Thursday, May 24, 2012


turmeric, herbal medicine, as drugs are cheap and easily available,
Turmeric is a spice commonly used in cooking in the countries of Asia. Turmeric is often used as a spice in cooking a kind of curry, and is also used to give a yellow color to the dish, or as a preservative.  Pharmaceutical products made from turmeric, is able to compete with a variety of patent medicines, such as inflammation of the joints (rheumatoid arthritis) or osteo-arthritis with active sodium deklofenak, piroxicam, and phenyl butason with a relatively expensive or dietary supplements (Vitamin-plus) in capsule form. 
Finished materials products from extracts of turmeric dietary supplements in capsule form (Vitamin-plus) market and the industry is evolving. Dietary supplements are made from raw materials with additives of turmeric extract vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12, Vitamin E, Lecithin, Amprotab, Mg-stearate, and Kolidon Nepagin 90. 
 In medicine , tuber (rhizome) is older than one year can be used as a medicine, root (rhizome) of turmeric believed to cool the body, cleaning,

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

mangosteen, anthioksidan

Anthioksidan mangosteenSpace filling model of the antioxidant glutathione. Yellow ball is sulfur atom that provides antioxidant activity, when the red ball, blue, white, and gray represents oxygen atom, nitrogen, hydrogen, and carbon, respectively.


Antioxidants are substances that can slow or prevent the oxidation process
This substance is actually able to slow or inhibit the oxidation of easily oxidized substances even in low concentrations. Antioxidants are also suitable defined as compounds that protect cells from harmful effects of reactive oxygen free radicals when it comes to disease, free radicals can be derived from the metabolism of the body and other external factors. Free radicals

Friday, May 4, 2012

Ginger, folk medicine


Ginger, folk medicine

The traditional medical form of ginger historically was called Jamaica ginger; it was classified as a stimulant and carminative and used frequently for dyspepsia, gastroparesis, slow motility symptoms, constipation, and colic. It was also frequently employed to disguise the taste of medicines.
Some studies indicate ginger may provide short-term relief of pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting.[citation needed] Studies are inconclusive about effects for other forms of nausea or in treating pain from rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, or joint and muscle injury. Side effects, mostly associated with powdered ginger, are gas, bloating, heartburn, and nausea.
Tea brewed from ginger is a common folk remedy for colds. Ginger ale and ginger beer are also drunk as stomach settlers in countries where the beverages are made.
In Burma, ginger and a local sweetener made from palm tree juice (htan nyat) are boiled together and taken to prevent the flu.

Black Pepper As medicine

Black Pepper  As medicine
Like many eastern spices, pepper was historically both a seasoning and a medicine. Long pepper, being stronger, was often the preferred medication, but both were used.
Black Pepper (or perhaps long pepper) was believed to cure illness such as constipation, diarrhea, earache, gangrene, heart disease, hernia, hoarseness, indigestion, insect bites, insomnia, joint pain, liver problems, lung disease, oral abscesses, sunburn, tooth decay, and toothaches.  Various sources from the 
5th century onward also recommend pepper to treat eye problems, often by applying salves or poultices made with pepper directly to the eye. There is no current medical evidence that any of these treatments has any benefit; pepper applied directly to the eye would be quite uncomfortable and possibly damaging. Nevertheless, Black pepper, either powdered or its decoction, is widely used in traditional Indian medicine and as a home remedy for relief from sore throat, throat congestion, cough etc.
Pepper is known to cause sneezing. Some sources say that piperine, a substance present in black pepper, irritates the nostrils, causing the

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Garlic, natural medicine


Garlic has been used as medicine for thousands of years. For the health benefits of garlic have been very popular among the people since ancient times. In addition to the sexual stamina, garlic can be ascertained now also able to ward off the flu, eradicate stomach worms, treat rheumatism, and relieve insomnia. Also able to combat degenerative diseases.....

Angsana, (Latin: Pterocarpus indicus Willd), natural medicine


Angsana (Sono Wood or Wood Red) (Latin: Pterocarpus indicus Willd)
This plant is classified as a straight-trunked tree that grows easily in tropical areas like Indonesia, malaysia, thailand, brazil, amazon jungle

Monday, March 26, 2012

Aloe Vera, traditional herb medicine


Aloe Vera (Aloe vera: Aloe barbadensis Milleer) is a type of plant that has been known for thousands of years ago and used as a hair fertilizer, wound healing, and for skin care.These plants can be found easily in the dry areas in Africa.
Along with the advancement of science and technology, the use of aloe vera plant growing as the raw material of pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, as well as food and health drinks.

Red Fruit (Pandanus conoideus Lam), traditional medicine







Lam conoideus scientific name pandanus, a plant family of plants, including red fruit pandanus trees, but plant height can reach 16 meters high with its own branch-free trunk as high as 5-8 m of reinforced single roots on the stem side down.

Oval-shaped fruit cultivars with leaves covered with fruit buds. Red fruit of his own length of 55 cm, diameter 10-15 cm, and weighs 2-3 kg. The color is maroon red when ripe bright, even though there are plants that bear fruit is brown and yellowish brown.

Traditional herb medicine



Traditional herb medicine is the media who use the plant to the content of natural materials as its feedstock. Various types of medicinal plants that actually a lot that can be obtained in the neighborhood, like in the yard, paddy fields, roadsides, or in the kitchen as an ingredient or cooking spices.At first, the traditional herb grown in Indonesia of the need for an urgent supply of drugs at the time of

Noni Fruit, traditional medicine





Noni Fruit This plant grows in the lowlands up to an altitude of 1500 m. Noni tree height reaches 3-8 m, has a white flower head. The fruit is a compound fruit, which is young and has a shiny green spots, and when the old white with black spots.Noni origins can not be separated by the presence of the Polynesians who settled the Pacific islands. Polynesian peoples is believed to come from (Southeast Asia). In the year 100 BC,
the famous brave journey.  without apparent reason they crossed the ocean to leave their homeland. There is the impression of wandering on something and disappoint the intention to distance himself from his former life. After long wandering, they came around Polynesia, the islands in the South Pacific. The adventurer is immediately fell in love at the sight of the beautiful scenery, beach conditions, and the island.Interestingly, they seemed to have been preparing to move to another island. This can be evidenced by the number of plants and animals that come to carry,

Generic Medicine



medicine patent has expired, so it can be manufactured by any pharmaceutical company without paying royalties. There are two types of generic medicine, which is trademarked and generic medicine, also generic cure marketed under the brand logo which contains the active substance. In the branded generics, active substances were given name (brand). Active substance amoxicillin for example, by the factory "A" branded "inemicillin", while the plant "B" gave the name "gatoticilin" and so on, according to the manufacturer desires. Of different brands, the same ingredients: amoxicillin.