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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HIV/AIDS virus

There are two parasite tree family, Loranthaceae and Viscaceae. Loranthaceae has 23 genus with 200 species of plants. Such as Dendrophthoe (21 species) and Scurrula (8 species). While Viscaceae has 26 genus (Flora Malesiana vol 13 [1997]).

In Java, parasite tree used to cure chicken pox, cow pox, diarrhea, hookworm, tumor, and cancer. In 1978 etnobotany research said, boiled water of dried sponger tea can be drink to cure womb cancer and some others. And in the 1980 they found that sponger from sapodilla tree can be used to cure breast tumor. Then in 1983 other research found that parasite tree of citrus tree, tea tree, and banyan tree can demolish tumor too. And after a year research found that sponger of tapak dara (Catharanthus roseus) leafs, can be used as alternative cancer medicine.

In Indochina, parasite tree leaf from Dendrophthoe pendra L. Miq. Species often mixed with tea, and used as flu medicine. While parasite tree leaf from Scurruls ghrscififolia species used to cure rheumatic, ulcer and to tightened teeth and hair.

People use the other species, Viscum Articulatum Burm. F that is boiled with a water and then being drunk twice a day to cure bronchitis symptom. In China whole part of Scurrula parasitica (other species of parasite tree) that has been dried up, used to strengthened kidney, and to ease uterus during birthing, strengthened backbone, reduce puffiness and alley backache.

Chinese also use parasite tree to cure liver abnormality and to stimulate hair growth. While Viscum Articulatum being used to cure tuberculosis.

What is inside parasite tree? Why it is so powerful as a medicine? Acording to Richter in Phytochemistry No. 31 (1992), parasite tree, Loranthaceae and Viscaceae contain of many flavonoid, like chalcones, flavanones, c-glycoflafonols, and flavan-3-ols.

Flavonoid it self has benefit to protect parasite tree from damage caused by ultraviolet ray and has responsibility to flower, fruit and leaf coloring.

In pharmacology, flavonoid has known as a anti-inflammation compound, antioxidant, analgesic, antivirus, anti HIV, prevent from heart poisoning, anti-fat over plus, stimulate body immunity and as a vasodilator, to protect from blood coagulating, anti allergy and anti cancer.

The existence of flavonoid supported by other substances that are also cfound in parasite tree, like praline, hydropoline, myoinositol, and chironosotils. While parasite tree of Loranthaceae family, assured contain a lot of tannin. This composite found in parasite tree because of gallic acid and catechin collaboration, that causes sufficiently high level of tannin inside parasite tree’s leaf and stem.

In pharmacology, tannin being used as diarrhea medicine, antidote, antivirus, anti cancer, and anti HIV.

Beside parasite tree sins to other plant, parasite tree has potentiality to be used as powerful herbal medicine. Like a people, parasite tree also has a good side and bed side.

Using Guide:

Parasite tree ingredient usually be put in container that made from clay, like cooking pot or jug. The using of clay referred to neutralize parasite tree’s poison.

that’s why we can’t use parasite tree by arbitrary. And can’t use it as easy as when we use another herbs.

Parasite tree ingredient can be boiled for several times (at least twice), because it quality would not be gone by just once boil. But advised, to only use 5 – 10gr for once boils. Keep no more than 10gr. Ask a fitochemistry or etnobotany if you’re not sure.

Guava (Psidium guajava)

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.

Recently tens of medical experts from the Faculty of Taipei is researching and developing the active compound that can hamper the HIV growth. Prof. Yang Ling Ling, head of the research team said, his team has found flavonoid compound from several plants that can hamper the development of HIV. One is guava. In the Chinese and Asia, Guava leaves already used in various traditional treatments.

As the cure for colitis, anti-infection, diarrhea, dysentery, ulcer and being used as anti-bleeding medicine. Guava / guajava fruit contains many essential oil, acid ursolat, oleanolat acid, acid guaja vermin, and vitamins A, B, C and several essential minerals. Especially its leaves, estimated to contain up to 9% eutenol, 3% resin, calcium and Oxalic.

The traditional medicinal plants literature write that guava’s fruit, flowers and stems can be used to decoct or infusum, diarrhea medicine or gestroenteritis (peritonitis, gastritis and enteritis), especially in children.

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