Ketepeng Cina

Nama latin dari ketepeng cina ini adalah Cassia alata, Linn. Penyakit yang dapat diobati dengan daun Ketepeng Cina sebagian besar penyakit kulit antara lain Panu, Kurap, Kudis, Sembelit, Cacingan, Sariawan;

SIFAT KIMIAWI DAN EFEK FARMAKOLOGIS: Pedas, hangat, insecticidal, menghilangkan gatal-gatal, pencahar, obat cacing, obat kelainan kulit yang disebabkan oleh parasit kulit.

KANDUNGAN KIMIA: Rein aloe-emodina, rein aloe-emodina-diantron, rein, aloe emodina, asam krisofanat, (dihidroksimetilanthraquinone), tannin.

Benefits of Noni

Medical research on Noni started at least 1950, when the scientific journal Science reported that Pacific Noni fruit showed antibacterial properties against M. pyrogenes, P. Aeruginosa, and even E. coli are deadly.

Studies and research on Noni continues to be done by various research institutions and university. Since 1972, Dr. Ralph Heinicke, the famous biochemist from the United States began to conduct research about xeronine alkaloids contained in the enzyme bromelain (enzyme in pineapple), and then discovered that the Noni fruit also contains xeronine and precursor (proxeronine) in large numbers. Xeronine is one of the important substances that regulate specific functions of proteins and cells of the human body.

Weight Loss Diet Program - Quick and Effective

Obesity is a truly complex health hazards that may affect any individuals irrespective of age or gender. It can be a serious health problem that may in time prove itself a life-threatening disorder and put an individual suffering from obesity in a high risk for developing cardiac problems, cholesterolor diabetics. If you are overweight or you just wish to maintain your figure, weight loss diet certainly works best for you, if you can follow rigorously.

Analyze your emotional state

If you are really serious about your overeating problem and make a good control on it, you should first start taking a diary on your food habits. The diary can include three columns initially. In the first column, you write the name of the food you are taking. In the second column, you write the temptation that you have experienced before attaining the food and in the third column, you should write about the emotional satisfaction that you have derived after having the food. Now it is the time to compare between your short-term gratifications that you acquire immediately after having (or rather during having) and the long term impact that you actually gain in your health system. It will certainly help you to switch to weight loss diet.

Antanan or Pegagan (Centella asiatica)

 

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Spermatophyta
Class: Dicotyledone
Order: Umbillales
Familia: Umbilliferae (Apiaceae)
Genus: Centella
Species: C. Hydrocotyle asiatica asiatica & 

Pegagan (Centella asiatica)  

It is very often  considered as a plant pest in rice fields rather wet, so this plant is only in the cast or in the exhaust, but it turns out these plants can serve as a powerful drug. Medicinal plants originated from tropical Asia region, spread across southeast Asia, including Indonesia, India, People's Republic of China, Japan and Australia and then spread to various other countries. Commonly known name for this medicinal plant Centella asiatica is a leaf other than the horse's legs and Antanan.

Since time immemorial, gotu kola has been used for medicinal skin, nervous disorders and improve blood circulation. West Java community recognize this plant as one of the plant for vegetables. 

Local Name

Pegaga (Aceh), leaves hooves (Malay), antanan (Sunda), Gagan, Gagan, Rendeng (Java), taidah (Bali) sandanan (Irian) broken copper coin, buabok (UK), paardevoet (Netherlands), gotu kola (India), ji xue cao (Simplified)

Type of Centella asiatica

Centella asiatica is an annual herb that grows plants and flowers spread throughout the year. Plants will flourish if the land and the environment is suitable to be used as pennutup soil. Type of Centella asiatica Centella asiatica is often found is the red and green Indian pennywort. Centella asiatica, also known as red antanan antanan rock garden or as many found in the rocks, dry and open. Medicinal plants growing vine with red Pegagan stolon (geragih) and has no stem, but have rhizoma (rhizome short). While green gotu kola is often found in many areas paddies and grass on the sidelines. Place a green that is preferred by kola rather damp places and open or slightly shaded. In addition, plants like Centella asiatica or antanan there are four kinds of flowers antanan, antanan beurit, antanan antanan mountains and water. 

Contents

Centella asiatica is simplisianya known as Centella Herba contains asiaticoside, thankuniside, isothankuniside, madecassoside, brahmoside, brahmic acid, brahminoside, madasiatic acid, meso-inositol, centelloside, carotenoids, hydrocotylin, vellarine, tannins and mineral salts such as potassium, sodium, magnesium , calcium and iron. Allegedly triterpenoida glycoside called asiaticoside is antilepra and wound healing is remarkable. Substance vellarine is giving a bitter taste. 

Nature and Benefits

Medicinal plant Centella asiatica taste sweet, be cool, has the function of cleaning the blood, blood circulation, peluruh urine (diuretic), fever (antipiretika), stop the bleeding (haemostatika), increased neural memory, anti-bacterial, tonic, antispasma, antiinflammatory, hypotensive , insecticides, allergy and stimulants. Saponin which is inhibiting the production of excessive scar tissue (keloids inhibit)

Other gotu kola benefits of improving blood circulation to the arms and legs; prevent varicose veins and wrong; improve memory, mental and stamina, and decreased symptoms of stress and depression. Centella asiatica on research in rsu dr.soetomo surabaya can be used to lower blood pressure, not decrease drastically, so suitable for elderly patients. 

Processing

Most of Centella asiatica fresh vegetables are consumed, but there are dried to be used as tea, take capsules or extract to be processed into a cream, ointment, acne medication, and body lotion.

 

Source: wikipedia.org

Soursop Leaves Killer Cancer Cells 100 Times Stronger of Chemotherapy Drugs

Basically people soursop tree planting hope to reap the sweet fruit in days to come. Therefore rarely know the benefits of soursop leaves. It turned out that the benefits of its leaves is more useful, namely for the treatment. The experts found the active compound 'Acetogenins' in soursop leaves, which can help cure patients suffering from cancer.
Researchers at Osaka University in Japan's pharmacy school, Naoto Kojima in his research to discover and successfully synthesize compounds that have anti-tumor. Also Konima also synthesize compounds 'Murisolin' in soursop leaves that have a cytotoxic properties in human tumor cells with the ability of 105 to 106 times with adriamycin-drug chemotherapy
Indonesian researcher, Professor Soelaksono Sastrodihardjo PhD from the School of Biological Science and Technology of Bandung Institute of Technology also has proven efficacy soursop leaves it in his research. He along with Jerry McLaughlin of Purdue University, the United States has proved "Acetogenins' inhibits ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is the energy source didalan body, and cancer cells need a lot of ATP.
Acetogenins in and attached to the receptor cell walls and damage the walls of ATP in mitochondria. The impact is on energy production in cancer cells or tumors were stopped and eventually died of cancer cells.
And more amazing is Acetogenins very selective, attacking only the cancer cells have excess ATP. Compounds that do not attack other cells are normal in the body.
 

Hopefully useful.
 

Source: Magazine Trubus, Indonesia.