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