces every day or fresh leaf juice and drink. Do it 3 times a day until healed.
Sambung nyawa are usually consumed to lower blood cholesterol, particularly for patients with coronary heart disease and stroke caused by high blood cholesterol levels.

Therefore, various causes of stroke, use of drugs should be combined to get the maximum results, for example:

Remedy 1

a) Provide 10 grams of dried bitter + 15 grams gotu kola.
b) Rinse dried and put in pot soil.
c) Add 3 cups water and simmer until the remaining half (1 ½ cups).
d) Strain the cooking water.
e) Drink boiled water 3 times a day @ ½ cup until cured.

Remedy 2

a) Juice 3 pieces the leaf daun dewa and 3 leaves fresh sambung nyawa.
b) Drink the juice 3 times a day.
c) At one time drinking juice, add 20 grams fresh tuber daun dewa.

Treating Heart Attacks with Natural Way

2011-04-07T15:49:00.000-07:00

Heart attack is one of the cardiovascular disease that needs serious attention. Cardiovascular in the narrow sense can be said to talk about heart disease, hypertension, and stroke. Age is one factor causing the increased heart attack. Old age and most often the biggest risk of a heart attack. Young men are more prone to heart attacks when compared with women his age.

Heart disease is influenced by several factors that can not be controlled by the factor of age, gender, and family history of heart disease. To avoid the risk of heart attack risk factors can be controlled must be considered given priority to, for example:

Cholesterol levels
If levels of cholesterol in the blood exceeds 140 mg / dL, then arteriosclerosis (blood clots in the heart) the more rapid progress. Thus, the limit of the safe keeping cholesterol in the blood is an act of prevention of coronary heart attack due to arteriosclerosis in coronary vessels of the heart.

Blood pressure
According to the results of the study, systolic blood pressure should the average man aged 25-35 years was 112.5 mm / Hg and 126 mm / Hg for ages 35-64 years. While for women the same age, blood pressure sistolik ie 109, 4 mm / Hg and 130 mm / Hg.
Rise and fall of blood pressure associated with the consumption of salt. Based on the research, there is a relationship between the pattern of life of a region with the consumption of salt. Therefore, the consumption of salt is less than 5 grams per day is a good treatment in an effort to avoid a heart attack.

Cigarette
Toxins contained in cigarette smoke can trigger blood clotting. Smokers tend to be concentrated blood. Therefore, the work of the heart pumps blood throughout the body become heavy. If this situation lasts long, it's possible fatigue and heart will end up in heart failure or coronary heart disease.

Blood sugar levels
Blood containing high sugar solution will be more concentrated when compared to low blood sugar levels normal. High blood sugar levels will trigger fragility of blood vessel walls, so that the wall is easily broken. If the heart blood vessels rupture, it means you have a heart attack.

Weight loss
Being overweight or obese can increase the risk of heart attack. To know the normal weight is high subtracting the body with 100 -110. If the body weight above normal, the risk of heart attack should be wary of.

Physical activity
Physical activity in various forms such as physical work, sports, or in the form of recreation and the arts, have the effect of profektif to various risks of heart attacks. The results showed that brisk walking between 6-7 miles for 1 hour, 3 times a week or 30 minutes as much as 4-5 times a week is enough to control heart attack risk factor, particularly for the age of 40 years and over. The easiest way to measure exercise or physical activity enough to spur a heart that is when it is an increase in pulse and breathing, and was sweating.

The first step is performed in patients with heart attacks by providing an atmosphere that is comfortable, quiet, avoid the atmosphere tense, and try to relax. If conscious, patients were given drinking water and medicinal herbs. However, if the victim is getting worse, immediately escorted to the hospital to get immediate medical treatment.

First treatment for heart attack patients can use 6 types of prescription of medicinal plants is the daun dewa, purslane, sambiloto (paniculata), sambung nyawa, Blumea, and yure.

Treatment of heart attack using the crop daun dewa (Gynura segetum)
Eat 3 pieces of fresh leaves daun dewa 3 times a day. It can also consume 20 grams of fresh tubers are mashed, 1 time a day continuously until cured.
By consuming the leaves and tubers of plants daun dewa, blood circulation will be smooth and there is no blockage of blood flow so that the work of the heart is not disrupted. Savor leaf god is to prevent blood clots and blood circulation.

Treatment of heart attack by using plant purslane (Portulaca oleracae L.)
Rinse and 4 pieces or 60 grams of fresh plants and then mashed. Squeeze, then strain the water and then add honey to taste and warm water 100 ml. drink while still warm 2 times a day, one hour before eating and do to recover.
Purslane plants efficacious as fever, pain relief, shed the piss, tranquilizers, lowering blood sugar, heart amplifier, and improving blood circulation. Because many properties that purslane plants to help the healing process of patients with palpitations.

Treatment with sambiloto (Androgaphis paniculata (burm. F.) Nees)
Boil a handful of leaves and stems dry sambiloto 15-25 grams with 3 cups water in pot soil. Let boil until water live half of the approximately 1.5 cups. Chill and drink.
Warning: Pregnant women are forbidden to consume sambiloto because it can cause miscarriage. This herb has anti hifertensi, anti cholesterol, anti-diabetic, shed the piss, and improve immunity and stamina.

Treatment with the plant's sambung nyawa (Gynura procumbens Back).
Consumption of 3 pieces of fresh leaves of sambung nyawa 3 times a day. Do it until it heals.
These plants are coronary heart patients to lower cholesterol.

Treatment with the plant Blumea (Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.)
Boil 15-20 grams of dried plant Blumea with 3 cups water. Allow to boil down to 1.5 cups cooking water and then filtered. Drink this mixture 3 times a day each ½ cup and add 1 tablespoon of honey.
To dispel blood clots, blood circulation, and anti-inflammatory.

Treatment using yure plants (Nerium indicum. Mill)
Take 3 pieces of fresh yure leaves and then rinse thoroughly. Mash the leaves are then brewed with boiling hot water one cup. Strain the mixture when cool and then drink 1 a day (yure plant is very poisonous).
Plants are yure strengthen the heart and cardiotonic. This plant really help cure a weak heart, palpitations, and the feet and hands cold or sweaty. However, this plant is very dangerous for pregnant women.

Percufine flower (Barleria prionitis L.)

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These plants include Acanthaceae family originated from tropical Asia and South Africa. In Indonesia, known as the "Landep" and are found in areas with dry climates, growing wild or planted to fence from the lowlands to 400 m above sea level.

These plants include shrubs. Having high between 1.5 - 2 meters. Plants form woody stems, square, segmented, hairy, strong spiny leaves contained in the armpit. Leaves form a single leaf with a condition in young leaves hairy, lies opposite, petiole length of 4-8 millimeters.

Shape pieces of leaves lanceolate or elliptic to round eggs lengthwise, pointed tip, base tapered and narrows along the stalk, flat edge a bit choppy, the length of 2-28 centimeters, width of 2 to 6.5 centimeters. Meanwhile, the bone pinnate leaves, the color green.

In the flower, seen a single flower form, symmetrical two-sided, axillary, flower crown protruding cartilaginous green, elongated elliptical shape, the color yellow. While the fruit such as fruit boxes, oval, flattened, tip somewhat pointed, hard, split in two, it's green. Seeds oval, flat glossy as velvet, the color brown. This plant can be propagated by seed or stem cuttings.

This plant can be used to treat arthritis, back pain, fever, abdominal pain, abdominal edema water, urine substandard, scabies, sore gums, worms, and spermatorea. Parts used are the leaves and roots. The leaves of this plant has a weak smell, taste slightly brown. Chemical constituents contained in plant leaf Percufine flower include saponins, flavonoida, tannin, potassium salts, and silicates. While the roots contain saponin, flavonoida, and polyphenols.

The results Tryphaena Fenny Gowinda, Fak. Pharmaceutical Univ. Widya Mandala, 1992, states that the decoction of leaves and leaf cat whiskers Landep given to white mice showed increased urine spending significantly. Between the leaves stew Landep konsenttasi 20%, 40%, and cat whiskers leaf stew concentration of 10%, 40% showed no significant difference. Meanwhile, Sudarmono of the Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University, 1990, states that the concentration of leaf infusion Landep higher risk of kidney stones solubility of calcium and potassium in vitro, the more soluble materials, except for calcium, the highest concentration of 7.5%.

Turkey Berry (Solanum torfum Swartz)

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Turkey berry plant is a shrub that is often found growing wild in the embankment, garden, or in the yard. The plant was thought to have come from the United States and spread throughout the tropical regions of the world. In Indonesia, this plant is known by the name "Tekokak" or "Terung pipit" Besides being used as a medicinal plant, the Indonesian people consume more Turky berries as vegetables.

This plant grows in areas with at least 1000 mm rainfall per year and able to survive to a height of 2000 m. Turkey berry is a small shrub, growing upright with a height of 1-3 meters. Leaves single, located intermittently, shape broad ovate, 6-30 cm long leaves, pointed, grooved edge pinnate, light green color and has a stalk rather long-haired, often with a few thorns paste. Flowers have 5 petals green, trumpet-shaped with a single crown fork five, white with colored slightly yellow bone line. The young fruit is light green, if the old dark green fade black, sleek and diameter of approximately 1 cm.

Turkey berry plant have a characteristic spicy flavor, cool, and somewhat toxic. Furthermore, the plant is also able to expedite the circulation, remove blood clots, relieve pain (analgesic) and eliminate the cough (antitussive). This plant contains chlorogenin, sisalogenone, torvogenin, vitamin A, neo - chlorogenine, panicolugenin, and jurubine.

This nutritious plant to treat stomach pain, toothache, cataracts, do not come menstruation, hemorrhoids, breast inflammation, influenza, heat in, swelling, ulcers, ulceration, pain, high uric acid, bone loss, heart palpitations, neutralize poison in the body, blood circulation.

For external use using fresh leaves that have been washed, and finely ground and then placed on the sick. While in use in, used Turkey 10-15 grams or 30-60 grams of dried berries fresh herbs, boiled with enough water to boil and then drink the water and the fruit eaten.

Meanwhile, Turkey berry can be used as a contraceptive for the fruit and leaves contain steroidal alkaloid type solasodin 0.84%, which is the raw material of sex hormones for contraception. According Suriawiria (2004), content in the seeds and slime solasodin Turkey berry fruit reached 5.5 percent. Men can consume more or less continuously for 45 days for sperm can not be fertile. However, fertile sperm will come back if you stop taking Turkey berry.

Treatment of fracture accidents using medicinal plants

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Physical clash between the body with other objects can cause broken bones or fractured bones in certain sections. Therefore, these injuries require help for every stage of the repair or return to its original state.

In this accident are usually divided into two conditions, namely the condition of fractures or cracks are accompanied by bleeding and a broken bone or fracture without bleeding. Relief is given will be very different to both conditions. Victims usually do not realize, but there are also some in the conscious condition.

The first step is to see the condition of victim assistance, is there any bleeding or broken bones. If there is bleeding, try to stop it. Protect the injured part by attaching the wood a little long for not much impact or movement. Next give the concoction of medicinal plants which are pain relief, anti-bleeding, and anti-swelling. Take care as soon as possible to where the next victim. The goal for return of bone fracture back to its home position, either through surgery with the aid and medical workers and to the treatment of bone non-medical.

Conditions that are not broken bones or fractured just usually is not accompanied by bleeding due to physical collisions that occur are not as hard as bone fracture. Handling is easier and shorter than aid for broken bones. Simply give concoction of herbs that are anti-inflammatory and pain reduction. Furthermore, to help further bring the victim to the hospital or place of non-medical treatments (alternative medicine).

First aid can be given is to use two kinds of medicinal plants namely cakar ayam (Selaginella doerdelinii Hieron) and Daun dewa (Genura segetum).

Getting treatment of fractures using cakar ayam are as follows:
a) Boil dry plant as many as 15 to 30 grams with 3 cups water.
b) Let the boiling water remaining half (1 ½ cups).
c) Drinking herb 3 times a day @ ½ cup.
d) It could also pulverized cakar ayam plants, then affixed to the broken bone.
Cakar ayam plants is anti piretik, anti-toxins, hemostatic, anti-swelling, and is warm. The reaction after the use of medicinal plants can reduce swelling, stop bleeding, and reduce heat.

Getting treatment of fractures using the daun dewa are as follows:
a) Take the bulb plants as needed (according to state cuts)
b) pulverized tuber crops and smeared on a broken part.
c) Try the broken body parts covered with these ingredients.
Daun dewa plant have anti-coagulant, stimulates circulation, stop bleeding, anti-toxins, and fever. This plant can reduce swelling from a broken bone suffered and recover quickly if the position of bone damage has been repaired.

Seven golden candlestik (Cassia alata)

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Seven golden candlestik is a type of large shrubs and many grows wild in moist places. Now this plant is often kept as a backyard or building shade. In Indonesia, this plant is often referred to as "ketepeng china". This plant thrives in low altitude of 1400 meters above sea level.

Seven golden candlestik is a shrub with a height of approximately 5 m. Stem woody, rounded, branching simpodial, dirty brown. Leaves compound, pinnate even, the child leaves eight to twenty-four pairs, forms a long rounded, blunt tip, flat edge, base rounded, length 3.5 to 15 cm, width 2.5 to 9 cm, bone pinnate leaves, short stem and green. Compound interest, the form of bunches, sharing five petals, three stamens, yellow, short patron leaves, orange, crown shape of butterflies, yellow. Fruit pods, long, quadrangular, ± 18 cm long, ± 2.5 cm wide, young green after dark brownish black. Aspects Seed three pointy, flat, dark green when young black. Roots riding, branched, round, and blackish.

Cassia alata leaves efficacious as a cure tinea versicolor, ringworm, scabies, constipation, intestinal worms, and canker sores. Chemical properties of this plant taste spicy, warm and insecticidal, relieve itching, laxatives, worming, medical skin disorders caused by skin parasites. Chemical constituents of cassia alata plants include: rein-emodina aloe, aloe-emodina rein-diantron, rein, aloe emodina, krisofanat acid, (dihidroksimetilanthraquinone), and tannins.

The part that is used as a treatment of this plant is the leaf. For example, to treat tinea versicolor. 1 handful of fresh Seven golden candlestik leaves and a little alum (or 1 tablespoon whiting) until finely crushed. Next rubbed on the skin of the sick, 2 x per day until cured.

Treat eczema and itching in a natural way

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Eczema (dermatitis) and itching is an allergic skin reaction characterized by reddish patches. Spotting can be further thickened. At an advanced stage, patches cause blisters or sores that remove fluid that causes scar a different skin color. Eczema is not contagious, but it is a hereditary disease. This disease occurs due to stress and allergies.

Avoid scratching the itch is a good move. In addition, the itching part covered with a bandage after being compressed liquid antiseptic. Nail hands and feet should be cut to avoid injury due to scratching nails, both consciously and unconsciously.

Itching is not recommended due to eczema bath as often as possible with warm water that has been given a medicinal plant that is antiseptic as well as avoiding food or other objects that trigger eczema or itching skin.

Prescription eczema treatment and itchy to use medicinal plants as raw material brotowali (Bitter grape), ketepeng china, neem, pacing, and sambang darah.

Treatment of eczema and itchy use brotowali plants (Tinospora crispa (L.) Miers).
Take a fresh brotowali rod as long as 20 - 30 cm, then sliced thin. Slices are boiled with 5 liters of water. The water is used for bathing or soaking. This is done as often as possible.
After a shower or bath with the decoction brotowali, itching on the body of the sick will be reduced. This is due to this plant contain properties relieve pain and anti-itch.

Treatment using ketepeng cina (Cassia alata L.)
Take a handful of fresh leaves ketepeng china, then add 1 tablespoon of alum or whiting. Pulverized ingredients until smooth, then rub vigorously on the skin of a sick 2 or 3 times a day. Do treatment until healed.
This herb has properties relieve itching and cure for skin disorders caused by skin parasites. Therefore, after the use of 1 or 2 weeks, are already visible changes in skin pain and itching would be reduced. If there are injuries such as eczema, will gradually recover.

Treatment using neem plant (Azadirachta indica Juss.)
Boil neem leaves a handful (60 grams) with 5 liters of water to boiling. Use the cooking water for a compress or wash the skin of the sick. If the water a lot, can also be used for bathing. The treatment is performed as often as possible until healed.
Neem plant is anti septic and relieve itching. Use of neem leaves as a compress or wash the skin very sick because it can help relieve itching and prevent infection.

Treatment using pacing plants (Costus species (Koenig) JE Smith)
Boil the roots and tuber crops are fresh pacing 60 grams to boil. Refrigerate until warm, then the water used to wash or compress the skin of the sick.
This plant is anti poison and itch reliever. After a compress or wash the skin of the pain, itchiness will be reduced. In addition, the stew of root and tuber crops can avoid the occurrence of skin infections.

Treatment using sambang darah plant (Excoecaria cochinchinesis Lour)
Take sambang darah leaves as needed, wash clean, then finely ground. Concoction smeared it evenly on the skin of the sick. Dressing with a bandage and do it often.
Plants sambang darah is suitable for the treatment of chronic eczema and severe and bloody wounds. Many users experience a benefit from this sambang darah leaf. This plant has a nature to kill parasites, anti-itch, and stop the bleeding.

Plants purslane (Portulaca oleracae)

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Purslane plants including dicotyledonae class and family Portulacaceae. This herb is an upland weed grows well in open areas or in the shade of other plants, which are often found on the sidelines of crops such as soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes and vegetables and other crops. Growth habitats ranging from lowland to 1800 m altitude above sea level.

Region of origin is Persian and has been used 2000 years ago. This plant is introduced to the USA and Europe, and throughout the world including Indonesia. All parts of young plant can be utilized, especially the soft leaves and stems can be eaten as a vegetable and salad. Protein content from 2 to 2.5%.

Purslane is the herb plants many contain water, grow upright or part / whole plant at ground level without creeping out the roots of the plants that crawl it. Round stalks with purplish brown color, length can reach 50 cm. This single-leaved plants, thick fleshy, flat surface, spread out or sit face to face, have short stalks. Breech ovate leaf shape, rounded tip curved inward, cuneate at base, flat edge, leaf length between 1-4 cm, width 5-14 mm, armpit hairless leaves. Color upper surface dark green leaves, while beneath the surface of dark red. Flowers is located at the end of branching, a group consisting of 2-6 flowers, leaves his crown number five, has small yellow, begin blooming in the morning between the hours of 08:00 to 11:00, and the flowers started to wilt in the afternoon. The fruit is classified as a box of fruit, seeds which have amounted to a large number of black-brown color is a shiny, propagation through seeds.

Purslane herb sour taste, has the nature antipyretik (fever), analgesic (pain relief), diuretics (urine laxative), anti toksi, sedatives (tranquilizers), lowers blood sugar, anti skorbut (cracked lips due to lack of vitamin C), cardiotonic (strengthens the heart), relieve swelling and blood launched.

Purslane herb contains chemical components that are beneficial to health, detected by 31 chemical components in the plant purslane, one of which is Omega-3 is an important chemical component (essential) and can not be manufactured (synthesized) in the body, but these chemical components can be synthesized by plants, algae and phytoplankton. This component can be obtained from foods derived from plants and animals. In addition to plant P. oleracea, there are some plants that also contain Omega 3 which is Salvia hispanica, Perilla frutescens, Linum usitatissimum, Vaccinium Vitis-idaea and Cannabis sativa. Omega-3 function is essential for human health as nutrition is a-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Pharmacological Effects of Omega-3 is to increase endurance, improve intelligence and as an antioxidant that may prevent cancer cell growth.

Purslane plants also efficacious anti-bacterial. From the research results prove that there is Laili Candrawati antibacterial activity of ethanol extract of purslane leaves on the growth of colonies of S. typhi in vitro. It was found the average number of colonies grown on Mueller Hinton media for each concentration of ethanol extract of leaves of purslane 100%, 50%, 25%, and 12.5%, respectively, are 60.25, 82.25, 146, 204.25. The results of analysis by ANOVA showed p <0.05, which means there is an average difference between test groups. On LSD test found significant differences between the test solution concentration of ethanol extract of leaves of purslane 100%, 50%, 25%, and 12.5%. The higher concentration of leaves of purslane (Portulaca oleracea), then the fewer the number of colonies of S. typhi were grown on Mueller Hinton media.

For the drug (oral), purslane herb widely used as traditional medicine, among others:
for the treatment of dysentery, acute diarrhea, acute inflammation of the appendix (appendicitis acuta), breast inflammation (mastitis), bleeding hemorrhoids (hemorrhoidal bleeding), body aches and pains (Rheumatism), vaginal discharge, urinary system disorders, jaundice ( hepatitis), intestinal worms and shortness of breath used seed / fruit, cold medicine, diabetes, influenza, herpes, liver, gonorrhea, venereal disease, anthrax, tumors, dental pain, stroke and improve intelligence, as a tonic, improving blood circulation, heart booster , bactericide.
For external, fresh herb as a medicine to ulcers, eczema, ulcers, erysipelas, burns, skin diseases, snake and insect bites.

Photos of Medicinal Plants 11

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Coleus scutellaroides L

Clitoria ternatea L

Portulaca oleracea L

Myrmecodia penden

Gynura segetum L

Jatropha multifida L

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Treating Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis) with Medicinal Plants

2011-03-29T23:25:00.000-07:00

Inflammation of the lining of the eye occurs because the eye membrane lining the eyelids and part of the eyeball so that the eyes become pink. Inflammation is caused by viruses, bacteria, or allergic to dust, light, smoke, and so forth. If the result of bacteria, the eye produces greenish yellow viscous liquid at night so hard to open my eyes in the morning. The reason, the dirt becomes stiff and upper eyelids stick with the lower eyelid.

Pink eye (conjunctivitis) from a virus usually produces a clear fluid and will heal within a few days. Conjunctivitis is not to interfere with vision. However, if allowed to drag on, the disease can cause complications in the cornea of the eye and transmitted to others.

Pink eye can also be caused by foreign objects entering the eye. If the incoming sharps will be very dangerous because it will damage the cornea. Therefore, these diseases need to be dealt with promptly and appropriately.

Treatment was first done of giving anti septic herb plants for washing eyes that are safe, anti-inflammatory, and compress the eye on the closed eyelids. If red eye due to allergies, a cold compress using a clean water.

Prescription medications pink eye can use the White man's foot and the Butterfly pea.

Recipe 1
Ingredients: White man's foot (Plantago major. L)
How to use:
a) take one crop of white man's foot
b) wash plant.
c) plants with a glass of boiled water to boil in pot soil.
d) leave it to the water remaining 1 / 3 part.
e) strain, and cool in the cooking water.
f) dropped into the cooking water to the eyes as often as possible.
White man's foot plant has anti-inflammatory properties and improve vision that will overcome the problems of the eyes, including pink eye.

Recipe 2
Ingredients: Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.)
How to use:
a) take 3-5 flowers of butterfly pea plants, then wash.
b) flowers are brewed with hot water ¼ cup.
c) Allow the water steeping until colored purple.
d) Put the water into the eye if it is cold.
These vines have anti-inflammatory properties. Therefore, when using it will feel a bit painful on the eyes, but gradually diminished and disappeared. Part of the eye was inflamed and red gradually decreased and returned to its original color in a few times of usage.

Butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea L.)

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Butterfly pea vine is a plant commonly found in the yard or forest edge. Plant members of the tribe of legumes is derived from tropical Asia, but now has spread throughout the tropical regions.

These plants include climbing herb, creeping or irregular with a woody rhizome. Stem long, slender and easy to be bent with 0.5-3 m long, hairy or bald, sometimes somewhat erect stem. Leaves pinnate with 5-7 strands, elliptical, oval, oval-lanceolate or nearly rounded, bare upper leaf surface, while the lower surface hairy. Flowers in axillary, single or in pairs, white or greenish white often with a blue or blue all the basic areas are often middle or greenish yellow, hairy thick, the edges sometimes ciliated. Ribbon-shaped oval pod, bald or with a mixture of stick and long hair very short hair. Seeds numbered 8-10, long round, oval or oblong-kidney, olive green, light brown or dark reddish brown with dark stripes or almost dark.

Butterfly pea is a plant of lowland tropical moist and slightly moist, but tolerant of dry season in tropical regions (with 500-900 mm rainfall). This plant grows in grasslands, open woodland, scrub, river vegetation and disturbed places. Butterfly pea growth best in full sun. Annual rainfall needs to be able to survive may be as low as 400 mm, but requires about 1500 mm (or with additional irrigation) to get the best production. Height ranges between 0-1600 or to 1800 m with an average annual temperature of 19-28 ° C.

Butterfly pea has the ability to adapt to the vast land (pH 5.5-8.9), but like the fertile soil and will grow by less well on sandy land barren if not given fertilizer. This is one of a small pea with a good herb that can adapt themselves to high clay in moist areas of moderate to semi-arid tropics and grows in meadows with a blend of irrigation, but it can not survive with high flooding or drought.

This plant is rich with a variety of chemical constituents are already known, as: saponin, flafonoid, alkaloids, ca-oxalate and sulfur. The content of the leaf is kaempferol 3-glukoside, triterpenoids. While the flower is contained delphinidin3, 3 ', 5', triglucoside, and phenol. Butterfly pea roots somewhat toxic in doses of light.

All parts of plants can be used as an alternative treatment, but the first was dried by air. This plant efficacious as laxative, blood circulation (leaf), inflammation of the eye (flower), poisonous roots, meridian lung, kidney, and spleen.

Treating poisoning with medicinal plants

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Poisoning caused by the entry of toxins into the body through air, food, or drinks. Poisoning can occur due to intentional or unintentional. Victims of poisoning should immediately be helped to avoid more fatal conditions such as injury, disability, paralysis, or even death.

Aid which must be performed on victims of poisoning are as follows:

Give a cool atmosphere for victims to put a good air circulation so the victim can breathe fresh air.
Give a fresh drink that much.
Keep the victim vomited his stomach contents or provide a stimulus for the victim to vomit.
Give a concoction of medicinal plants.
Give keep drinks fresh (white water) to reduce the concentration of toxins in the body.
If deemed necessary require medical assistance, immediately brought the victim to obtain further medical treatment in order to avoid a more serious condition of the victim.

Treatment of poisoning can use 2 types of prescription drug plants with raw materials consisting of a green coconut and Centella asiatica that are antitoxin.

Recipes 1
Ingredients: green coconut (Coccos nucifera L.)

How to use
a) Take young green coconut water.
b) Keep the victim of poisoning the young coconut water to drink as much as possible.

Green coconut is antitoxin and energy booster. Therefore, the poison will be neutralized with a way out while urinating or defecating after drinking green coconut water. In this way the possibility of toxins in the body can be reduced or even be wasted.

Recipe 2
Material: Gotu kola / Indian pennywort (Centella asiatica (L.) Urban)

How to use
a) Wash fresh gotu kola as much as 15-30 grams.
b) Boiled Centella asiatica with 3 cups water in pot soil.
c) Leave until the water remaining 1.5 cups.
d) Strain the cooking water, then drink half a cup 3 times daily 1 hour before meals.
e) Perform continuous treatment until healed.

After the use of gotu kola plant is expected to toxins will be neutralized by either simultaneously with urine because this plant is anti poison, fever,

Source ilustration : infofisioterapi.com

Iler plant (Coleus scutellarioides, Linn, Benth)

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This plant is known by the name of Coleus scutellarioides and included in Labiatea familia. These plants are usually planted in the garden as an ornamental or medicinal plants. This herb comes from Southeast Asia and are found in damp places and open, like on the edge of the ditch, dike fields or on the edge of rural roads at an altitude of 1-1300 m above sea level.

These plants include herb a year, grow upright or lying on its base, the part that touches the ground outside the root, height of 0.5 to 1.5 m, if all parts of the squeezed will release a fragrant smell. Have a rectangular-shaped rod receptacle and including the category of wet plant stalks break easily.

Iler single leaf, stem 3-4 cm long. Strands of egg-shaped leaves, base rounded or curved like the shape of the heart, pointed tip, serrated edge, bone pinnate leaves clear (a channel) shaped like a picture of nets, leaf surface somewhat glossy, smooth-haired, long 7-11 cm, a width of 3, 5-6 cm brownish purple to blackish purple. Flower-shaped garland layers, facing each other and appear at the top of the stem shaft. Iler flowers are arranged in loose bunches at the end or a branched panicle width, crown two-lipped with the lower lip hanging, white. Fruit hard, shaped like an egg and slippery.

This plant aromatic, slightly bitter taste, cold in nature. Efficacious as a laxative menstruation (emenagog), appetite stimulant, neutralizing toxins (antitoksik), inhibits the growth of bacteria (antiseptic), dilute blood clot, accelerate maturation of boils and the killer worms (vermisida).

Parts used for various diseases of leaves and stems. Stems and leaves contain volatile oils, phenols, tannins, fats, phytosterols, calcium oxalate, peptic substances, alkaloids, ethyl salicylate, methyl eugenol, thymol, karvakrol and minerals. The leaves are used for the treatment of hemorrhoids, delayed menstruation, vaginal discharge, fever, puerperal fever, diabetes mellitus, difficult bowel movements (constipation), impaired digestion of food (dispepsi), and worms. While the roots are used for the treatment of abdominal colic, diarrhea.

For drugs taken, boiled 5-15 leaves and drink boiled water. As for external use, leaves of this plant is milled until pulverized, then paste on the boils, abscesses, ulcers, festering wounds, headache, puerperal fever, and insect bites and poisonous snakes. In addition, this herb can be used as a poultice after childbirth. But remember, pregnant women are prohibited from drinking herb leaf stew slobber because it can cause miscarriage.

Treat of Animal Bites with Medicine Plants

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Animal bites usually cause injuries that will occur incision bleeding from animal teeth. Bites are dangerous animals including snakes, centipedes or scorpions. In addition to biting, the animal was also spread the poison to follow the flow of blood. The condition of the victim's body will slowly weakened by the poison began to spread. It would be fatal, such as paralysis or death, if the victim is given the help that one or less rapidly. In addition, the factor of malignancy or high levels of toxins from animal bite can affect the condition of the victim.

Handling the first to do if bitten by an animal that is not poisonous as follows:

Wash the wound with disinfectant solution.
Give the anti-bleeding drug
Bandage to avoid infection or exposure to dust.

Meanwhile, if bitten by venomous animals, which made the first step is:

Press or tie pulse on where the bite with a cloth or rope. The goal for blood exposure to toxins or can not quickly flow throughout the body, especially the heart and brain.
Drink lots of clean water for concentrations of toxic reduced.
If no abnormalities in the mouth especially the teeth of the rescuers, suction or suck the blood back and toxins at the site of the bite and spit back.
Place the victim in a cool and try not too many do not quickly move to the poison spread throughout the body.
Give the right medicine herbs.
If deemed necessary medical assistance, immediately taken to the doctor for the soul of victims immediately helped.

Treatment of animal bites can use 4 types of prescription drugs by using plants such as daun dewa, red ginger, sambiloto, and tapak liman.

Recipes 1
Material: Daun dewa (Gynura segetum (Lour) Merr.)
How to use
a) Mash finely tuber daun dewa 20-30 gr
b) Smeared herb into this part of the body that hurt.
c) Bandage with cloth.
d) If dry, replaced with a new concoction. Do it as often as possible.
Daun dewa is an anticoagulant (blood thaw frozen), anti-toxins, and stimulate circulation. Therefore, after the herb is useful eliminate heat, liquefy blood clots, stop the bleeding, and cleanse toxins.

Recipe 2
Ingredients: Red Ginger (Zingiber officinale Linn. Var. rubrum)
How to use
a) Mash red ginger rhizome 10-30 g.
b) Add 5 g salt
c) Concoction smeared on the body of the sick.
d) Bandage with a cloth.
e) Replace with new ingredients if they are dry.
Red Ginger serves to stimulate the emergence of ignorance of the body, the production of lymph, nerve, body toners, normal cell regeneration, and warms the body. Therefore, after using this herb, the pain will decrease, the fever subsided, the levels of toxins in the blood is reduced, as well as endurance and increases immunity.

Recipe 3
Ingredients: Sambiloto (Androgaphis paniculata (Burm. F.) Nees)
How to use
a) Chew sambiloto leaves 5-7 pieces.
b) Swallow the water and waste smeared on the body of the sick.
c) Can also be used by boiling 10 -15 sambiloto leaves with 3 cups water to the remaining half.
d) Drinking herb stew a little bit until they run out.
e) It can also be used with mashing ways sambiloto with subtle leaf tobacco.
f) Smeared a mixture of sambiloto and tobacco that have been pounded on the body of the sick.
Sambiloto anti-venom, anti piretik, anti-inflammatory, anti-swelling, fever, stimulating pagositosis (destroy foreign substances that harm the body), boost immunity, and increases the activity of the gland body. After treatment with sambiloto leaves, toxins in the blood is reduced, even to be neutralized. In addition, the normal body temperature gradually, the immune system, the bite wound is not swollen and not infected.

Recipes 4
Ingredients: Tapak liman (Elephantophus scaber L.)
How to use
a) Boil dry tapak liman 15-30 g with 3 cups water in pot soil.
b) Allow the water to the remaining cooking liquid to 1.5 cups.
c) Let it cool, then filtered.
d) Drinking potions with a frequency of 3 x daily 1 hour before meals.
e) Make every day until cured.
Tapak liman have efficacy for fever, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, shed the urine, relieving swelling, and neutralizing toxins. After consuming the concoction tapak liman, toxins in the blood can be neutralized, diminished swelling, fever, reduced so that the salvation of souls of victims can be helped as soon as possible.

Tapak Liman (elephantopus scaber L.)

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Tapak liman included in the Compositae family of plants known as an easy to grow. This plant can grow wild in the lawn, ridge, sometimes found in large amounts, are in the lowlands to 1,200 m above sea level.

Plants are a lot of living in a place that is enough water. Enough with the seeds, tapak liman can multiply rapidly and flourish. Maintenance was fairly easy to maintain soil moisture and fertilizer base. In traditional Chinese medicine, tapak liman known as the plant that has the nature of bitter, spicy, and cool. In that country, this plant is called ku di dan and used for fever, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, laxative art, eliminating swelling, and neutralize toxins. All of these effects come from all parts of the plant.

This annual herb growing erect, hairy, with a large root, height 10 cm - 80 cm, stiff stems with long hair and tight, branched and furrowed. Gathered under a single leaf rosette forming, hairy, oblong leaf shape, round eggs elongated, curved and serrated blunt edge. Leaf length 10 cm - 18 cm, width 3 cm - 5 cm. The leaves on branching rare and small, with a length of 3 cm - 9 cm, width 1 cm - 3 cm. Flower shape bulbs, a lot, the color purple. Fruit similar to fruit elephantopus tomentosa L. Still one clan but from another type. Has a white flower color, leaf shape is oval rather slippery, have effects similar therapy, but fever-lowering properties and anti-inflammatory less potent. More often used in rheumatic and anti cancer.

Types of diseases that can be overcome with tapak liman include various inflammatory diseases, such as inflammation of the tonsils, influenza, sore throat, sore eyes, an acute inflammation of the kidneys and chronic, as well as inflammation of the uterus or vaginal discharge. To overcome this inflammation, the whole plant is dried, mixed with water and boiled. The water is filtered and drunk regularly every day.

Meanwhile, to cope with flatulence, hepatitis, dysentery, snake bites, a hundred-day cough, anemia, and others use some parts or whole plants. For example, for hepatitis, for fresh boiled with meat. Drink the water. For berries, whole plant, plus tofu and water, then steamed and eaten. Flatulence can be addressed with the cooking water tapak liman rod.

This plant has a characteristic taste bitter, spicy, cool. Pharmacology effects are: lowering the heat, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory, laxative urine, eliminating swelling, neutralize toxins. Chemical constituents in the leaves tapak liman is: Epifriedelinol, lupeol, stiqmasterol, triacontan-1-ol, dotria-contan-1-ol, lupeol acetate, deoxyelephantopin, isodeoxyelephantopin. While the flowers contained: luteolin-7-glucoside.

First Handling of Burn Injuries by Herbal Recipes

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Healing process is determined by the accuracy in the handling, giving the right ingredients, and proper follow-up care. In the first treatment must know the sequence of treatment steps so that the healing goes smoothly and perfectly. In addition, the helper must have knowledge about medicinal herbs so that patients can be given the right ingredients. Giving the right potion will greatly help in healing. not until the patient is given the potion that is not appropriate because it may cause more severe condition.

Scald is caused by heat from fire, heat cooking oil, hot water, or hot metal causing blisters on the skin, watery, or burns. First treatment given to this accident, including the following:

Give the victim cool atmosphere.
Keep the victim from the scene.
Chill the wound with a fan.
Clean the wound to avoid infection.
Protect the wound from impact or touched by other objects.
Give the right medicine herbs.

Prescription medications used for treatment of burns consisted of 3 types with the use of raw materials such as medicinal herbs, which are: aloe vera, centella asiatica, and mutiara grass.

Recipe 1.
Ingredients: Aloe vera (Aloe vera Linn)
How to use 1:
a) Cut the base of the leaves of aloe vera.
b) Leave to exit the mucus.
c) Apply aloe vera mucus in place of the sick until evenly as often as possible.
How to use 2:
a) Mash smooth aloe vera leaves to taste, about to close the burns evenly.
b) Collision and apply aloe vera on the affected part.
c) Dressing with a clean cloth bandages for wounds not broken and not rubbing against other objects.
d) Replace with new ingredients if dressing is dry and dirty.
e) Do until healed.

The reaction after the use of prescription 1, the wound was very cold and the swelling is reduced because the aloe vera has a cold nature and efficacious anti-inflammatory. In most cases, the use of aloe vera on the wound to remove stains or spots that left scars.

Recipe 2
Material: Centella asiatica (Centella asiatica (L.) Urban)
How to use:
a) Mash Centella asiatica fresh smooth taste, about to close the burns evenly.
b) Smeared ingredient to the affected part.
c) Replace with new ingredients if it is dry.

Centella asiatica is cool, while the efficacy of anti-infectious, antitoxin, fever, tonic, revitalizing the body, and revitalize the blood vessels. Centella asiatica will stimulate the growth of nails and hair, strengthen connective tissue by increasing the number of blood vessels and strengthen its network, and improving the supporting tissue of the skin (to improve skin layer).

Recipe 3
Ingredients: Mutiara grass (Hedyotis corymbosa (L.) Lamk.)
How to use:
a) Boil fresh mutiara grass to taste 30-60 gram with 6 cups of water.
b) Allow it to boil and water to live half-section (3 cups).
c) Wash or compress the body of the sick with herbs cooking water.

Mutiara grass has a sweet taste, slightly bitter, soft, neutral, and cool slightly. While the efficacy of its anti-inflammatory, diuretic, and the antitoxin so that the reaction after using this herb, heat and toxic blood circulation is lost and active again.

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Daun Dewa (Gynura segetum (Lour.) Merr.)

2011-03-18T23:26:00.000-07:00

This plant is classified as an annual shrub plant that has many names. Latin name is Gynura segetum, but people often refer to this plant by the name of daun dewa or beluntas cina and Chinese communities to name this plant san qi cao. There are some people call daun dewa crops to sambung nyawa plant, or vice versa. However, these plants were actually different species. Results of scientific studies of determination of both the crop plants by the Research Center for Biology - LIPI, Bogor, said that the scientific name of daun dewa is Gynura pseudochina (Lour.) DC, while the sambung nyawa plant is Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.

Plants that are said to have originated from Burma and China are classified in herb plants, with a height of 30 - 45, growing up straight, short trunk and soft, pentagon-shaped, oval cross-section, smooth-haired and purple-green. Young stems green, if a bit old branched lot.

This single-leaved plants, scattered around the stem, short-stemmed, rounded shape ovate to elongate, pointed tip, edges uneven, tapered base, pinnate leaves bones. Leaves mostly clustered at the bottom, somewhat rare in the tip of the stem, position the criss-cross. Both leaf surfaces smooth haired, white color. The color of the leaf surface dark green, light green bottom. Leaves about 20 cm long and 10 cm wide.

Compound interest is growing at the end of the stem, hump-shaped yellow (flower heads), hairy, calyx cup-shaped green, needle-shaped stamens. Seed, needle-shaped, about 0.5 cm long, brown. The roots of this plant is the root fibers, flaxen forming tubers as a food reserve.

Daun dewa for practitioners of herbal medicine is not foreign. This plant can be used in circumstances or in fresh and dried. Apart from leaves, tubers of this plant can also be used as a drug. Twin advantages of this plant is not only used as a drug, can also be as a vegetable in the form of vegetables.

Leaves and roots of this plant can be used as an anticoagulant drug (thin the blood clots), anti-inflammatory, wound shock, blood circulation, stop bleeding (coughing up blood, vomiting blood, nosebleeds), reduce swelling or lumps in the breast, and very effective for medication facilitate menstruation. Daun dewa plant also has a distinctive flavor and is neutral. Based on the results of empirical research and experience is known that this plant is anticoagulant, antikarsinogen, antimutagenitas and diuretics. It is also known that all parts of this plant can be used to treat breast tumors and burns.

Based on the findings of experts that the chemical constituents contained in daun dewa plant in the form of compounds such as flavonoids, phenolic acid, chlorogenic acid, kafeat acid, p-kumarat acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid and vanillic acid. Gynecology and the benefits of flavonoids compounds, saponins, and essential oils is indicated to reduce blood cholesterol. Essential oils in plants is thought to stimulate blood circulation, is also analgesic and anti-inflammatory. Essential oils and flavonoids also act as antiseptic. Other compounds contained in the daun dewa are alkaloids, tannins and polyphenols.

The Content of Substance and Efficacy of Sarang Semut Plant (Myrmecodia pendens)

2011-03-17T23:28:00.000-07:00

Sarang semut plants is one of Hydnophytinae epiphytic plants (Rubiaceae) which can be associated with ants. These plants are epiphytes, meaning plants that attach to other plants, but do not live in a parasite on its host, just as a place to stick.

In Indonesia sarang semut plants are found on the island of Borneo and Papua (especially in Jayawijaya. Tolikara, Puncak Jaya, the Pegunungan Bintang, and the District Paniai). In ecology, sarang semut plant spread of mangrove forest and the trees on the beach to a height of 2400 m above sea level. This plants most commonly found in pastures. Sarang semut plants are rarely found in lowland tropical forests, but more commonly found in forests and open agricultural areas with an altitude of about 600 m above sea level.

Test chemical screening of this plants showed that this plant contains flavonoids and tannins. Flavonoids are a class of natural compounds of phenolic compounds which are plant pigments. The function of most of the flavonoids in the human body is as an antioxidant that is very good for cancer prevention. The benefits of flavonoids among others, is to protect the cell structure, have a synergistic relationship with vitamin C, anti-inflammatory, prevents bone loss, and as an antibiotic.

In in vitro assays, it is evident that plants overcome the potent ant nests of cancer cells. Which proves the efficacy of it is Qui Kim Tran of the University National of Hochiminch City and colleagues Yasuhiro Tezuka, Yuko Harimaya, and Arjun Hari Banskota. Third person Qui colleagues worked in Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University.

In his research Qui Kim Tran using sarang semut plants weighs 2-3 kg, then extracted with various solvents such as water, methanol, and methanol-water mixture. They then grow three very metastesis cancer cells such as cervical cancer, lung cancer, and colon cancer. Each extraction was then given to each cancer cell. The result was amazing, Sarang semut plants have antiproliferasi activity. In medicine, proliferation means a very rapid cell growth and abnormal. Cancer does mean rapid cell growth and uncontrollable. Antiproliferasi means inhibit the process of cell multiplication.

As quoted Biology Pharmaceutical Bulletin, Qui Kim Tran and his colleagues said that the whole plant extract Ants Nest suppress human tumor cell proliferation. In a test that proved the effectiveness of EC50 reached 9.97 mg / ml in methanol extracts. This means that only a small dose, 9.97 mg / ml, Sarang semut plants extracts can reduce the 50% rate of growth of cancer cells. While the EC50 in the water extract 22.3 mg / ml methanol-water mixture, 11.3 mg / ml. The research confirms the empirical experience of many people who recover from cancer.

In addition to the Sarang semut plants also contain tocopherol. Tocopherol like vitamin E, which have an effect similar to an effective antioxidant. According to Prof Dr Elin Yulinah Sukandar, professor of Pharmacy ITB, tocopherol content was quite high. Tocopherol functions as an antioxidant and anticancer. He counteract free radical attack antidegeneratif way, he said. Compounds rich in vitamin E is also useful as anti-aging. When we consume a lot of fat and free radicals, in the presence of tocopherol will handle it, experts said Ahmad Sulaiman PhD. Doctoral nutritionist alumnus of University of Nebraska Lincoln was revealed, the role of vitamin E for healthy vital. He prevents unsaturated fatty acids, components of cell membranes from oxidation by free radicals.

In terms of consumer safety, scientific research has been done by Muhammad Ahkam Subroto, a doctoral graduate of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, has guaranteed the safety of this herb. Research proves it, the consumption of 3 times 1 tablespoon of ant nests per day plant is still very safe. The result of such research found Sarang semut plant LD50 figures very high that consumer safety is protected. Where the criteria of a good drug if effective dose away with the LD50.

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How the Efficacy of Sarang Semut Plants are formed?

2011-03-16T23:34:00.000-07:00

Sarang semut plants by scientific name Myrmecodia pendans therein is a plant that is used as a nest of ants. In it consists of a labyrinth of the ants as a burrow to conduct its activities. Although the plants are not unusual but the efficacy of treatment possessed extraordinary.

Sarang semut plants was first introduced in the interior of Papua, which is used as medicine by local residents in addition to the red fruit (Mahkota Dewa). This plant is cultivated as a mixture of pulp and also as a beverage in order to increase body immunity. In addition, many also use as a medicine for various diseases in the body. Efficacy of herbal owned characterized by the content of active substances such as antioxidants, polyphenols, and glycosides contained therein. All three of these substances help the human body to control a variety of deadly diseases. One of them as an immune stimulant to increase immunity.

Technically, immuno stimulant substances will help and protect the body's cells to perform the job properly. When the cell is operating properly, then the disease can be prevented cell disorders and treated. Disease cell disorder that most often received body is cancer. The content of substances that have indeed supported by the activities of ants in it where a lot of beneficial substances that linger in the plants. In ants, antioxidants serve as an important substance for the formation of colonies. In addition, as a stronghold for egg storage of the disease.

When viewed this condition is almost similar to the honey bee issued to protect their eggs. In the ant properties that appear most likely derived from the salivary glands of ants that interact with plants and a few other microbes.

In addition to preventing and treating cancer, sarang semut plants are also effective to help cure various diseases of heart problems, ambient (hemorrhoids), rheumatism, stroke, ulcers, kidney dysfunction and prostate. Even the stiff, smooth milk, migraine, paved the blood vessels, liver, and even restore sexual desire can also be taken of the efficacy of this plant. Plus herbal owned content can inhibit the enzyme xanthine oxidant that can lead to uric acid and free radicals. For diabetics this plant also became an alternative that must be tried. Because the content of substances produced by the ants will neutralize blood sugar levels.

Logically this is possible because the sugar into a main meal of ants and certain content owned by antibody against sugar compounds are very full. So naturally sugar opponent with a substance that is owned by ants through nest. Because even though the ants do not eat sugar diabetes

To get the properties of sarang semut plants is very easy. Cut into small sarang semut plants that have been mature enough. Adult size is pretty easy, at least greater than or equal to the size of a bottle of mineral water 1.5 liters. For the greater will be many more colonies of ants in it and the more beneficial substances also owned.

After the cut thin and small, dry in the sun to dry or can be inserted into the oven. From this dry piece of boiled about 15-20 minutes to extract the contents therein. After the cooking water can be drunk immediately or be given additional material to reduce bitter taste. Extract sarang semut plants can be drunk every day both as a medicine and prevention. In addition to the house in cut ants can also pack in powder form by grinding the dried pieces. The dose to one tablespoon boiled in two cups of water (400cc) to get a glass of boiled water. Dispose of waste and drinking only boiled water only.

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