Safe Herbal Processing Plants

Herbs are available in the form of fresh and dry. The plant is used in diverse, ranging from roots, rhizomes, stems, leaves, flowers, until the fruit. For starch content and efficacious compounds in plants can be utilized, this medicinal plant parts should be processed first.

There are several medicinal plants processing techniques, ie by boiling, brewing, and make it as a powder. In the book Herbal Efficacious and Scientific Evidence, mentioned when the boil herbal ingredients, the use of container is important to note. Containers of iron and aluminum are not recommended because of toxins released materials can pollute the herb is being created.

Tools to boil suggested is that anti-rust, clay, and glass. The second processing mode is by way of brewing, the herb is mixed with hot water without cooking process. This is typically used for home consumption of herbaceous flowers, for example rosella and fresh leaves.

Meanwhile, for reasons of practicality, the herb can be processed into powder form. The powder can be made from pure single plant or mixtures of several types of herbs.

According to naturopathy experts, basically the use of herbs can be tailored to individual taste. May be engulfed in the raw, juiced, boiled, or made soup. To reduce the bitter taste, can add honey or brown sugar.

Boiling is the use of herbal ways the easiest. According to expert, when aiming to maintain a healthy, simple cooking liquid may be consumed with no record of a history of certain diseases.

Simple herbal combination no longer enough if there are kelemhan in the body, either due to genetic factors or indeed a particular disease. In order to provide optimal benefit, the herb is consumed should be already in extract form and is measured dose.

Choose the wrong way can cause the plant herbal preparations are not working properly and properties are not felt. Therefore, you should carefully study the efficacy and side effects of some herbs. If necessary, consult the experts.

Herbs, Healthy Heritage from Past

Still to be one "barn" herbal world, in fact in Indonesian traditional medicine has not been considered in line with modern medicine. Also, not many doctors who practiced herbal medicine. Traditional medicine is also not yet integrated with the national health service.

According to expert, now the community still has the treatment paradigm. Each complaint is treated immediately, but the root of the problem is not searchable. Paradigm we should be modified, not treatment but to be healed.

Modern medicine aims to treat more symptoms of the disease, but does not cure the source. Unlike the case with herbal remedies that have a holistic approach between body, mind and soul.

Our bodies actually awakened by a unitary system. All are related. So if there is one part of the sick, the healthy side should be empowered, said the doctor who pursue herbal medicine (naturopathic).

The concept is applied in the science of naturopathic medical care to empower the body's natural function in the treatment, prevention, and improving health. The methods used are natural and non-invasive or without surgery, without synthetic chemical drugs, patient-oriented, and environmentally friendly.

Traditional medicine, according to expert, it must be consumed long term and does not give immediate effects such as modern medicine. Nevertheless, he said that remained the same healing effect.

Take for example meniran ( Phyllanthus urinaria ), which have effects such as antibiotics. He did not directly kill germs, but turn east gland that produces T-cells which is a natural killer germs.

However, herbal medicines should not be consumed in vain, especially when mixed with chemical drugs. Consumers also should pay attention to how to eat them the way of cooking.

Cinnamon Lower Blood Sugar

Fragrant aroma of cinnamon bark ( cassiavera ) makes this herb plants to be excellent as a flavoring cakes and drinks. These last few years, scientists have managed to uncover other properties of cinnamon, which lower blood sugar levels.

Cinnamon contains various chemical compounds, namely essential oils eugenol, safrole, also contain sinamaldehyde, tannin, calcium oxalate, resins, and tanning.

According to expert, cinnamon has a bio-molecular effects in the pancreas. Cinnamon contains a chemical compound called PTP1B is working to enable compound in pancreatic beta cells by activating that function to produce insulin.

Furthermore, insulin will open the door of the red blood cells so that glucose can enter and be converted into energy. People with diabetes type body sensitivity to insulin is reduced so that blood sugar levels remain high because they can not enter the cell.

PTP1B compounds will also work on alpha cell that helps the liver to produce glycogen. These cells convert sugar into glycogen, or energy reserves.

Unlike diabetes drugs directly reduce blood sugar, herbs such as cinnamon works by optimizing the function of organs that are still good. The increase in blood sugar levels just a symptom of the disorder of insulin. Its source is a pancreas problem. Therefore, the function of the pancreas must be repaired.

Natural Medicine for High Blood

High blood pressure or hypertension is closely linked to increased heart attacks and strokes. Causes of high blood pressure, among others, the hardening and blockage of arteries. Diseased blood vessels become narrow, so that the heart requires more pressure to pump blood to the blood vessels.

Some natural medicine that abortion can be reduced even treat high blood diseases, among others:


1. Salam Leaf (Syzigium polyanthum)
Benefits: reduce koesterol and high blood pressure, lowers high blood sugar levels.

2. Seaweed (Laminaria japonica)
Usefulness: normalize blood pressure, lowering high cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis.

3. Cucumber
Benefits: high concentration of potassium minerals useful for reducing high blood pressure, and is useful also to reduce kidney stones

4. Cantaloupe
Benefits: Same as cucumbers that are rich in potassium content, both to reduce high blood pressure and also good for kidney problems / bladder
Some fruits / plants that have the same content with cucumber / cantaloupe: peach or peaches, strawberries, raspberries, turnip leaves and wheat grass.

5. (Morinda citrifolia L.)
Benefits: reduce high cholesterol, lowers high blood pressure, lowers blood sugar levels

6. Meeting Black (Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb.)
Effect: circulation and dilute blood clot, neutralizes toxins in the body.

7. Garlic
Benefits: reduce high blood pressure and high cholesterol, destroying blood clotting

8. Onions
Benefits: Having the same benefits of garlic

Gratuitous Use of Herbal Medicine

People should be careful of the amount bid and herbal alternative medicine to cope with various health problems.

A lot of useful herb but has not been studied in clinical benefits. The use of various herbal medicines and can not be indiscriminate. What matters is that herbs are mixed with certain active substances.

One way to detect the presence of an active ingredient in herbal mixtures, among others, by observing the speed of benefits. Herbs are usually not efficacious in a rapid, if it happens, is suspect of the additional active substance. To guarantee the absence of additives, nutritious crops can be used directly.

However, it is still questionable amount needed to obtain therapeutic effects and are safe. He suggested the use of herbs should be in consultation with doctors who treat the disease these patients.

In order to get healthy sexuality and quality of life either by maintaining overall health. Healthy diet, regular exercise and adequate, avoiding bad habits like smoking, and adequate rest is key to maintaining blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels.

In addition, those who have suffered from disorders such as diabetes and hypertension regularly taking the drug under medical supervision. To maintain health, conduct medical examinations at least once a year if no specific complaints and disorders.

Collaboration Herbs and Chemotherapy

Many surgeons consider tumors combination therapy with standard therapy conventional nature in the fight against cancer has no role at all, even potentially affect the performance of anticancer drugs, tail output deteriorated.

The presumption is rationally related to the proliferation of herbal-based alternative treatment without going through scientific clinical trials. The rise of herbal products that can not be accounted for potential therapeutic and side effects does not mean that all natural products redundant. In fact, many plants that save tremendous therapeutic potential when dug through scientific research.

Call it the flavonoid-giver pigment plants, which contained extensive in plants and fruits. Flavonoids are also protectors against microbial and insect attack. Wide spread of flavonoids, varieties, and low toxicity indicates that we can consume large amounts of flavonoids without worrying bad impact on health.

Flavonoids have a big role in our body as a natural biological response modifiers. Many studies have shown the role of flavonoids to modify the body's reaction to the disease. Flavonoids can reduce inflammation (inflammation), control blood sugar levels, improve immune response against cancer, and protection against heart disease.

Levels and types of flavonoids vary in each type of plant. The combination of variety and quantity of flavonoids that can be used to treat various types of diseases.

With scientific research, we can understand and get information on mechanisms to modify the cellular and metabolic signals, understanding the dose and combination therapy best for certain medications.

Inflammation

Cancer is an inflammatory disease. When the body produces inflammation in response to injury or infection, will be produced substrate that can also affect the growth of cancer.

If there is chronic inflammation, such as ulcers caused by bacteria in the stomach, the consequences are not only triggered the cancer, but also triggers its growth.

Flavonoids play a role in the fight against cancer as: anti-inflammatory (anti-inflammatory), anticancer, by stimulating apoptosis (programmed cell death), antimetastasis (antipenyebaran cancer), Antiangiogenesis (antipertumbuhan new blood vessels), improved working chemotherapy, and reduce the toxicity of chemotherapy

With chemotherapy, solid cancer cure rate (solid) such as breast, ovarian, kidney, prostate, bone, and brain in adults 2.3 percent. The low numbers prompted resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs (multi-drug resistance). Membrane transport proteins ABCG2/BCRP1 lower intracellular concentration of chemotherapy such as ironotecan and doxorubicin.

ABCG2 protein is found in large numbers of stem cells in cancer. Proteins that trigger cancer cells to stem cells to initiate tumor growth pascakemoterapi. Inhibit ABCG2 substrate increases kemosensitivitas stem cells to cancer cells to chemotherapy and improve response.

Various types of flavonoids inhibit ABCG2. Collaboration variety of flavonoids such as apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, genistein, and kaempferol inhibited the growth of cancer cells in ovarian cancer in a study in vitro (80 percent cure rate). Flavonoids are potentially inhibit the VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor)-factor trigger angiogenesis (growth of new blood vessels in cancer.) Green tea has the potential to inhibit MMP2 (Matrix Metalloprotein 2) and MMP9 (Matrix Metalloprotein 9).

To obtain better treatment outcomes, the combination of flavonoids, green tea extract pure, and chemotherapy is an option that can be tried. The combination of natural therapy and chemotherapy gives better results because it works on different lines so it can kill as well as not giving an opportunity to grow the return of cancer cells.

Chemotherapy can kill cancer cells, but are powerless against the immunity to the drugs, nor has the potential to prevent the spread of cancer to other organs, including new blood vessel growth as a supplier of food for the growth of cancer cells.

To boost the cure rate, based on his best treatment option suppresses the growth of new blood vessels (angiogenesis), mitosis (cell division), and spread to other organs (metastasis).