Herbal Remedy

Mangosteen has many benefits. Mangosteen peel contains 50 types of xanthone compounds. Xanthones are bioflavonoids which are antioxidants, antibacterial, allergy, anti-tumor, antihistamines, and anti-inflammatory.

Xantone compounds produced only by the genus Garcinia. Xantone able to inhibit several types of cancer such as liver, gastrointestinal, lung. Xanton in mangosteen peel too powerful to overcome the disease tuberculosis (TB), asthma, leukemia, as well as antiinflammatory and antidiarrheal. According to Dr. Berna Elya, researchers at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Indonesia, the efficacy xanton not only antioxidants, but also anticancer. Mangosteen peel extract is antiproliferasi to inhibit cancer cell growth. In addition, the extract also was apoptosis, destruction of cancer cells. Abroad mangosteen peel is used as a dietary supplement, antioxidant, and anticancer.

As a traditional medicine, since long time ago, people in many countries have used parasite tree/sponger to cure some diseases. As we can read from “Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1887)”. Sponger has known well by Indonesia people, especially in Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan Island. Beside parasite tree sins to other plant, parasite tree has potentiality to be used as powerful herbal medicine. to fight HIV/AIDS.

Guava (Psidium guajava) obviously can be used for alternative healing of HIV / AIDS disease. Research shows that the boiled water of Guava leaves is potential to impede, even kill dengue fever disease and HIV.