Gotu kola, The Wild The Multi Efficacy
Efficacy of gotu kola, among others as anti-infective drugs, antitoksik, fever, urinary laxative, sedative and tonic. It is used as a traditional medicine fever, bronchitis, lung spots, asthma, coughing up blood, improve memory, swelling of the liver, hypertension, high uric acid, urinary tract infections, prostate, hemorrhoids, acne, measles and leprosy.
As the plants are easy to find, gotu kola has been used as a medicinal plant mainly by people of India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Gotu kola also called hoof because the leaves resemble poultice of hooves. Terna chronic aquatica Latin name Centella was perforated soft, slender with long shoots rooted. Has a short rhizome and stolon-stolon creep along 10-80 cm, root out every hump, and much branched.
Many people know that the tropical Asian plant origin as gotu kola. There was also a call antanan (Sunda), hoe Goang (Central Java), regedeg (Yogya), gan-Subscribe (Madura), taidaah (Bali), wisu-wisu (Napier), cipu balawo (Bugis), Dogauke (Papua) and sarowati (Halmahera).
In the markets of Jakarta and surrounding it are often sold under the name antanan leaves. For, despite the bitter sweet taste, gotu kola like used as fresh vegetables.
Place the author of the "house of traditional medicine" was born, also known as Centella asiatica leaf antanan, which is consumed as fresh vegetables.
Rich Pegagan Chemical Compounds
Some of the literature on traditional medicine reveals, gotu kola contains many chemical compounds useful medicine. Among asiatat acid, asiatioksida, b-carotene, b-karofilena, b-elemena, b-farnesena, b-sitosterol, b-brahminosida, brahmat acid, iso-tankunisida, iso-tankunat acid, oxy-asiatikoksid, tankunisida, meso- inositol, aksrobat acid, niacin, velarine, potassium, sodium, magnesium, and tanning substances.
With the content of chemical compounds it contains, this plant is widely used as a traditional medicine. Not only in Indonesia, but also in many East Asian countries. Even since the days of Sanskrit, gotu kola plant has been used as a traditional medicine skin diseases, nervous system disorders, and circulatory.
In India, gotu kola is used as a traditional medicine antidisentri. In Malaysia, in addition to be sold as a tonic and fresh drinks, he also material infusion for healing liver disorders. He also became a drug bronchitis, asthma, gastroenteritis, dysentery, kidney disorders, and urinary tract infections. In Indonedia also used as a laxative urine, blood purifier, dysentery, colitis, abdominal pain, cough, leprosy, and loss of appetite.
Anti-inflammatory effects
According R.Broto Sudibyo, herbalist of Traditional Medicine clinic Bethesda Hospital, Yogyakarta, this plant has anti-inflammatory effects, antibiotics, antidemam, antidiuretic, and leratolitik. Even the ability of antibiotics and antiinflammatory quite high up also useful as an antibacterial. No wonder if gotu kola effectively tackle inflammation of body tissues. Starting from wounds, leprosy, sore throat, gastroenteritis, dysentery up.
"The ability to tackle pneumonia is also not free from antibiotic compounds they contain," said Broto. The main compounds that act as anti-inflammatory such asiatikosida, riboflavin and niacin.
To treat inflammation of the organ in the body, drink juice leaves the plant.
The trick, 1 kg of finely ground fresh leaves, then add 0.5 liters of boiled water, squeezed and filtered. "Juice that is drunk," said Broto. Although it can be made simplicia dry leaves, but according Broto, best to use fresh plants. Because when dried will be a lot to lose efficacy.
Because the anti-inflammatory properties as well so she started receiving as raw materials ointment to treat wounds.
Medicazol ointment sold in pharmacies to prevent keloid after surgery according to Dra Sri Mulyani Apt.SU and Drs Didik Gunawan, Apt.SU in Potions book Traditional For Asthma Sufferers, also contain plant extracts of Centella asiatica. Even this ointment is now very familiarly known surgeons in various hospitals. Likewise simplicia known ji xue cao sold in the shops of traditional Chinese medicine, is none other than pegagan / hooves.
TRUBUS 381 / Agust 2001 / XXXII
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