Centella Asiatica

Centella asiatica is a lot of wild plants grow in plantations, fields, roadside, and rice dikes. These plants come from tropical regions of Asia, spread in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, India, China, Japan and Australia and then spread to many other countries. in Indonesia, this plant is also often referred to as Pegagan, daun Kaki Kuda and Antanan.

Centella asiatica chemical compound

Centella asiatica with simplisia name Centella Herba, contains of 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. Triterpenoida glycosides allegedly called asiaticoside an antilepra and as an extraordinary external wounds drug. Vellarine existing substances giving a bitter taste.(pegagan – wikipedia)

Centella asiatica plants possess anti-toxic, anti-infection and anti fever. Presumably this is the reason why our ancestors have been using this plant as medicine. The following folk medicine recipes use Centella asiatica to cure some types of diseases:

Measles

Material:

• 60-120 grams of Centella asiatica fresh leaf
• 2 cups water

How to make:
After being washed clean, boiled until the water left half. Once cool, strain and drink. Apply 2 times a day until the disease cured.

Hemorrhoids

Material:

• Centella asiatica 2-3 tree (roots, stems and leaves)
• 2 cups water

How to make:
After being washed clean, boiled until boiling. Strain when cool and drink 2 times a day each glass. Do it until the disease completely cured.

Swelling Liver

Material:

• 250-500 grams of fresh leaves of Centella asiatica
• 1 cup water

How to make:
Once washed, boiled until boiling. Strain when cool and drink 2 times a day for 7 consecutive days. And the above ingredients for a drink.

Blood Pressure

Material:

• 20 pieces of Centella asiatica fresh leaf
• 3 cups water

pegagan (Centella Asiatica)

How to make:
After being washed clean, boiled until the remaining 2 cups water. Strain when cool and drink 2 times a day each 1 cup.

Difficulty urinating

Material:

• 30 grams of fresh leaves of Centella asiatica

How to make:
Mash and put on the center

Good luck. Hopefully this article useful and do not forget to continue to consult and check into your personal physician.

Mengkudu (Morinda citrifolia)

Chemical substances of mengkudu

Nutritional substances

overall mengkudu is a food with complete nutrients. Nutritional substances that the body needs, such as protein, vitamin, and important minerals, is available enough inside fruit and leaves of mengkudu. Selenium, a mineral that is found in the mengkudu is a powerful antioxidants. Various types of compound in the mengkudu: xeronine, plant sterois, alizarin, lycine, sosium, caprylic acid, arginine, proxeronine, antra quinines, trace elemens, phenylalanine, magnesium, etc.

Terpenoid

This substance helps in the process of organic synthesis and recovery of body cells.

Mengkudu (Morinda citrifolia) Stabilize Blood Pressure

Anti-bacterial substances

Oxygen-active substances in the juice mengkudu can kill bacteria that cause infections, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Protens morganii, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Escherichia coli. Anti-bacterial substance that can also control the bacterial pathogen (death), such as Salmonella montivideo, S. scotmuelleri, S. typhi, and Shigella dusenteriae, S. flexnerii, S. pradysenteriae, and Staphylococcus aureus.

Scolopetin

Scolopetin compound as a very effective element of anti-inflammation and anti allergic. Anti-cancer substances that are on the mengkudu most effective against abnormal cells.

Xeronine and Proxeronine

One of the important alkaloid that contain in the mengkudu fruit is xeronine. Mengkudu fruit contain only slightly of xeronine, but many contain material forming (precursor) xeronine alias proxeronine in large numbers. Proxeronine is similar nucleate acid such as other colloids. Xeronine absorbed body cells to enable proteins that is not active, set the structure and form of the active cell.

part of mengkudu (morinda citrifolia) tree that are used for herbal remedy

Benefits of mengkudu

Fruit Mengkudu (Pace) contains Scopoletin, a compound that serves to set up blood pressure. When high blood pressure, help lower scopoletin. Conversely if the blood pressure becomes low, it will rise up. Beside as an anti antibacterial, this compound also set the serotonin hormone, which helps decrease the rate of worries and depression. This nutritious substances in the body’s defense system to improve. In addition to the above two substances, mengkudu also contains gum, malat acid, citric acid, and antiseptic compound. Mengkudu also has antiseptic and antibacterial pathogen that is Escherichia coli, Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus. Results of research showed the more mature then the substances-substances that are useful growing. Among the womb anthraquinone compound as anti-bacteria and fungi, turpentine works rejuvenate the body cells, dammacanthel that can prevent the development of cancer cells and the growth of abnormal cells in the pre-cancer stages. Fruit contain of 52% water also store a variety of vitamins, including askorbat acid, acid kaproat, kaprik acid and acid kaprilat able to prevent the free radicals cause cancer.