Benefits of Kalanchoe Pinnata Pers

Duck bill in Latin is known by the name of Kalanchoe pinnata Pers. The leaves are quite thick, in addition contains a lot of water, also keeps a variety of chemicals that are beneficial to health.

A health site, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, said that bufadienolides contained in the bill has antitumor duck.

Research conducted, showed that the isolation of five bufadienolides of leaf duck bill has the effect of inhibiting the activation of early antigen Epstein-Barr virus (EBV-EA) in Raji cells which caused by the tumor.

Besides bufadienolides, duck bill which has slightly sour flavor, soft, and cool it also contains lemon acid, apple acid, vitamin C, alkaloids, flavonoids, quercetin-3-diarabinoside, and kaempferol-3-glucoside. Chemical constituents makes duck bill could be used for various treatments.

Duck bill in addition to antitumor also has anti-inflammatory properties, stop bleeding, reduce swelling, and accelerate wound healing. Chinese society is often used as an ingredient to a duck bill digestive problems, vomiting blood, and disorders of the ear or throat.

Later, the duck bill is also used to treat trauma injuries resulting from accidents, bruising, or bleeding. This is mainly due to the nature of the bill leaves the cold duck.

For asthma
Community in the Bahamas often uses cool leaves, called duck bill, to cope with asthma or respiratory disorders. Then, the tea drunk duck bill to address a burning feeling in the chest. Tea is also as an antibacterial for bruises or wounds on the hands. Actually, the part that is often used as a medicinal herb is the leaf.

However, not a few concoctions that use the entire plant duck bill. Until now there has been a result of side effects reported using the duck bill.

Even so, some literature suggests to not use these herbs in people who have disorders of the digestive function. As in some people with sensitive skin, use of herbs directly on the skin can cause itching or cause blisters.

Therefore, if you want to use as herb medicine duck bill, you should consult beforehand with the herbalist.

Some practical herb duck bill of Ir Winarto, an expert on medicinal plants, the following could be an option to resolve some complaints.

For external use:

Wound
Duck bill leaves to taste grated or ground. Add a little water and smeared on the body part injured. Replace every three hours.

Stomach churning
Some of the leaf blade dadap serep leaves pounded with some duck bill. Give a little water. Then the mixture was smeared on the belly.

Lowers fever
Pulverized leaf duck bill, then smeared on the forehead. Use twice daily.

Sores or bruising
Destroy 30-60 grams of leaves and then squeeze the duck bill. Add honey and drink. Time leaves affixed on the sick.

Inflammation of the outer ear
5-10 pulverized leaf duck bill, wring it out. The water is used as ear drops.

Tonsillitis
5-10 pulverized leaf duck bill. Take the water and use as a mouthwash.

Savor Carambola

Carambola (Averrhoa pentandra) have various properties to cure various diseases, such as:


Mumps
Take 10 young twigs following starfruit leaves and 4 red onions. Rinse and then finely ground. Smeared to a hospital.

Pimple
a. Take the star fruit to taste, washed and then finely ground, then squeezed with salt water as necessary. Use to rub facial acne. Do it 3 times a day.

b. Grab 6 wuluh star fruit and 1 / 2 teaspoon of sulfur powder, finely ground and then squeezed with 2 tablespoons lime juice. Use to rub facial acne. Do it 2-3 times a day.

Panu
Take 10 star fruit, washed and finely ground, add the sour seeds of whiting, kneaded until smooth. This herb is used to rub the affected skin fungus skin. Perform 2 times daily.

Meanwhile, for use in such a drink, it takes a special way.

Cough
Take a handful of star fruit flowers, a few grains of fennel, sugar to taste and 1 cup water. All materials are steamed for several hours, remove and let cool. Strain, then drink two times, morning and evening on an empty stomach.

Or, take the 25 flowers starfruit, 1 finger bells Intersection rhizome, cinnamon bark 1 finger, 1 finger rhizome kencur, 2 red onions, 1 / 4 handheld Centella asiatica, 1 / 4 handful sage leaves, 1 / 4 handheld rue leaves , 1 / 4 handheld leaf spoon, washed and cut as necessary, boiled with 5 cups water until the remaining 2 1 / 4 cup. Once cool, filtered boiled water, add a little honey. Drink 3 times a day, each 3 / 4 cup.

Whooping cough
Take 10 star fruit, washed and finely ground to powder, and then squeezed with 2 tablespoons salt water, then filtered. Taken 2 times a day.

Sprue
a. Take a handful of star fruit flowers, palm sugar to taste and 1 cup of boiling water until thick. After chilling filtered, use to clean and lubricate the mouth sores.

b. Take 2 / 3 interest handheld leatherback, washed and boiled in 3 cups water until the remaining 2 1 / 4 cup. After chilling filtered, then taken 3 times a day, each 3 / 4 cup.

c. Take 3 pieces of star fruit, red onion 3 eggs, 1 nutmeg young, 10 leaves sprue, 3 / 4 teaspoon fennel, 3 / 4 finger pulosari, washed and finely ground, kneaded with 3 tablespoons of coconut oil, squeezed and then filtered. Used for greasing the wounds caused thrush, 6-7 times daily.

Efficacy of fruits around us

Today's modern lifestyle influenced the daily life style of Indonesian society. One is the consumption of fast food or junk food. In this post I will explain the efficacy of fruits that may have been left behind by some of our communities who berungsi as a natural medicine or traditional medicine : Apples, Avocado and Banana

1. Apple
Apples contain lots of Vitamin B and C, minerals: Calcium, phosphorus, iron and chlorine.

Benefits of apple:

•  Reduces constipation or constipation, improves digestion
•  Reduce gallstones and artitis (rheumatoid arthritis)
•  Reduce cholesterol
•  Good for healthy gums

2. Avocado Fruit
Avocados are rich in vitamins B and C are also minerals: calcium, phosphorus also iron. Fat is also rich in fat is beneficial for the cardiovascular system.

Efficacy of avocados:

•  Nutritious high that contain a lot of fat, vitamins and minerals
•  Beneficial for reducing inflammation of the abdominal wall
•  Reduces inflammation of the digestive system

3. Bananas
Bananas are rich in vitamins B and C, as well as minerals such as calcium, sodium, magnesium and potassium.

Efficacy of bananas:

•  Good for children / adults who have problems with appetite and digestion
•  Bananas are ripe to reduce diarrhea
•  Good for reducing inflammation of the stomach and intestines
•  Bananas are high-energy foods due to high sugar content in it