Tempuyung (Sonchus arvensis L)

Kidney stones can be formed from the accumulation of crystals in urine in the kidneys or renal pelvis. Often these stones are composed of calcium oxalate. The occurrence of infection or less regular urination may affect the formation of kidney stones. Sometimes the appearance of kidney stone occurs when levels of calcium in the blood rises abnormally, also if the parathyroid glands produce excess urine.

Kidney stones can cause inflammation, infection, bleeding, pain during urination, or urinating are not current. This small stone that tends to flow to the bladder through the ureter, usually followed by pain for the sufferer. If the stone is too large, then the treatment is necessary. Either with surgery or lithotripsy, which is a procedure that uses shock waves to disintegrate the stones. But the way in great need of cost is not cheap.

Tempuyung as an Alternative therapy

As an alternative to solve the kidney stones can be tried leaves of tempuyung (Sonchus arvensis L), which usually grow around the house. Green leaves are smooth with a little purple, wavy edges, and irregularly toothed. Near the base of the stem, toothed leaves and is located next to the hugging trunks criss cross. Wavy leaves hug the stem is a nutritious destroy kidney stones.

Contained in the leaves is quite high potassium content within. The presence of potassium makes the leaves tempuyung kidney stones scattered in the form of calcium carbonate, because the potassium will remove calcium carbonate to join the compound, oxalic, or veins which are constituents of kidney stones. The precipitate was finally dissolved kidney stones and washed out with urine.

Know Tempuyung

• Latin name : Sonchus arvensis L
• Family: Asteraceae (Compositae). There are 4 species found in Southeast Asia, namely S.asper (L) Hill; S.malaianus Miquuel; S.oleraccus S.arvensis L and L.
• Local name:Indonesia: Jombang (Java), lalakina, clay, rayana (Sunda)Other: She Niu tou (Chinese), Lampaka (Philippines), NH (UX) c (us) c (Vietnam)

Composition:

Nature Chemical and pharmacological Effect: Tempuyung bitter and cold.

Chemical Substances:

Tempuyung laktuserol containing oc-, P-laktuserol, mannitol, inositol, silica, potassium, flavonoids, and taraksasterol.

Total flavonoida content in the leaves tempuyung ranged 0.1 percent. Chemical constituents contained in the leaves tempuyung are compounds that dissolve in water, among which are a group of minerals, carbohydrates and glycosides (luteolin-7-O-glucoside and apigenin-7-O-glucoside). In addition, this plant also contain a small compound coumarin (scopoletin), flavonoida Commons (kaempferol), and aglikon.Flavonoida itself is a group of natural phenolic compounds synthesized by plants.

In early 1966, the antioxidant activity of flavonoida starting studied by the researchers. Besides functioning as antioxidants, flavonoida also acts as antibacterial, antiviral, and antimutagenik, as well as inhibiting the development of several enzymes.

The antioxidant activity of flavonoida has been tested by using peroxide on B-”PIDA. Flavonoida compounds can inhibit the enzyme oxidase and destructive right-su-peroxide activity mainly apigenin, Eri-odictyol, kaempferol, and luteolin.because of im, some plants produce flavonoida, including tempuyung, could be promoted as an antioxidant to control the excess uric acid concentrations (rheumatism / gout) and lower cell activity due to ischemia and superoxide in human tissues To be able to benefit tempuyung, by extracting tempuyung leaves. There are several ways untarred, among extracted with water by way of cooking two or three leaf clusters tempuyung with one liter of water.

Tempuyung (Sonchus arvensis L)

Pharmacological securities and Research:

1. Study on effect of water extract and alcohol extract of tempuyung leaves to the urine volume of rats in vivo and in vitro dissolution of kidney stones, resulting in the conclusion as follows:
   • tempuyung leaves is not clearly have a diuretic effect, but has the power to dissolve kidney stones.
   • kidney stones by dissolving power of water extract is better than alcohol extracts (Hardiyatmo Giri, Fak. Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University, 1988).
2. Before processing, flavonoid fraction ethyl acetate of tempuyung leaf could inhibit the hepatotoxicity of carbontetrakiorida (CCL 4) given in male mice (Atiek Liestyaningsih, Fak. Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University, 1991).

as a Herbal Remedy for Kidney Stone

To use it as a necessary herbal remedy, take five fresh Tempuyung leaves. Once washed, leaves smoked briefly. Leaves are eaten once discharged as a fresh vegetable with rice. In one day we can eat it three times in fresh vegetable.

Alternatively, 500 mg tempuyung dried leaves brewed with one glass of drinking water such as making tea. Steeping water is drunk as medicine. In one day we can drink it three times, until the kidney stone is missing.