SOURSOP/SIRSAK
Soursop, jackfruit Dutch, or durian Netherlands (Annona muricata L.) is a useful plant from the Caribbean, Central America and South America. In various regions of Indonesia known as sebrang jackfruit, jackfruit lye (Java), Walanda jackfruit, soursop (Sunda), jackfruit buris, sugar apple Java (Bali), boh Lona (Aceh), Durio ulondro (Nias), durian betawi (Minangkabau), "Nangko Belando" (Palembnag). The mention of "Dutch" and variations indicate that the soursop (from Dutch: Zuurzak, meaning "sour sac") imported by the Dutch East Indies colonial government to archipelago, namely in the 19th century, although it did not come from Europe.
Soursop fruit is not a true fruit, which is quite large in size up to 20-30 cm with a weight of 2.5 kg. Called "fruit" is actually a collection of fruits (fruit aggregate) with a single seed that coincide and lost boundaries between pieces. Soursop fruit flesh is white and has black seeds. The fruit is often used as raw material for juice drinks and ice cream. Soursop fruit contains a lot of carbohydrates, especially fructose. The content of other nutrients are vitamin C, vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 are quite a lot. The seeds are toxic, and can be used as a natural insecticide, as well as sugar apple seeds.
Benefits of Soursop Leaves For Treatment
- Treat a variety of cancers (cervical cancer, breast, prostate, colon, lungs and others). Soursop leaves efficacious overcome 7 cancer cells. Soursop leaves that have been neglected turns efficacious suppress cancer cells, because it contains active compounds Acetogenins. Acetogenins disrupt circulation of cancer cells by reducing the amount of ATP. This makes the compounds in soursop leaf is considered selective and choose only the cancer cells to be attacked. Not only effective, Acetogenins too powerful, a research proves that the leaves of the soursop kills cancer cells colon up to 10,000 times stronger than Adriamycin and chemotherapy.
- Adding immunity and prevent gout
- For men soursop leaf to increase the number and strengthen sperm
- Eliminate free radicals
History Behind the Benefits of Soursop Leaf
The
Dutch who first brought the seeds or seedlings of soursop to Indonesia,
although these plants asliny not from Europe but from the Caribbean,
Central America and South America. Annona muricata L Latin name of this plant include plants that have strong roots, able to produce healthy fruit. Privilege in this plant lies in the extraordinary leaves. As
already known soursop leaf is extraordinary that is able to inhibit the
growth of bacteria, helps inhibit gene mutations, helps inhibit the
growth of viruses, helps inhibit the development of parasite, helps
inhibit the growth of tumors, help merileksasi muscle, as an
anti-seizure, help relieve pain, able to suppress inflammation, lower
blood sugar levels, reduce fever, high blood pressure, strengthens the
nerves, helps nourish the heart, helps increase milk production in the
pregnancy, helps dilate blood vessels, kills worms parasait, reduces
stress, strengthens digestion and increase appetite.
LEAVES SENNA
Since 3500 years ago senna leaf has been used to treat the nobility and elite, and more popular when the plant is spreading to Europe. Since centuries senna leaves have been used as a drug to relieve constipation, diseases caused by the consumption of bad quality food.
If constipation persists will become toxic to the body. Because it contains components such as glycosides anthraquinon or sinnosida dianthrone, naftalene glycosides and hidroksianthrasen, senna leaves are often used to overcome constipation.
Senosida speed up the movement of digestion in the gut thereby increasing the volume of products of digestion and improve intestinal peristalsis so bowel absorbed water absorbed by the intestine and feces remained slightly mushy. Siena leaves are very effective in dissolving fats and toxins to rejuvenate the body, the effect will be felt 10 to 12 hours.
Among the benefits of senna leaf is slimming, cleanse dirty blood, reducing kolestelor, get rid of toxins in the body, reduce abdominal fat fade for the obese, to help the process of sewage in the body.
CANTELLA ASIATICA (PEGAGAN)
Centella asiatica is a wild plant that is widely grown in plantations, fields, edges of roads, as well as the rice field. These plants come from tropical regions of Asia, spread across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, India, the People's Republic of China, Japan and Australia and then spread to many other countries. Commonly known name for this plant is in addition gotu kola leaf of hooves and antanan.
Since ancient times, gotu kola has been used for medicinal skin (exp keloids), nervous disorders and improve circulation. West Javanese people know this plant as one of the plants to vegetables.
Composition of Cantella asiatica
Cantella Asiatica which simplisianya known as Centella Herba contains 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. Allegedly glycosides triterpenoida called asiaticoside is antilepra and wound healing that is extraordinary. Vellarine existing substances give a bitter taste.
Efficacy and benefits of Cantella Asiatica
Cantella asiatica taste sweet, it is cool, has the function of cleaning the blood, blood circulation, laxative urine (diuretics), fever (antipiretika), stop bleeding (haemostatika), improve memory nerves, anti-bacterial, tonic, antispasma, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive, insecticide , hypo-allergenic and stimulants. Saponins are no inhibit the production of excessive scar tissue (keloids inhibit occurrence).
Other benefits of Cantella Asiatica impressive
* Improve intelligence, mental ability, improve IQ and increase the ability of neural memory
* Heal wounds, which is a substance asiaticoside antilepra and exceptional wound healing. Its saponin is able to inhibit excessive scar tissue.
* Prevent and treat leprosy, tuberculosis, measles, tonsillitis, hepatitis, intestinal worms, fever, high blood pressure, hemorrhoids, liver, ulcers, nosebleeds and others
* Improve endurance and immune system
* Cleaning and improving blood flow.
* Streamlining urine
* Prevent varicose veins
* Reduce symptoms of stress and
Mengkudu (Morinda citrifolia) or keumeudee (Aceh); pace, bentes (java) cangkudu (Sunda); kodhuk (Madura); tibah (Bali) from the Southeast Asia region, belonging to the family Rubiaceae. Another name for this plant is noni (Hawaii), nono (Tahiti), Nonu (Tonga), ungcoikan (Myanmar) and ach (Hindi).
These plants grow in the lowlands up at an altitude of 1500 m. Noni tree height reaches 3-8 m, has a white flower head. The fruit is a fruit compound, which is still young and has a glossy green spots, and when the old white with black spots.
Traditionally, the people of Aceh to use noni as a vegetable and salad. The leaves are also used as an ingredient nicah peugaga which often appears as a mandatory menu iftar. Therefore, noni is often planted near homes in the countryside in Aceh. Besides noni is also often used as a medicine.1
General characteristics
Mengkudu/noni/Morinda Citrifolia tree is not so large, between 4-6 m high. trunk twisted, branchy stiff, coarse, and has a taproot that stuck in. The bark is grayish-brown or yellowish-brown kuniangan, split in shallow, not feathered, four bersegai its subsidiaries. Suklalu canopy of green all year round. Wood noni easily cleaved after drying. Can be used for supporting the Mengkudu thick leafy shiny. Noni leaf is face to face. Large leaf size, thickness, and single. Oblong-lanceolate shape, measuring 15-50 x 5-17 cm. The average leaf edges, short tapered ends. The base of the wedge-shaped leaves. Pinnate leaf veins. Hiaju shiny color, not fluffy. Short leaf base, measuring 0.5 to 2.5 cm. Fulcrum leaf size varies, triangular shaped width. Noni leaves can be eaten as a vegetable. High nutritional value because it contains vitamin A. that he can cure ambein. Flowers are arranged plural, round head-type inflorescence, stemmed 1-4 cm, grow in axillary fulcrum dealing with leaves that grow normally. Pansy flowers, petals white, funnel-shaped, the length can reach 1.5 cm. Stamens stuck in the mouth of the crown. Anthers berputing two. The flowers bloom from the petals shaped like bunches. The flowers are white, fragrant.Fruit compound, formed from would-fused ovaries and excrescence on the inside; fruit development stages following the interest that begins the process of expansion of the tip toward the base of the hump; 7.5 to 10 cm diameter. Compound fruit surface as divided into polygonal boundaries (polygons) are speckled and warty, which comes from the rest of the ovaries sole. Green color when mengkal, before cooking to a yellowish white, and finally pale white when ripe. Soft fruit flesh, composed of fruits pyramid-shaped stone with white flesh, formed from mesokarp. Fruit flesh contains a lot of water that smells like rotten cheese or goat odor arising due to mixing between capric acid (a fatty acid with ten carbon atoms), C10), caproic acid (C6), and caprylic acid (C8). Suspected last two compounds are active an
