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Tempuyung Latin name Sonchus L. arvenshis and belongs to the plant family Compositae is commonly grown in sheltered places. Green leaves are smooth with a little purple, wavy edges, and irregularly toothed. Near the base of the stem, toothed leaves that terpusar forming grooves and located on the top of the stem alternately embraced.
Leaf wavy hugging the stem is believed to have a pharmacological effect. Among them: to relieve the heat and toxins, diuretic (urination laxative), the destruction of kidney stones and high blood pressure.
Physically, this plant has a bitter taste and is cool. In principle, all parts of this plant can be used. But most often it is the leaves. This plant is known as herbaceous annuals with a height could reach 2 meters, grows wild in the open or less protected, like in the cliff, edge drains, on the sidelines of the stone, and grow in areas with a height of 50-1650 meters above sea level.
Research Sarjito
The leaves of this plant can be used as a drug with a chemical content of saponins, flavonoids, politenol, alpha-lactucerol, beta-lactucerol, mannitol, inositol, silica, potassium, taraksasterol. Results of research conducted by the late Prof. Dr. Sarjito from Gajah Mada University shows, the content of potassium in tempuyung can help dissolve kidney stones.
The study was conducted by Prof. Sarjito by immersing a person in the kidney stones leaf decoction tempuyung at room temperature and at a temperature of 30-35 degrees Celsius. Nothing experimental material was shaken as the movement of the human body, some are not. After the stone weighed and measured the calcium in solution chemistry. As a result, all the weight is reduced kidney stones.
Sarjito also investigated the destruction of the power of human kidney stones by examining the crystals in the urine and using X-ray. The result is known, tempuyung can destroy kidney stones. Unfortunately, until now unknown compounds that dissolve or destroy kidney stones. But the results of other studies prove, potassium content is what plays a role in the destruction of kidney stones.
In the leaves tempuyung it contained potassium levels high enough. This makes the presence of potassium kidney stones, in the form of calcium carbonate, scattered, because potassium will get rid of calcium to join carbonate, oxalate, or uric which is forming kidney stones. Until eventually precipitate was dissolved kidney stones and float out with urine.
Tempuyung also have a variety of names in each region. Java is often called galing, Jombang, Jombang lalakina, clay, lampenas, Rayana (Sunda), tempuyung (Central Java). The way this plant propagation using seeds. Maintenance is also easy, as well as other plants, Just need enough water to keep the soil moisture and fertilizer, especially manure. Interested to plant and use it as a medicinal plant?
Miscellaneous Uses Tempuyung
In use, tempuyung can be formulated as a single material or mixed with various other herbs. In principle, according to Ir. Winarto, herbalist from Karyasari clinic, tempuyung use as ingredients must be based on the understanding that it is only helping to reduce the suffering a particular disease. Although not rule out the possibility of use in the long term efficacy can be maximized.
Basic usage:
In general, the use of tempuyung used to maintain the health condition of the body by eating it directly as a salad, drinks by using boiled water and used as an herb leaves with ditambahankan certain materials. - As fresh vegetables:
You can take about five pieces or more leaf fresh tempuyung. After being washed, the leaves are smoked for a while, then once depleted eaten as a salad with rice. In one day we can eat a salad as much as three times. - As an herbal decoction:
Take two leaves dry tempuyung brewed with a glass of water to drink like tea. Steeping water is what drunk as a medicine. In one day we can drink as much as three times, until the kidney stone is missing.
Other ingredients
Mastitis
Ingredients: 15 grams tempuyung 2 cups water Add honey to taste to reduce the bitter taste. Directions: Boil the leaves tempuyung until the water into a glass.
How to use Add the honey and drink while warm
Ulcer
Materials: Stem and leaf tempuyung 5 to 10 sheets of clean water to taste
How to manufacture: The leaves and stems washed, then crushed or finely ground and taken to the juice. How to use: Water distillation applied to the sore spot
Bladder and gallstones
Ingredients: 5 tempuyung grated coconut leaves to taste
Directions: After washing and then smoked for a while and then mixed with grated heads like making ointment
How to use: Eaten with rice as fresh vegetables and can be taken 3 times a day
High blood pressure
Ingredients: 5-8 tempuyung grated coconut leaves taste Carambola starfruit taste as a mixture
Ways of making: Leaves tempuyung washed and smoked and then mixed with grated head. Belimbingnya can be cut into small pieces for mixed vegetables
How to use: Eaten as a mixture of vegetables and rice to be taken 3 times a day
Overweight (obesity).
Ingredients: 4 sheets leaf Tempuyung Air 100 ml Making way: boil. How to use: drink for all. Recommended for 21 days
Kidney stones
- 250 grams of dried leaves tempuyung plus 250 cc of water to drink boiled water
- 5 leaves fresh tempuyung, 5 pieces of avocado leaves, 5 leaves of mustard, 2 finger palm sugar.
Material is washed before simmering with 3 degrees of water until the remaining 2 1/4 cups. After chilling filtered and drunk three times, each 3/4 cup.
- 5 leaves tempuyung, 6 pieces of baby corn, 3 finger palm sugar, washed and cut into pieces seperlunya.Kemudian boiled with three cups of water until the remaining 2 1/4 cups to drink three times a day, each 3/4 cup
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