Traditional Medicine Herbs

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Of all the products for skin care out there have you ever wondered if there are effective medicinal herbs for skin conditions? Let's look at the ingredients in some of the herbal skin care products on the market and see what they are really good for. Balm of Gilead This is included in products designed to treat eczema and repair damage. It was not one of the traditional medicinal herbs for skin. Although it has a long history as fragrant cologne, there are no known benefits for the skin's health. Gardenia This is included in herbal skin care products designed to moisturize, although the oil is not known for its moisturizing abilities. Once again, it is prized for its sweet scent. Unfortunately, the scent is known to cause headaches, trigger asthma attacks and cause other adverse reactions. No benefits for this one either. Citric Acid This is not one of the traditional skin care medicinal herbs. Yet, it is found in numerous creams, some of which claim to be "ex...

(Centella asiatica, (Linn), Urb.) Sinonim : = Hydrocotyle asiatica, Linn. = Pasequinus, Rumph. Familia : Umbelliferae Wild herb, found throughout Indonesia, originating from tropical Asia. Prefers a slightly moist soil and getting enough sun or shade, as in grasslands, edge drains, rice fields, and so forth. Sometimes planted as ground cover plants in plantations or as a vegetable (as lalab), there are up to a height of 2,500 m above sea level. Centella asiatica is a chronic herb without stems, but with short rhizome and stolon-creeping stolon length 10 cm - 80 cm, roots out of every hump, much branched to form a new plant. Single leaf blade, long-stemmed around 5 cm - 15 cm-shaped kidney. Jagged edges or beringgit, with cross section 1 cm - 7 cm arranged in a rosette consisting of 20-10 pieces of leaf, sometimes a bit hairy. Flowers white or pink, arranged in essay form umbrella, single or 3-5 together out of the armpit leaves. Flower stalk 5 mm - 50 mm. Sm...

(Stachytarpheta jamaicensis [L.] Vahl.) Sinonim : S. marginata Vahl., S. pilosiuscula H.B.K., S. villosa Turcz., S. urticifolia Dalz. et Gibs., Verbena indica L., V. jamaicensis L. Familia : Verbenaceae. Horse whip grows wild in the street, terrain, and other abandoned places. Plants originating from tropical America can be found in sunny areas, is being, protected from sunlight, and at an altitude of 1-1500 m above sea level. Annual herb, erect, 20-90 cm tall. Single leaves, stemmed, where the deal. Strands of egg-shaped leaves, base narrow, pointed tip, serrated edge, clear surface grooved, 4-8 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, dark green. Compound interest are arranged in an elongated grain axis, like a whip, the length of 40-20 cm. Flowers bloom at different times, small size, the color purple, rarely white. Line-shaped fruit, seed 2. Needle-shaped seed, is black. For this type of Stachytarpheta indica Vahl., height reaches 2 meters, maintained as a hedge plant and d...

(Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Per.) Sinonim : Bryophyllum pinnatum, (L.f.) Oken. = B. germinans, Blanco. = B.pinnatum. Kurz. = Cotyledon paniculata, Blanco. = C. pinnata, Lamk. = C. rhizophylla,Roxb. Familia : Crassulaceae These plants originating from Madagascar, tersehar in the tropics. ± 1 m tall, kept in the yard or grow wild on the edge of a cliff, and roadside places where the land is rocky, hot and dry regions. Grows up to ± 1,000 m above the surface of trunked laut.Terna wet, thick leaf edge beringgit, contains a lot of water, leaves are oval or round shape length, the length of 50-20 cm, width 2.5 to 15 cm, leaf tip blunt, base rounded , surface bare of leaves, the color green to grayish green. Can be bred through the leaves (leaf buds in the notch-shaped notch at the edge of the leaves). Terms Grows a. Climate 1) Elevation 1 m - 2400 m above sea level 2) Annual rainfall 2.500 mm - 2.500 mm / year 3) Months wet (above 100 mm / month): 8 mont...

(Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.) Familia : Goodeniaceae Herba, fleshy. Stem climbing, fall, or crawl, sided, bald, fleshy, purplish green, chronic. Leaf-shaped pieces of leaf, shape oval, elongated oval, round elongate, length 3.5 to 12.5 cm, width 1 to 5.5 cm, tip blunt, spiky, short tapering, base rounded or rompang. Flat leaf edge, wavy or slightly toothed. Petiole 0.5 cm to 1.5 cm. Both sides of the leaf surface bare or smooth haired. Inflorescence with compound interest arrangement cup, 2-7 cups arranged in the order panicle (panicula) until panicle average (corymb), each plate supporting the 20-35 rates, length 1.5 - 2 cm, width 5-6 mm. Bouquet of flower stalk and bald or short haired, stalk bouquet of 0.5 to 0.7 cm. Brachtea involucralis in the line-shaped or blunt pointed, length 0.3 to 1 cm. Width 0.6 to 1.7 cm, bare, green or brown colored tip reddish. The crown is the type of tube, length 1 to 1.5 cm, orange or orange brass. Needle-shaped stamens, yellow...

(Excoecaria cochinchinensis Lour.) Sinonim : Excoecaria bicolor Hass Familia : Euphorbiaceae Generally, blood sambang planting in the garden as a living fence or medicinal plants, in gardens as an ornamental plant, or growing wild in the forest and in open fields in the space or less protected. Plants derived from Indochina was not like waterlogged soil. This upright growing shrub has a height of 0.5 - 1, 5 m, branching many, white sap and berracun. Single leaves, stemmed, leaf blade elliptic to lanceolate elongated shape, the tip and base of the spiky, jagged edge, pinnate leaves and protruding bone on the bottom surface, length 4-15 cm, wide 1.5-4, 5 cm, leaf color on the upper surface dark green, dark red and bottom surfaces. Young leaf color is shiny. Flowers out of the end branching, kecilkecil shape, the color yellow, arranged in a series of bunches, more male flowers than female flowers. Three pieces of fruit, round, with a diameter of about 1 cm. Easi...

(Stachytarpheta mutabilis, Vahl.) Sinonim : Strobilantes crispus, Bl. Sericocalyx crispus, (Linn.), Bremek. Familia : Acanthaceae Keji beling (Stachytarpheta mutabilis) is a type of wet trunked plants that resemble grass and cursory trunked upright. In Java This plant is widely available in rural areas that grow as shrubs. Trunk diameter of between 0.2 to 0.7 cm. Outer purple skin with green spots and if the parents turned into chocolate. Ngokilo leaves egg-shaped, serrated on the edges with a distance somewhat rare, almost invisible downy. Long strands of leaves (no stems) ranged between 5-8 cm (normal size) and leaf width of approximately 2-5 cm. This plant is easy to breed in the soil fertile, somewhat sheltered and in the open. 1. Terms Grows a. Climate · Elevation: 1 m - 1,000 m above sea level · Annual rainfall: 2,500 mm - 4000 mm / years · Month wet (above 100 mm / month): 8 months - 9 months · Month dry (below 60 mm / month): 3 months - 4 months · ai...

(Brugmansia suaveolens [H. et B.] B. et P) Sinonim : Pseudodatura suaveolens van Zijp., Datura suaveolens H. B. Familia : solanaceae. Cone-shaped mountain comes from Mexico and including poisonous plants. In Indonesia, generally grows wild in moist areas in closing the gap or used as live fences and ornamental shrubs. This plant can be found at an altitude of 700-2100 m above sea level. Robust shrub or small tree, erect, woody, branching, 2-4 m. high The tip of twigs with short hair very tightly. Strands of large leaves, stemmed, oval or elongate ovate, base obtuse or pointed, usually not at hand, pointed tip, grooved edge, pinnate, rarely hairy leaf surface, lower surface finely hairy, 9-35 cm long, 4 wide -17 cm. Single Flowers axillary, hanging, stemmed. Green petals, the shape of the tube. Trumpet-shaped crown, angled tube and Taju five short tapered, white or orange, smells good at night. Buni fruit lengthwise, no barbed paste, smooth-haired, 9-11 cm ...

Cakar Ayam (Selaginella doederleinii Hieron.) Familia : Selaginellaceae Including the division Pteridophyta, ferns are plants growing on the cliff, ravine, and places a cool, shady. Stem erect, height 15-35 cm, root at branching out. The leaves are small, length 4-5 mm, width 2 mm, oblong shape, tapered tip, flat base, the upper leaf color dark green, light green bottom. Leaves arranged on either side of the main stem , which resembles a chicken claw with scales. Curable Disease: Lung cancer, bronchitis, lung inflammation, Tonsilis, Cough, Scabby, hepatitis, abdominal edema, urinary tract infections, broken bones, rheumatic; PART USED: Whole plant, dry usage. USE: 1. Chorioepithelioma, choriocarcinoma, nasopharynx cancer, cancer lung. 2. respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia), tonsillitis. 3. Cough, hoarse, ulceration. 4. Hepatitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis (Shrinking liver), abdominal edema (ascites), acu...

(Clerodendrum japonicum [Thunb.] Sweet) Sinonim :C. kaempferi (Jacq.) Sleb., C. paniculatum L., Volkameria japonica Thunb. Familia :Verbenaceae. Generally, pagoda flowers planted in the garden, yard, or on the roadside outside the city region as an ornamental plant. Molt shrub, 1-3 m. high The trunk filled with fine hair. Single leaves, stemmed, where the deal. Strands of egg-shaped leaves broad, base heart-shaped leaves, old leaves bercangap menjari, can reach 30 cm in length. The flowers are red compound interest, consist of small flowers that come together to form the pyramid, out of the end of the shaft. The fruit is round. Flower pagoda can be propagated by seed. Curable Disease: Nature and ussage bitter roots, nature cold. Pagoda flower root efficacious anti-inflammatory, laxative urine (diuretic), eliminating swelling, and destroy the frozen blood. Leaves taste sweet, sour, slightly brown, neutral in character. Leaves efficacious as anti-inflammatory and remove pus. Flowe...

(Helianthus annuus Linn.) Familia : Compositae Herba anual (generally short, less than a year), erect, hairy, tall 1-3 m, planted in the courtyard and gardens get enough sunlight, as an ornamental plant. Trunked plants including wet, heart-shaped leaves of a single, large flower / flower bowls, with a crown-shaped ribbon along the edge of the cup, yellow, and in between there are small flowers are tubular, brown color. Curable Disease: Hypertension, headache, toothache, menstrual pain, rheumatism, stomach pain, sore breasts, difficult childbirth, dysentery, measles, urinary tract infections, bronchitis, cough, Whitish, Malaria; PART USED: The whole plant. For storage: dried. USE: Interest: High blood pressure, reduce pain in headaches, headache, toothache, menstrual pain (dysmenorrhoe), pain stomach (gastric pain), inflammation of the breast (mastitis), rheumatic (Arthritis), difficult delivery. Seed: No. of appetite, lethargy, bloody dy...

(Gomphrena globose Linn.) Familia : Amaranthaceae Annual herb, height 60 cm. or more, hairy. Planted in the yard as an ornamental plant or grows wild in fields that get enough sun to a height of approximately 1400 m. from sea level, comes from America and Asia. Green stems reddish, hairy, dilated at the link branching, leaves are sitting face to face, stemmed, leaf shape ovate to elongate breech, with a length of 5-10 cm, 2-5 cm wide, tapered tip green haired rough at the top and smooth on bottom, white hair color. Flowers hump shape, dark red color purplefish, like a ball. (There are white) Asthma, cough, sore eyes, headaches, bad Mimpu; Pain fever, dysentery; PART USED: Flowers or whole plants, fresh or dried. USE: 1. Bronchial asthma, airway inflammation of acute and chronic (acute and chronic bronchitis). 2. Whooping Cough (Pertussis) 3. Inflammation of the eyes, headaches 4. Hot on the child, nightmares (night screaming). 5. Dysentery USE: 9-15 grams, boiled....

(Luffa cylindrica [L.] Roem.)) Sinonim : L.aegyptica Mill., L. pentandra Roxb., L. cattupincinna Ser., L. faetida Sieb. et Zucc., L. petola Ser., Momordica cylirzdrica L. Familia : cucurbitaceae. Generally, blustru planted in fields, on fences page as a vegetable crop, or grows wild in the bush, river and beach. Annual herb, the stem length can reach 20-10 m, climbing by tendrils (pembelit tool) that came out of leaf armpit. Single leaf, petiole 4-9 cm long, alternate location. Leaf blade ovate widened, curved fruit 5-7, base heart-shaped leaves, leaf bone protruding beneath, upper surface color of dark green leaf, green leaf color under surface of young, 6-25 cm long, width from 7.5 to 27 cm. Flowers unisexual, contained in one tree. Crown of yellow flowers. Fruit hanging or lying on the ground, cylindrical or spherical shape elongated, 10-50 cm long, with diameters of 5-10 cm, if it is old brown. The inside of the ripe fruit contained a tightly woven fi...

(Pluchea indica (L.) Less.) Sinonim : Baccharis indica, Linn. Familia : Compositae Shrubs or half-shrubs. grow tall upright to 2 m, sometimes more. Much branching, ribbed smooth and fluffy. Grows wild in the badlands and ugly, or planted as a fence. There are up to 1,000 m above sea level. Short-stemmed leaves, where the turns, round egg shape breech, melancip round tip, serrated bright green color. Flowers out at the end of the branches and leaf-shaped underarm or sit-handled flower bulbs, the color purple. Fruit longkah somewhat top-shaped, brown with white corners, Curable Disease: Body odor, appetite, reduce heat, scabies, tuberculosis; PART USED: Whole plant, fresh / dried. USE: 1. Eliminates body odor. 2. Digestive disorders in children and increase appetite eat. 3. Reduce heat, sweat bullets. 4. Scabies. 5. TBC gland neck (cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis) 6. On rheumatic pain, back pain (Lumbago) USAGE: 10 - 15 gr, braised. HOW TO USE: 1. Pencemaan d...

(Averhoa carambola) Familia : Oxalidaceae Small tree, reaching 10 m high with a trunk that is not so big and has a diameter of only about 30 cm. Planted as fruit trees, sometimes grows wild and is found from the lowlands to 500 m dpi. Trees originating from tropical America where it wants to grow is not shaded and quite humid. Carambola wuiuh have rough bumpy stem, branching slightly, leaning over him. Young branches smooth-haired velvety, light brown color. Leaves odd pinnate compound leaf form with 21-45 pairs of leaflets. Children short-stemmed leaves, rounded shape teiur to elliptic, pointed tip, base rounded, flat edge, 2-10 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, green color, lower surface light green. Inflorescence a panicle, berkelornpok, out of the trunk or large branches, small bungs star-shaped reddish-purple color. Buni fruit fruit, round-cornered oval, length from 4 to 6.5 Ern, yellowish green color, when ripe juicy lot, sour taste. Seed shape is oval, flattened. Taste the fruit acids,...

(Amaranthus Spinousus, Linn.) Familia : Amaranthaceae Thorn spinach (amaranthus spinousus) including type amaranth.Tumbuhan plant has a soft or wet bars, the height can reach 1 meter. As a typical sign of the spinach plant thorns of the tree trunk, precisely at the base of the petiole there are thorns, so that people know as duri.Bentuk leaves resemble spinach and green parts of the diamond. The flowers are hump-shaped flowers, light green or yellow. Spinach many wild thorn in the yard, field or on the streets of the village. Spinach thorn grows well in places where enough sunshine with temperatures between 25-35 Celsius. Curable Disease: Urinary Pus, urine is not smooth, bronchitis, milk production; Add Blood, eczema, boils, fever;... 1. Gonorrhea Ingredients: 1 piece of root (the cob) bayamduri, fennel pulawaras taste. Method: boiled with 1 liter of water to boiling and filtered. How to use: drink in the morning and afternoon 2. Peeing is not smooth I...

(Persea gratissima Gaertn.) Sinonim : = P. americana, Mill. Familia : Lauraceae Tree fruit from Central America, grows wild in the forests, many are also grown in gardens and in tananhnya layer yard loose and fertile, and not stagnant water. Although to be fruitful in the lowlands, but the results will be satisfying if planted at an altitude of 200-1000 m above sea level (asl) in the tropics and subtropics are a lot of rainfall. Small tree, 3-10 m high, steep rooted, woody stems, round, dirty brown color, much branched, stems finely hairy. Single leaf, stemmed from 1.5 to 5 cm long, dirty, crowded at the end of the branch location, the shape is elliptic to round eggs lengthwise, like a thick skin, a pointed tip and the base, sometimes flat edge upward slightly rmenggulung, reinforced rnenyirip, 10-20 cm long, 3-10 cm wide, young leaves reddish color and hair tightly, leaf color is dark green and hairless. The flowers are compound interest, androgynous, arranged in panicles that ...

(lsotoma longiflora Presi.) Sinonim : = Laurentia longiflora, (Linn.), Peterm. Familia : Campanuiaceae Plants that come from the West Indies are growing wild on the edge of water channels or streams, dike fields, around fences and other places which moist and open. Ki tolod can be found from the lowlands to 1100 m above sea level. Erect herb, reaching 60 cm tall, branched from base, white sap that tastes sharp and poisonous. Leaves single, sit, lancet shape, rough surface, the tip pointed, base narrowed, curved edges inward, until the curved toothed pinnate. Leaves 5-17 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, it's green. The flowers are erect, single, out of axillary, long stemmed, white star-shaped crown. The fruit is a bell-shaped boxes, duck, split into two rooms, seedy. Propagation by seed, stem cuttings or seedlings. Curable Disease: Toothache, asthma, bronchitis, sore throat, medicine for wounds, eye drops, medicine for cancer; PART USED: Leaves, flowers or whole plants. USE: Leave...

(Murraya paniculata [L..] Jack.) Sinonim : = M. banati Elm. = M. exotica, Linn. = M. exotica var. sumatrana Koord. et Val. = M. glenieli Thw. = M. odorata, Blanco. = M. sumatrana, Roxb. = Chalcas paniculata, Linn. = C. camuneng Burm.f. = C. intermedia, Roem. = Connarus foetens, Blanco, = C. santaloides, Blanco. Familia :Rutaceac Myrtle commonly grows wild in the bush, forest edge, or planted as an ornamental and hedge plant. Myrtle can be found up to ± 400 m altitude. Morphological variation is huge. What used to be planted to enclose the yard, usually a kind of small and dense leafy. Shrubs or small trees, much branched, height 3-8 m, the stem is hard, grooved, not spiny. Leaves compound, finned odd with young leaves 3-9,. alternate location. Strands of child-stemmed leaves, ovate shape breech or elliptic, the tip and the base tapering, flat edge or slightly beringgit, length 2-7 cm, width 1-3 cm, smooth, shiny, green wamanya, no smell when crushed. Compound flower-shaped ...