Patikan China (Euphorbia thymifolia Linn)

Because of the activity in the work, I just could to write again in this Alternative Health Articles blog now. In this opportunity, we didn’t yet continue discussions about urine therapy in this Alternative Health Articles, but we will discuss about Patikan China (Euphorbia thymifolia Linn) one of the drug plants that many of his benefits for our health.

Common name of Patikan China (Latin: Euphorbia thymifolia Linn) include Gelang Pasir, Krokot China (Java); Ki Mules, Nanangkaan Gede, Useup Nana (West Java); Jalu-jalu Tona (Maluku); Xiao lei yang cao (China); Makikitot (Philippines). This plant could be found in South-East Asia, China, and Indochina.

Patikan China was the small herb plant crawled, sometimes half of the stand, had hair, was gotten everywhere around grass in the page, around the field, the edge of the road on the places that were rather wet until the height 1.400 m. from sea level. The stick and his leaves were rather reddish, when being broken issued latex. The leaves are opposite, very small, oval, came face to face, his smell was fragrant. The flower was pink.

Chemical content of Patikan China are myricyl alcohol, ethanolic, taraxerol, tirucalol, kamzuiol, hentriacon-tane (roots); cosmosiin (stem & leaves).

With various contents of chemistry in Patikan China, so as this plant could cure various diseases like anti-inflammation, anti-oxidant, anti-herpes, dysentery, typhus abdominals, enteritis, diarrhea, bleed piles, cathartic, worms.

From Philippines, Nadkarni reports that the expressed juice of the powdered plant is given with wine as a remedy for bites of venomous reptiles and also applied externally to the bitten part. It is also applied to ringworm, and, mixed with chloride of ammonium; it is applied for the cure dandruff. Ridley says that the drug is an expectorant and is useful for coughs.

The Patikan China crop part that was used was all the crop part, fresh or dehydrated. The taste of Patikan China was rather souring, astringent, and somewhat cool.

Along with this several examples of the use:
For cure dysentery and bleed piles
How to use: 15-30 gram dry or 30-60 gram fresh of Patikan China, was boiled, drank.

For outside use:

Eczema, allergic dermatitis (skin diseases because allergy), herpes, very itchy on skin, abscess of breasts.

How to use: Fresh Patikan China was boiled to wash the area that was sick. Its latex was dropped for the spot in comea (micula).

Thus, this discussion about Patikan China in this Alternative Health Articles blog is finish. It is hoped could become the reference material for us who wanted to carry out alternative medical treatment (the back to nature) that secure and cheap. There is happy news, I now arrange permission to market my herb products such as pill, powder or dehydrated.

Thank you for your visit to my site. Good healthy and peaceful always.


Preferences:
- Indian journal of pharmaceutical sciences
- Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
- Department of Pharmacy, Ta-Jen Institute of Technology, Taiwan
- www.iptek.net.id
- tanamanherbal.wordpress.com

Temulawak (Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb)

Common names Temulawak (Latin: Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb) include koneng gede, temulabak, temu putih, false turmeric, giant curcuma, dilao, and shu kuat keung wong. Area Indo-Malaysia representing place where from this Temulawak disseminate to whole world. The present, this plant besides in South-East Asia can meet also in China, Indochina, Barbados, Japan, Korea, United States, and some states of Europe.

Temulawak represent plant have sham bar to highly till 1 m but less than 2 m, colored green or dark brown. The rhizome root of Temulawak formed finely and have strength branch colored dark green. Every bar having leaf 2 – 9 pieces with domed form lengthwise to lancet, color of leaf is green or purplish brown bright to dark, length of leaf is 31 – 84 cm and width is 10 – 18 cm.

Chemical content of Temulawak’s rhizome consisting of fellandrean, turmerol, volatile oil, curcuminoids, camphor, glucoside, foluymetic carbinol, and starch. Extract of Temulawak’s rhizome can cure adenoids, anorecsia, anti-cholesterol, anti-inflamasi, anti-pyretic, bile pain, bloody diarrhea, hepatitis, hypercholesterolemia, jaundice, nephritis, etc.

So, if You suffer one of the disease like is above mentioned, why not try Temulawak as alternative medication from nature?

Red Fruit (Pandanus Conoideus Lam)

Red Fruit is a kind traditional fruit from Papua, Indonesia. By Wamena society, Papua, this fruit is named as Tawi, Sauk Ekendi or Kuansu. The Latin name of Red Fruit (Buah Merah) is Pandanus Conoideus Lam, because Red Fruit plant is including Pandanus family with tree look like screw pine, high but plant can reach 16 m with highly free bar of branch alone as high as 5-8 m which tighten roots support at bar side under.

Cultivar’s fruit is elliptical with bud closed fruit leaf. Red Fruit by itself its fruit length reach 55 cm, diameter 10-15 cm, and weight 2-3 kg. Its color when reached matured moment is bright red, although in fact there is this plant type which bear fruit brown and tan brass.

To society in Wamena, Red Fruit presented for the food at custom party burn stone. But, there are also many exploiting it as drug. Traditionally, Red Fruit from former epoch hereditarily have been consumed, because its can cure many of disease like preventing eye disease, wormy, skin disease, and improve stamina.

Based upon result of analysis, chemical content of the Red Fruit consists of high nutrient substances. They are karoten (12,000 ppm), betakatoren (700 ppm), tokoferol (11,000 ppm), oleat acid, linoleat acid, linolenat acid, dekanoat acid, Omega 3, Omega 9, calcium, and Fe. They are active medicine compounds.

Betakaroten functions to slow down artery spots blockage. As a result, blood can flow to hearth and brain smoothly. They can interact with protein doubling antibody output. This can increase the number of natural cell killer and increasing to helpers and lymphocyte activities. One study found consumption of betakaroten 30-60 mg/day for 2 months caused body produced diseases free natural cells. Increasing such natural cells may minimize cancer cells production because it can neutralize carcinogens compound free radical which is known as cancer source.

Another function of the Red Fruit is as anti-carcinogens which is more perfect with the presence of tokoferol. This compound functions to increase body immune system. The Red Fruit which consists of high dozes of Omega 3 and Omega 9 is non saturated fat acid, easily digested and absorbed as a result metabolism can run smoothly. Smooth metabolism process will increase recovery process. Because body obtained protein supply to increase body resistance power.

The Red Fruit’s fat acid is also antibiotic and antivirus. They function to slow down and kill virus lipids membrane. In addition, virus is not given opportunity to develop new structure as a result regeneration can’t be performed. Due to its competence, it actively prevent and kill viruses. In addition, it also able to slow down and kill active tumor cells.

Based chemical content of the Red Fruit, its used to cure multi diseases medicine like antioxidant, blind, diabetes mellitus, eye disease, heart disease, high cholesterol, HIV/AIDS, hypertension, lungs disease, osteoporosis, powerless, rheumatic, skin disease, stroke, tumor/cancer, weakness, wormy, etc.

To get Red Fruit is easy. You needn’t came by self to Wamena, Papua, Indonesia. Now, Red Fruit have extract in the form of oil and soft capsule.

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Healthy with Centella Asiatica

Routine every day eat centella asiatica can make healthy your body. Various chemical content in this plant empirically as well as have been checked can be used to: Adaptogen, Alterative, Antiinflammatory, Cardiac, Carminative, Depurative, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Febrifuge, Hypotensive, Nervine, Refrigerant, Sedative, Skin, Soporific, Stimulant, Stomachic, Tonic.

This is one of the plant able to heal assortedly of diseases. So that in various place in Asia, this plant have come to eating as lalapan in their food menu. Including me. I every day eat some piece of centella asiatica’s leaf and my sigh like maag pain and my highblood decrease. Disease like influenza seldom light upon me. If you do not want to be busy, now a lot have tidy in the form of powder, capsule and also pill.

Centella asiatica is a small herbaceous annual plant of the family Mackinlayaceae, and is native to Sri Lanka, northern Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Melanesia, New Guinea, and other parts of Asia. Common names include Gotu Kola, Asiatic Pennywort, Luei Gong Gen, Takip-kohol, Antanan, Pegagan, Pegaga, Kula kud and Brahmi (although this last name is shared with Bacopa monnieri and other herbs). It is used as a medicinal herb in Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Botanical synonyms include Hydrocotyle asiatica L. and Trisanthus cochinchinensis (Lour.) In sinhalese (Sri Lanka) Gotu = conical shape and Kola= leaf.

The stems are slender, creeping stolons, green to reddish green in color, interconnecting one plant to another. It has long-stalked, green, reniform leaves with rounded apices which have smooth texture with palmately netted veins. The leaves are borne on pericladial petioles, around 20 cm. The rootstock consists of rhizomes, growing vertically down. They are creamish in color and covered with root hairs.

The flowers are pinkish to red in color, born in small, rounded bunches (umbels) near the surface of the soil. Each flower is partly enclosed in two green bracts. The hermaphrodite flowers are minute in size (less than 3 mm), with 5-6 corolla lobes per flower. Each flower bears five stamens and two styles. The fruit are densely reticulate, distinguishing it from species of Hydrocotyle which have smooth, ribbed or warty fruit.

The crop matures in three months and the whole plant, including the roots, is harvested manually.

Centella asiatica grows along ditches and in low wet areas. In Indian and Southeast Asian, the plant frequently suffers from high levels of bacterial contamination, possibly from having been harvested from sewage ditches. Because the plant is aquatic, it is especially sensitive to pollutants in the water, which easily are incorporated into the plant.

Chemichal constituents of centella asiatica are asiaticoside, thankuniside, isothankuniside, madecassoside, brahmoisde, brahminoside, acid brahmic, acid madasitic, hydrocotyline, mesoinositol, centellose, caretenoids, mineral salt (potassium salt nymph, natrium, magnesium, calcium, iron) bitter tannic and vellarine.

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