Sambiloto an immunity boosting food

Because it implies merit increase endurance, and as an an immunity boosting food, sambiloto believed able to counteract HIV / AIDS. A company in the United States has patented this plant. In Indonesia, these plants were scattered everywhere.

Sambiloto included in the family or tribe of acanthaceae. Plant leaves and stems that can grow bitter at an altitude of 700 m above sea level. These plants often found in the yard of the house. In fact, this plant also grows wild in open places like fields, the sides of the street or in a deserted wasteland.

Sambiloto is an upright growing terna, with up to 90 cm high. Stems quadrangular and branching lot. These plants have a single leaf at each other face to face, 2-8 cm long and 1-3 cm wide. These plants also bloom throughout the year. White or purple, arranged in a series of clusters that grow on the ends of the shaft.

Sambiloto also has elongated shaped fruit until the ellipse. The length of the fruit is about 1.5 cm, 0.5 cm wide and the base and pointed tip. When the fruit is ripe it will be black and will be broken into four pieces lengthwise. This plant seeds flattened, small, light brown color.

Sambiloto an immunity boosting food

Sambiloto an immunity boosting food

Sambiloto have a typical content of a substance andrographolide. “typical substances named andrographolide is not like in other plants” said Ir. Winarto, owner Karyasari medicinal garden. In addition to this plant andrographolide also have substance panicolin content. “So based on two elements that substances named sambiloto Andrographis paniculata” said Winarto again.

Andrographolide and it was specific panicolin. Its main function is actually increasing endurance. Hence in the United States, sambiloto been patented as AIDS medicine and an immunity boosting food.

Makes a plant into a drug is not easy. Because to do with marketing and public trust. When we talk about clinical trials, most of all committed abroad. In addition to the large cost, skilled labor there a lot. Therefore, foreign companies dared sambiloto patenting as a remedy for increasing stamina.

Herbal Remedy for Various Diseases

Most of traditional medicine in Java, sambiloto taken as a material for the treatment of various diseases because he is an antibiotic. Materials are usually taken in sambiloto can stem or leaf. “Because this plant was seasonal. Leaves and stems can be removed at once and boil all the” added Winarto again.

Still according to Winarto, generally if we want to drink 2 cups a day sambiloto potion, then our immune system will increase and not susceptible to disease. How: 10 grams of dried leaves were given 4 cups water and boil until the remaining 2 cups water. Often we drink boiled least sambiloto depending on the circumstances of our bodies. When suffering from a serious illness, it can drink more that emergency. For cases sambiloto insect bites is very effective. Slightly crushed and dimamarkan to the affected skin bites, the itching in the skin will quickly disappear.

But, “Because it was bitter, for the mere prevention of the disease can have processed sambiloto 1 / 2 cup a day, do not need to 2 cups. Or if you do not like feeling bitter, you can swallow that sambiloto herbs in capsule form. Please, enter the course sambiloto powder of dried leaves into the capsule. But for people who have low blood pressure, drinking processed sambiloto will actually increase blood pressure to drop, “said Winarto warned. So be careful that you have low blood pressure.

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