Amazing Flora For Your Health

Soursop (Annona muricata L)

2011-09-30T17:55:00.005+07:00

Soursop (Annona muricata L)

Soursop plants originated from the U.S. mainland. Precisely Central America and northern South America. Soursop is a plant species included in the (family Annonaceae).
Fruit Soursop (Annona muricata L) is one of the very popular fruit in Indonesia, maybe some of you also have to eat the fruit soursop. But behind the slightly sour taste, it turns out this soursop fruit contains a tremendous benefit.
Soursop plants in Indonesia is spread across most regions. Are often met with sweet soursop acid, commonly referred to as local soursop. While a productive high yielding varieties, the weight of large fruit, and has a sweet taste is soursop Queen (derived from the Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java).
Soursop among rural communities, soursop fruit is believed to cure various diseases, there are even some people who believe the myth that the soursop fruit is one of the food of the gods, so to memetiknyapun should not be indiscriminate.
The spread of the efficacy of soursop fruit is up to the ears of the experts at Health Sciences Research Institute, and they conduct research, but the result is very surprising, besides being a remedy for various types of parasites / worms, lowers high blood pressure, anti-bacterial, anti fungal and normalize the system nerves are not good. Apparently soursop fruit is nutritious kill tumor / cancer. (Beyond Chemotherapy: New Cancer Killers, Safe as Milk Mothers published by Health Sciences Institute). Actually, the efficacy of this soursop fruit has long been known by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1976, was never published because the only reason for the interest of the investigation.

Some of the benefits of soursop and Formula:
- Back Pain. 20 soursop leaves, boiled with 5 cups water to boiling until tinggal3 glass, drink 1 a day 3 / 4 cup.
- Hemorrhoids. Soursop fruit is ripe. Squeeze to take water as much as 1 cup, and drink 2 times a day, morning and afternoon.
- Infant Diarrhoea. Soursop fruit is ripe. Soursop fruit is squeezed and filtered to take water, drenched diarrhea in infants between 2-3 tablespoons.
Soursop Fruit Benefits:

-Fruit is ripe soursop (100 grams) can meet the needs of 13% dietary fiber per day (eat fresh).
The content of vitamin C-high soursop fruit, both to enhance the immune system and slow the aging process.

Soursop Leaf Benefits:
Soursop leaves contain a substance-annonaceuos acetogenins that have the ability to kill cancer cells, especially colon cancer, prostate, lung, breast, and pancreas without damaging healthy cells.
-How to cultivate that is by taking 10 soursop leaves, washed and boiled in 3 cups of water. Allow up to 1 cup water. Drunk in the morning and afternoon.
-Based on information from various sources also mentioned that the leaves of the soursop bermafaat treat ulcers, back pain, eczema. Soursop soursop fruit and leaves is useful to treat liver disease, constipation, urine bladder pain, gall stones.

2011-09-30T17:10:00.004+07:00

History and Benefits of Aloe Vera Plants

Aloe Vera or Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Milleer) is a kind of thorny plants originating from dry areas on the African continent. Tamanan Aloe Vera has been known and used since thousands of years ago because it has a property and its benefits are very unusual.

History is no mention that the ancient Egyptians already know the benefits of aloe vera as a plant for health since 1500 BC. It is so much benefit these plants, the ancient Egyptians called the Aloe vera plant as the plant of immortality!

Dioscordes (A physician at the time of Greece), said that if one of the benefits of aloe vera which has efficacy for treating various types of diseases. Eg sore throat, ulcers, hair loss, hemorrhoids, and skin bruises, chapped skin, and skin abrasions.

Ingredients Aloe Vera
According to available data, the plant Aloe Vera is one of 10 species of plants in the world's most sought after, because it has great potential to be developed as a medicinal plant and industrial raw materials.

Aloe Vera has a wide range of types. At least there are about 200 types of Aloe Vera is known. Of the 200 types are best used for treatment is a type of Aloevera Barbadensis Miller. This species contains about 75 types of substances that have been known to be useful and more than 200 other compounds that make it fit for use in herbal medicine. These substances include enzymes that aid digestion and reduce inflammation, all kinds of vitamins except vitamin D, minerals that are necessary for enzyme function, long chains of sugar to rebalance the digestive system; saponins which act as anti-microbial, and 20 of the 22 types of amino acids.

10 Various Benefits of Aloe Vera:

1. Detoxification. Aloe vera juice is a laxative natural toxins, but also contains various vitamins and minerals that help our bodies cope with stress in daily life.

2. Indigestion. Aloe vera is useful especially in cases of heartburn and peptic ulcers and irritable bowel. Aloe vera is known to soothe and overcome esophageal acid reflux.
3. Oral health. Aloe vera is useful for mouth and gum problems, especially in improving the deteriorating gums.
4. Skin care. Its function also eliminates acne, moisturize skin, detoxify the skin, removal of scars and marks, reduce inflammation, as well as repair and skin rejuvenation.
5. Diabetes. Half a tablespoon of aloe vera juice is given for 14 weeks was shown to reduce blood sugar levels by 45 percent.
6. Help bowel movements. Aloe latex contains anthraquinone glycosidesaloin A and B that are useful as a powerful laxative.
7. Maintain weight. Aloe vera juice has been used for years to lose weight.
8. Immunity. Aloe vera is full of antioxidants that counter free radicals to enhance the immune system.
9. Burns. Aloe vera gel can heal and repair the affected skin burns, including burns caused by sun exposure.
10.Anti Dandruff. Aloe vera can help reduce itching and dandruff. Aloe vera can also be used for treatment of hair before shampooing.

Sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata)

2009-07-08T19:02:00.003+07:00

Sambiloto found in many of the mainland Asia. Besides Indonesia, Sambiloto also in India, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia. Plant called latin Andrographis Paniculata Ness is able to live in the lush tropical area with a height of between 1 - 700 meters above sea level.

Sambiloto plant is a bush that has many branches leaved and height can reach more than 90 cm. Leaves Sambiloto small bottle green and white flowers. Sambiloto can also breed year round, with seeds and with the way stek stem. Multiplication with stek stem is also relatively easy to do. Do, choose a rod that has a slightly older leaves around 10 sheets. Cut along the stem is approximately 20 cm and plug in to the ground in the shade. Only in about one month, the plant has started in Sambiloto meet young leaves. Parts used for traditional medicine is that it leaves very bitter. Than the actual leaf, stem, flower and root of the drugs are also useful.

From antiquity to the present epoch.
Relief Sambiloto leaves was found in the Borobudur Temple also in the Ancient Book of the Javanese Rama Kawi around the 18 century. Mentioned Sambiloto nutritious Hanoman to treat the injured soldiers when the war against Rahwana.

In Indonesia, many people know Sambiloto of herbal medicine from herbalist, which is called by the name of herbal medicine “paitan”. Often people consume “paitan”, a blackish color fluids, and then expelled the bitter flavour with ‘beras kencur” drink. This mixture is known to drive a normal flu.

In addition to buying the herbal medicine from herbalist, people can also consume Sambiloto way boil leaves. The dry leaves is no less useful even now there are Sambiloto in the form of the dye. For those who do not hold with the bitter flavour, but would like to get a special property Sambiloto, can consume Sambiloto in the form of a capsule.

In line with the trend "back to nature", the stranger had a lot of cock Sambiloto property. Various studies conducted both in and outside the country, found that the bitter taste behind Sambiloto, are androgapholid active substance which is very useful for the treatment. India also has been know medicinal plants is even Sambiloto used to fight bird flu epidemic in India in the year 1919 and effective until Sambiloto got the nickname "Indian Echinacea".
In China, Sambiloto already in clinical testing and nutritious as anti hepapatoksik (anti-heart disease). In Japan, currently in testing for possible use as Sambiloto HIV drugs, and in Scandinavia, Sambiloto in use to overcome the infection of diseases.

Miscellaneous property Sambiloto.
Generation to generation, people have been using the leaves stew Sambiloto to prevent a cold or influenza, reduce fever, jaundice, and treat wounds. To treat wounds, people usually grind Sambiloto dry leaves, and sprinkle the wound with Sambiloto powder. In addition the bitter flavour of Sambiloto also be effective to mitigate diabetes.

According to that dr A Sidhajatra already tens of years in herbal medicine to provide patient-patient, is an herbal Sambiloto which has the effect of anti-infection / anti-inflammation is best among other medicinal plant. Diseases infection, especially infection in mucus or mucus network, such as influenza infection causes the throat, urine infection channel,”keputihan” the infection on women and ulceration, can be treated with Sambiloto.

In the form of a dry leaf stew, dr. Sidhajatra recommend doses of 5 gr, which is boiled with 2 water glass until remaining 1 glass for a day (drink 3 x 1 / 3 cup). If using fresh leaves, dose is about 30 pieces of leaf in the same way as leaves boil dry. In the form of extract, consume up to 1500 mg per day is still considered safe. "Based on my experience, in the form of extracts Sambiloto was evidently more effective the various disease inflammation / infection" the dr Sidhajatra add.

But dr Sidhajatra reminded that the use of Sambiloto to mitigate diabetes, must also be accompanied with a low carbohydrate diet and sugar. "If the consume only diligent Sambiloto but still wishes to eat, so dangerous," so the advice Sidhajatra dr.

Opinion from Paul W Halim from the practice in BSD City, Tangerang, very positive about Sambiloto. "On the Pair with others such as herbal temulawak, Sambiloto be more effective to treat respiratory tract diseases the top (ISPA). Sambiloto imuno also function as a stimulator, and herbal medicine for diabetics melitus, as well as appetite stimulation in children "the explanation of this Italian graduate doctors.

Sambiloto utilization in Indonesia.
Ironically, in Indonesia itself, the new Sambiloto the limited known among the ordinary people who consume herbal medicine. Because of usefulness, certainly better if we go back to nature with plants consume drugs Sambiloto, compared to consume antibiotics have side effects less well and the price is relatively expensive. And if the developed countries such as Scandinavia, Japan, China is using Sambiloto, of course there is no more reason why we as a country who produce Sambiloto does not consume it

Mengkudu-Noni (Morinda citrifolia)

2009-06-21T11:53:00.003+07:00

Mengkudu (Noni) already passed through various types of clinical testing for tens of years and have been consumed by millions of people around the world. If you want a herb that is safe and has been useful, Kapsul Extract Mengkudu is the best option.

A survey conducted by Dr. Neil Solomon of the 8000 Mengkudu juice users involving 40 doctors and other medical practitioners shows that the Mengkudu juice helps recovery some diseases, such as: cancer, heart disease, digestive disturbances, diabetes type 1 & 2, stroke, and several other diseases.
Mengkudu-Noni (Morinda citrifolia)

Medical research on Mengkudu (Noni) started at least in 1950, when the scientific journal Science reported that the Pacific fruit Mengkudu shows anti-bacterial nature of the M. pyrogenes, P. Aeruginosa, and even E. coli that kill.

Studies and research on Mengkudu continuously carried out by various research institutions and universities. Since 1972, Dr. Ralph Heinicke, famous biochemist from the United States began to conduct research on the alkaloid xeronine of the enzyme bromelain (enzyme in pineapple), and then find that the fruit contains also xeronine and prekursornya (proxeronine) in large numbers. Xeronine substances is one of the important functions of proteins and specific cell-cell human body.

1993, journal Cancer Letter reported that some researchers from Keio University and The Institute of Biomedical Sciences in Japan who do research on 500 types of plants claim that they find the substance of anti-cancer substance (damnacanthal) in the Mengkudu.

Daun dewa (Gynura pseudochina)

2009-04-08T16:49:00.002+07:00

Daun dewa (Gynura pseudochina (Lour.) DC) for medicine practitioners are not foreign. Plants can be used in this situation is still fresh and / or in the form of simplisia. Ganda advantage of this plant is used as medicine in addition, also the god bsia leaves as vegetables in the form of lalapan. There are some people call the plant leaf plant linked to the god of life, or vice versa. Determinasi scientific study of plants, both plants by Center Research Biology - LIPI, Bogor, said that the scientific name of the god is Gynura leaves pseudochina (Lour.) DC, and lives are linked Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.
Plants that they say comes from Burma and China this plant is classified in the terna, with high 30 - 45, to grow upright and have a tuber. In addition to leaf, plant tubers can also be used as medicine. At this time the plant leaves has been found god on the island of Java, has even spread to the island of Sumatra.
The leaves of the gods, including the tribe of Asteraceae, genus Gynura with the classification as follows:
I. Classification
Division: Spermatophyta
Sub-division: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledoneae
People: Asterales
Tribe: Asteraceae (Compositae)
Marga: Gynura
Type: Gynura pseudochina (Lour.) DC

II. The plant leaf morphology of the gods are:

1. Stem, short and soft, upright growth with high 30 - 45 cm, segilima shaped, oval cut, blond and smooth purple verdure.

2. Leaves, single-leaved, spreading stem girth, bertangkai short, rounded oval shape, beefy, fluffy, edge taper, bertoreh edge, taper base, pertulangan menyirip, green, long leaves about 20 cm and 10 cm wide.

3. Interest, the compound growth at the end of the stem, the form of a knob, furry, pod-shaped cup green, yellow stamen and needle-shaped.

4. Seed, needle-shaped, about 0.5 cm long, brown-colored

5. Roots, is the root of the fiber, flaxen tubers formed as a food reserve

III. Effect Farmakologi

Leaves and tubers from the plant leaves can be used as a deity antikoagulan drugs (clot-dilute blood clot), anti-swelling, injuries hit, smooth blood circulation, stop bleeding (coughing up blood, vomiting blood, nosebleed), reduce the swelling or benjolan on the breast, and very effective to accelerate cure period. Plant leaves also have a sense of deity and neutral characteristic. Based on the results of empirical research and experience in mind that this plant is antikoagulan, antikarsinogen, antimutagenitas and diuretic (urine peluruh). In addition, also note that all parts of this plant can be used to treat breast tumor and burns.

IV. Gynecology Chemistry

Based on the results of research by experts that the actual chemical in the plant leaves of which form of the god flavanoid compound, fenolat acid, acid klorogenat, kafeat acid, p-kumarat acid, p-hidroksibenzoat acid and acid vanilat. Gynecology and the benefits flavanoid compound, saponin, and indicated atsiri oil can lower blood cholesterol. Oil on the leaves atsiri alleged deity can stimulate blood circulation, and also be analgetik anti inflamasi. Oil atsiri and flavanoid also be as antiseptic. Another compound in the leaves of the gods is alkaloid, tannin and polifenol.

V. Benefits leaf of the god

(a) Fresh Vegetables (lalapan)
In the area of West Java use the ordinary leaves of the god as a friend to eat rice lalapan add taste to meals. As lalapan, good for digestion because it contains quite a lot of fiber, also as a preventive medicine and disease.

(b) As a drug
Based on the results of empirical research and experience that leaves the deity can be used as medicine. Some examples of recipes can be presented as follows:

Dengue fever
Ingredients: 30 grams of fresh leaves of the gods
Making way: boiled with 600 cc of water until the remaining 300 cc, and filtered.
How to use: drunk in a warm, 3 x 100 cc per day capsule or powder mengonsumsi leaves god @ 500 mg,

Rheumatic
Ingredients: 30 grams of fresh leaves of the gods
Making way: boiled with 600 cc of water until the remaining 300 cc, and filtered.
How to use: in the warm drink as much as 2 x 150 cc per day.

Luxated
Ingredients: 30 grams of fresh leaves of the god, 25 grams of meeting black and 25 grams temulawak
Making way: boiled with 600 cc of water until the remaining 300 cc, and filtered.
How to use: in the warm drink as much as 2 x 150 cc per day.

Keladi Tikus

2009-04-08T16:30:00.000+07:00

Some years ago the newspaper circulating in the virtual world scene aka the internet. Be a patient of breast cancer stadium can go through without the effect of chemotherapy and is now menyiksanya declared cured after mengonsumsi keladi mice (Typhonium flagelliforme). Keladi mice previously setenar herb is not like other Sambiloto, wild ginger and white, meeting buffoonery, and mengkudu. Name keladi mice taken from the name of foreign Rodent Tuber first in Malaysia. To find this plant is not difficult. This kind of taro plant height but only 25 cm to 30 cm, including plants, bushes like a humid place and not exposed to direct sun. Trunked plants grow much this wet in the open at an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level. Tunggalnya appear from the leaf base. The form of rounded leaves with the tip of the taper-shaped heart. Fresh green color.

Caladium tubers this mouse-shaped rounded average of nutmeg. Part in or outside the white tubers. To perkembangbiakannya, can use umbinya Anakan or tuber that grows from it. In the dry season, stem disappears. While in the rainy season, these plants appear again on the surface of the soil
tubers are hidden in the ground. Crown-shaped flowers small long white tails, similar to mice, where the name of rats given up. However, there are several types of flowers that have a red sheath. For this type are usually developed for ornamental plants silangan results.
Prof. DrChris K.H. Teo, Dip Agric (M), BSc Agric (Hons) (M), MS, PhD from the Universiti Sains Malaysia and also the founder of Cancer Care Penang, Malaysia in 1995 researching this plant, the results from the root extract is effective to keladi rat prostat cancer. In addition, Lam Siew Hong USM researchers said that from happening peningkatkan activity in blood antibakteri catfish. Cancer treatment institutions established in 1995 that has helped thousands of patients from Malaysia, the United States, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and various countries in the world. In Indonesia, the plant was first introduced by Patoppoi a retiree from the Department of Agriculture.
Savor this herb has been felt by his wife own a very tortured after undergoing chemotherapy, as if the world will end. Wife suffering from breast cancer Patopoi stadium Ill. After a given herb mengonsumsi Prof. Dr. Chris KH Teo, the effect is not felt sehebat chemotherapy first, and is undergoing chemotherapy can
up to 12 times, and now face aglow.

Keladi mice contain antineoplastik or antikanker can be nutritious as well as antivirus. Farmakologi this is the effect which the drug to overcome the main stadium of cancer information. The section is used for the treatment of whole plants. Start from the root (base), stem, leaves and flowers. Of course, the effect will be better when given together with other plants, such as Sambiloto, grass and pearl white temu. Extracts Typhonium flageffiforme clan other natural materials to help blood detoxifikasi network. This herb contains ribosome inacting protein (RIP), antioxidants and substances antikurkumin substances. Disable the RIP function of cancer cells, merontokkan cancer cells without damaging the surrounding network and block the growth of cancer cells. Substance antioxidants work to prevent the occurrence of damage to genes. While working as a substance antikurkumin
antiinflamasi / antiperadangan. This combination of natural activate mediators that produce the stimulated cells to strengthen the body's immune system to combat bersamasama cancer cells. Plants in China at this carefully by Zhong Z, Zhou G, Chen X, Huang P and of the Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanning. Research is conducted to know the effect farmakologis from Typhonium flagelliforme. Known that water and alcohol extracts of Typhonium flagelliforme have any effect to prevent cough, eliminate phlegm, antiasmatik, painkillers, antiinflamasi, and sedatif.

Sansevieria

2009-04-08T15:43:00.000+07:00

Sansevieria or tongue-law is a genus of ornamental plants is quite popular as a decoration in the house because this plant can grow in a little water and sunlight. Sansevieria leaves have a strong, sukulen, upright, with the end of the taper.

Sanseviera known as-law tongue plant because of the sharp. Sanseviera not only as ornamental plants, but also has benefits to enrich the hair, treat diabetes, hemorrhoids, cancer and violent. While fiber is used as a fabric. In Japan, Sanseviera used to remove the smell in the house room furniture.

Compared to other plants, has a distinctive Sanseviera absorb toxic materials, such as carbon dioxide, Benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene.

Sansevieria is divided into two types, namely the type of sweep to grow up with the size of 50-75 cm and short-leaved species in the form of a circle roset with 8 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. Groups have long leaves taper as the sword, and because of this there is a mention Sansevieria plant as the sword-pedangan.

This thick leaved plants, and have a uterus sukulen water, so drought-resistant. However, in wet conditions or lembap, sansiviera can mushrooming.

Sansevieria leaf color range old green, light green, green gray, silver, and white color combination of yellow, green or yellow. Flow patterns or lines that are on the leaf blade also varies, with some leaves the fiber direction, is not uniform, and there is also the zig-zag.

Specialties tongue has a power-law is a high adaptation to the environment. NASA research in cooperation with the ALCA have found evidence that the plant is naturally capable of reducing the pollution is.

Reviewed based on the type sansevieria have two types of the first descendants of the original sansevieria / species while the second is the type of contradiction / hibridasi that can be called with the type of hybrid sansevieria.

This form of hybrid sansevieria akan created with the physical character and different from parent or often called a hybrid species or hybrid sansevieria. Sansevieria mutation can also occur through the multiplication of stek leaves.