Cassava Leaves Benefits for Health and Pregnant Women

Cassava leaves are the leaves of the cassava tree or also known as cassava, manioc or Telo. In Sundanese called sampeu the tuber is the main ingredient in the manufacture of fermented cassava (peuyeum).

Indonesian society has long been utilizing cassava leaves as a food ingredient, either as vegetables or vegetable made of cassava leaves. But not many know that cassava leaves contain many nutrients and health benefits.

Cassava Leaves for Health Benefits

According to Prof. Hembing Wijayakusuma, a medicinal plant expert said that the pharmacological effect of cassava is as an antioxidant, anticancer, antitumor, and increase appetite. And here are some of the benefits of cassava leaves.

Good for Pregnant Women

Many asked whether cassava leaves good for pregnant women  My answer is yes, cassava leaves good for pregnant women. Because cassava leaves contain iron are high enough to be able to help pregnant women to avoid anemia.

Treating Fever & Headache
Provide 3 songkong leaves, then finely ground. Well, the result of collisions of cassava leaf was attached to the head as compressed.

Treating Diarrhea

To treat diarrhea, take 7 pieces of cassava leaves, then boiled in 4 cups of water until the remaining 2 cups. Strain the water and drink the potion 2 times a day. If the child has diarrhea is still nursing, then drank the potion that was his mother.

Eyes Blurred view

You got a problem with that as blurred vision  Treat with cassava leaf herb. How to boil cassava leaves with salt and garlic. After that cassava leaves eaten with rice as a salad.

Adding Appetite

If you are having difficulty eating, prepare then boiled cassava leaves to taste with salt and garlic. Then cassava leaves with rice and tomato sauce.

In addition to cassava leaves, like other parts of the cassava tubers and stems was also efficacious as a traditional medicine. For example, following the traditional recipe:

Treating Arthritis

Amino acid content in cassava was beneficial for bone health. The material is 100 grams of cassava stems, one stem lemongrass, 15 grams of ginger, then boiled in 1000 cc of water until the remaining 400 cc only. Drink filtered water as much as 200 cc, 2 times a day morning and afternoon.

Treating Worms

Aambil enough cassava bark, boiled in 3 cups water to boil until the remaining 1 cup, and filtered to take water, then drink at bedtime. By taking these medications from cassava, the worms in the stomach can be killed and make the body healthy again.

Taxable wound Heat

If your skin is injured due to hot oil or exhaust, do not panic. Take the cassava tuber, then shredded and squeeze the juice. Take a few moments to look the starches (like white flour) settles at the bottom. Use the starch that settles it as an ointment on the wound.

Content of Cassava Leaf Nutrition

Cassava leaves practically have a fairly complete nutritional content. Here's the nutritional adequacy rate in cassava leaves.

Leaf Nutrient Content of Cassava - Cassava Leaves

Serving Size 100 g (100 g)

    37 Calories from Fat 1.80
    Total Fat 0.20g
    Saturated Fat 0.00 g
    Cholesterol 0 mg
    Sodium 11 mg
    G Total Carbohydrates 7:30
    Dietary Fiber 0.6 g
    Protein 3.70 g
    Vitamin C
    Vitamin B1 (Thiamin)
    Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)
    Vitamin B3 (Niacin)
    Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
    Vitamin B6
    Calcium
    Iron
    Potassium
    Phosphorus
    Magnesium
    Zinc
    Copper
    Manganese

Well, that's some of the benefits and efficacy of cassava leaves for health and nutrient content results.

Benefits of Papaya Leaf For Traditional Medicine

Papaya is a plant that originated from the Americas Mexico to be exact. Papaya Carica papaya has the Latin name is entered in the family Caricaceae. Besides eaten just as the fruit is ripe, young papaya usual cooked as stir-fry.

Likewise with papaya leaves, often used as a condiment to eat fresh vegetables friends. However, the benefits of papaya leaf vegetables not only a friend to eat rice. Since time immemorial papaya leaves has been used as a traditional medicine that is able to cope with a variety of diseases. Some of the diseases that can be treated with herbs such as papaya leaf worms, malnutrition in infants, dengue fever, and menstrual pain. In fact, according to a recent study papaya also able to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

In addition to the leaves, roots and tree sap papaya is also often used as a drug. Even the papaya seeds can also be used as a drug to treat intestinal worms. While flowers are often cooked as stir-fry.

Papaya Leaf Nutrient
Papaya leaves contain various substances, such as Vitamin A 18250 SI, 0.15 mg vitamin B1, vitamin C 140 mg, Calories 79 calories, 8.0 grams protein, 2 grams fat, 11.9 grams carbohydrate, 353 mg Calcium , phosphorus 63 mg, iron 0.8 mg, 75.4 grams of water. The content carposide on papaya efficacious as an anthelmintic.

Besides the leaves, roots and papaya latex also contains papayotin, karpain, kautsyuk, karposit and vitamins.

Benefits of Papaya Leaves for Health

Treating Dengue Fever

Dengue fever can be overcome by using papaya leaves. The trick take 5 pieces of papaya leaves or moderation then boiled in 3 cups water until the remaining 1 cup only. Water rebusa papaya leaves is drunk as well. Should not be excessive in consuming papaya except if it is in an alarming stage.

Increasing Appetite

To increase appetite, prepare fresh papaya leaves palm-sized, a little salt, and half a cup of warm water. All the ingredients are mixed, pounded or blended, then filtered to take water and then drunk. This herb is safe, even for children though.

Treating Dysmenorrhea

Mixture of papaya leaves and tamarind, is quite effective in overcoming pain due dtang months. The trick, allow 1 papaya leaves, tamarind, salt to taste and water are mixed and boiled until cooked. For better efficacy should be drunk while warm.

Launched Digestion
The content in papaya called karpain very good for us because karpainlah digestive tract that help kill micro-organisms in the digestive disturb us. How to consume papaya leaves as a friend to eat rice or vegetables.

Anti Acne Mask

In addition to health benefits, papaya is also efficacious for beauty, especially in eliminating acne. How to use dried papaya leaves should be first, then crushed and mixed with water and then rubbed into the face as well as the mask in general.

Anticancer Compounds

From several studies described, stems and leaves of papaya contains a lot of milky white sap (milky white latex), which likely developed as anticancer, as quoted from the Journal of the Society of Biology. The sap is automatically obtained when we consume papaya leaves, cooked in any way.

Toddler Treat Stomach Pain

For mothers who have children flatulence pain, can be treated by using papaya leaf herb. You do provide 2 pieces of papaya leaves, petiole 3 dadap spare, whiting taste. All materials are ground together until smooth. Use as a powder and applied to the abdomen sick toddler.

Nutritional deficiencies in Toddlers

Carica papaya is rich in vitamins and minerals. If you are malnourished toddler use papaya leaves to overcome. Prepare 1 papaya leaves, washed and boiled with 1.5 cups of water to boiling, filtered to take water. Then drunk in toddlers two tablespoons every day.

Other Benefits

In addition to some of the above benefits, papaya leaves can also be used to soften the meat. If you want to cook the meat, so tender stew meat along with papaya leaves. But not too much because the taste will be bitter.

Well, that's some of the benefits of papaya leaves. In the next article I will discuss about the benefits of papaya fruit, seeds, flowers, roots and tree sap papaya.

Basil Leaf Health Benefits for Men and Women

Basil Ocimum basilicum latin name meaning aromatic plants. This refers to the special aroma that comes out of basil. In Indonesia basil is more often used as a complementary range of dishes to add flavor appetizing. One is the Pepes.

However, in addition to be used as cooking spices basil leaves is also beneficial for health. This is not the last of the compound content in it.

Basil leaves for Health Benefits
Well, below are some of the health benefits of basil for men and women.

1. Relieves fever & cold

Basil is able to relieve fever and colds suffered by toddlers. How do a few basil leaves, then diremas with shallots and coconut oil, then applied to the abdomen, chest, and back toddler.

2. healthy eyes and mouth

Vitamin A in the basil leaves have the ability to treat eye infections, relieving eye stress, and prevent interference on other points. Not only that, other mint leaves, basil already have bad breath refreshing effect if consumed.

3. Launches ASI

Fresh basil is believed to prevent body odor and bad breath, and facilitate breastfeeding. You can use as lalap friends eat rice and sambal.

4. Anti-inflammatory

Basil is an anti-inflammatory agent in charge potent cure swelling and soothe inflamed joints. Basil also include good sources of calcium needed to prevent osteoporosis bone.

5. menopause
Basil can delay menopause tryptophan as the substance content in basil may defer monopause. Therefore, consumption perbanyaklah basil if you want to postpone menopause mass.

6. Preventing a cough

In Thailand, basil is used as a cooking spice. In India and some regions in Africa, basil brewed into tea. Basil tea is served at the turn of the season, when locals attacked simple cough, runny nose, or fever.

7. Overcoming Whitish

Content compound eugenol in basil can kill the fungus causes vaginal discharge. So, when you experience vaginal discharge, be sure to regularly consume basil. lalap or can be mixed with other foods, such as Pepes.

8. Cells Stimulate Egg

Basil can help the maturation of the egg cell (ovulation) because nutrients stigmaasterol in basil stimulates the maturation of the egg cell (ovulation).

9. Inflammatory

Nutrients cineole, myrcene and eugenol found in basil acts as a natural antibiotic and anti-inflammatories.

10. Healthy Heart

Based on some research, basil role in maintaining heart health because betakaroten and magnesium content. Both are essential minerals that work to maintain and preserve the health of the heart.

11. Overcome Stroke
Improve the function of the heart blood vessels (artery) in stroke patients because of isoflavone content in basil and also found in nuts such as soy, beans, peas, can improve the function of the heart blood vessel (artery) in stroke patients.

12. Other Benefits
 

The smoker can chew basil anytime when they want to smoke. With this, the strength of antioxidants can improve the system damaged by the effects of nicotine. Basil is also a powerful stress relieving, preventing diabetes, kidney stones and overcome.

Content basil leaves

Basil contain nutritional components and non-nutrient components that are very beneficial for the body.

Nutrition component basil leaves
Basil contains betakaroten (provitamin A) and vitamin C. Betakaroten role supports visual function, enhancing antibody response (affects immune function), protein synthesis to support the growth process, and as an antioxidant.

Vitamin C as well as other useful for the formation of collagen for wound healing and maintain skin elasticity, helps the absorption of calcium and iron, antioxidants, preventing the formation of a nitrosamin carcinogenic (causing cancer).

Collagen is a protein compound that affects the integrity of the cell structure of the connective tissue, such as cartilage, bone matrix, tooth dentin, capillary membranes, skin, and tendons (muscle veins). Basil is rich in minerals macro, namely calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Calcium is important for bone formation and growth, the transmission of nerve impulses, muscle contractions help, and help activate the enzyme reaction.

Phosphorus plays a role in bone growth, helps in the absorption and transport of nutrients, regulate the balance of acid and alkaline. Magnesium helps in relaxing the heart and blood vessels, to facilitate blood flow.

Non-Nutrient Components basil leaves
Basil leaves also contain other components nongizi between flavonoid and eugenol, arginine, anetol, boron, and essential oils. Flavonoids and eugenol acts as an antioxidant, which can neutralize free radicals, neutralize cholesterol and anticancer nature.

Antimicrobial compounds are also capable of preventing the entry of bacteria, viruses, or fungi that are harmful to the body. Very nice basil eugenol consumed by women because of his kills fungus causes vaginal discharge.

Her arginine can strengthen the resilience of the sperm and prevent infertility. Anetol and boron compounds are also very instrumental in reproductive health care for men and women.

Anetol and boron can stimulate estrogen and androgen hormones work, as well as prevent bone pengeroposan. Estrogen and androgen hormones play a role in the female reproductive system.

Essential oils are volatile and biological activity as antimicrobial. Essential oils are divided into two components, namely the components of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon components teroksigenasi or phenol. Phenol has a very strong antimicrobial properties.

Essential oils can prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella enteritidis, and Escherichia coli. Essential oils can also ward off infections caused by viruses Basillus subtilis, Salmonella paratyphi, and Proteus vulgaris.

Her eugenol can kill fungus causes vaginal discharge. And stigmasterol to stimulate ovulation (the maturation of the egg cell). Component of its tannins and zinc can reduce the secretion of vaginal fluids, while the amino acid tryptophan can delay menopause. Components such as flavonoids orientin and vicenin in basil can protect the cell structure of the body. Meanwhile, the flavonoid components such as cineole, myrcene and eugenol beneficial as a natural antibiotic and anti-inflammatories.

Source:
Vemale.com (Nutrition basil leaves - Annisa)
Merdeka.com (5 health benefits of basil - Rizqi Adnamazida)
Health.kompas.com (citing benefits basil leaves - Asep Candra; Prof DR Made Astawan Member of Food Technology and Nutrition, Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB))

Moringa Leaf Benefits for Health and Nutrition Source

 You must have heard the proverb that says "The world is not as wide as the Moringa". Proverb arose because of Moringa leaves have a small enough size. But do not judge anything from looks alone. Due to the fact that, despite its small size Moringa leaves are stored and nutrient benefits enormous.

Several studies have revealed that the vitamin content in the leaves of Moringa seven times more than oranges and 4 times that of carrots. The content potassiumnya 3 times that of a banana. And in calcium equivalent of four glasses of milk. I think you have to say wooow for some facts that you just read.

But unfortunately, in Indonesia is not much use of Moringa leaves as a source of nutrients. New recorded eastern Indonesia such as Nusa Tenggara utilizing Moringa leaves to be consumed. I took the picture at the top of my facebook friends (people NTB) who upload Moringa leaf vegetable diet.

Nutritional Content of Moringa Leaves

Nutrient content in the leaves of Moringa is apparently not messing around. 100 grams of protein in Moringa leaves equivalent nutrients of protein in one egg. In fact, other studies have shown a very surprising result when compared with other nutrient-rich foods.

The results of the comparison with the Moringa leaves other foodstuffs in the same amount (grams) showed the following results:

1. Moringa leaves contain seven times the vitamin C of vitamin C in citrus fruits, 
2. contains vitamins A four-fold vitamin A in carrots,
3. calcium on the calcium equivalent of Moringa leaves in four glasses of milk,
4. potassium content equivalent to that contained in the three bananas,
5. protein content equivalent to the protein in the two yogurt
6. in addition, Moringa leaf powder contains higher protein than fresh Moringa leaf is 20-26 grams per 100 grams.

Benefits of Moringa Leaves for Drugs

Here are some benefits of Moringa leaves as a traditional medicine to cure various diseases:
 

Ringworm (herpes) and ulcers

How: Mash moringa leaf with lime, then smeared on the wound was the result of the collision / ringworm.

Drug Rabun Chicken
 
How: 3 handles Moringa leaves finely ground, brewed with 1 cup cooking water and filtered. Then mixed with honey and stir until evenly distributed. Laludiminum once a day before bedtime.
 

Jaundice Medicines

How: 3-7 hilt moringa leaves, 1 tablespoon honey and 1 cup of green coconut water. Moringa leaves finely ground, were given 1 cup of coconut water and filtered. Then add 1 tablespoon of honey and stir until evenly distributed. Drunk, and performed regularly until healed.

Drugs Worms

How: 3 handles moringa leaves, 1 handle of leaves chili, 1-2 stems meniran. All the ingredients are boiled with 2 cups water to boil down to 1 cup, and then filtered. Water to drink every day.

Eye Pain Medication

How: Three butt of Moringa leaves. Moringa leaves finely ground, were given 1 cup of water and stir until evenly distributed. Then allowed to stand for a moment until the waste is deposited. Water is used as a herb eye drops.

Difficult urination

How: One spoon of Moringa leaf juice and cucumber juice or grated carrots that have been in the same amount. The materials are mixed and supplemented with 1 cup of water, then filtered. Taken daily.

Biduren drugs (allergy)

How: 1-3 hilt moringa leaves, 1 red onion and fennel pulasari taste. All the ingredients are boiled in 3 cups water to boil down to 2 cups, then filtered. Taken 2 times a day 1 cup, morning and afternoon.

Rheumatism and sore rheumatic drugs

How: 2-3 hilt moringa leaves, 1/2 tablespoon whiting. The second material is finely ground. Used for ointment (param).

Given the nutritional content and benefits of Moringa leaves are so big. Looks like we already have to start promoting Moringa leaves as our daily food.

Benefits and Uses Leaves for Treating Gout Arthritis

Leaves gout has the Latin name Plumbago zeylanica L. Plants of the same name with one of the joint disease (arthritis) is included in the family Plumbaginaceae. From the name alone, gout leaves we can guess that the plant is efficacious drugs for treating a variety of pain such as arthritis, back pain, joint pain and headaches.

This gout leaves are bitter, tonic, and toxic. Due to the nature of this poison of gout leaves should not be used too long. A maximum of 30 minutes so that the skin does not blister. Chemical constituents of the leaves of gout consists of plumbagin, 3-3-biplumbagin, 3-chloroplum- bagin, chitranone (3-6-biplumbagin), and droserone (2-hydroxy plum- bagin).

Because the content of the above compounds, the leaves of gout is often used as herbs for traditional medicine. Here are the benefits of gout leaves to treat various diseases:

1. Treating Arthritis
 
Prepare fresh gout handful of leaves, washed and finely ground. Add warm water as needed until the dough like mush. Use potions to lubricate and rubbing parts of the body. Apply 2 times a day.

2. Treating Headaches
 
Prepare gout leaves to taste, then crushed. Add a little coconut oil until it becomes dough like mush. Put the dough in the temples and the aching head as poultice. Just 30 minutes so that the waste, so that the skin does not blister.

3. Smooth urinating

Take gout leaves to taste, then add the fennel finely milled pulosari. Rub the herb in the lower abdomen, right at the position of the bladder. Enough 30 minutes to prevent blisters.

4. Treating Blood Cancer

Prepare the root of gout leaves, seeds Livistona chinensis, Hedyotis diffusa (grass snake tongue) and Verbena officinalis (verbenae berbalma bian cao), each 30 g, and Spica prunellae (xia ku Caol of plant Prunella vulgaris L.) 15 g. The root of gout leaves boiled for 4 hours with clean water sufficiently. Add water if the water rebusannya.berkurang. After 4 hours, the new material incorporated drug others. Bring to a boil again for half an hour. After cold filtered water, divided to 3 times the drink. Drink the potion 3 times a day, each third section.

5. Treating leprosy, scabies, and skin diseases

Take the root of gout leaves, then wash and mash until smooth. Add a little milk and water, stirring evenly until a dough like paste. Apply to the affected body part.

6. Treating Back Pain

Prepare fresh leaves as much as 15 g of gout then washed. Add whiting as much as 1 tablespoon. This mixture is then pounded until pulverized, then massaged into the sore spot.

Well, that leaves some uses and benefits of gout as a traditional herbal medicine that can cure various diseases.

Benefits and Efficacy for Treatment Leaves Gods

Leaves Gods (Gynura segetum (Lour.) Merr.) Commonly found in home gardens as a medicinal plant. Parts of plants that can be used for the treatment of the whole plant is, from the roots to the leaves. Our forefathers gods often use the leaves to treat various diseases such as injuries hit, bleeding, coughing up blood, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, throat infections, do not come menstruation, bitten by venomous animals, blood clots, bone fractures and bleeding after childbirth.

Please note that this is different gods leaves with a leaf of the plant crown god. Although both are used for traditional medicine.

Benefits Leaves

Injuries hit, circulation, stop bleeding (coughing blood, vomiting blood, nosebleeds), breast swelling, throat infection, do not come menstruation, bitten by venomous animals.

Benefits Bulbs

Remove blood clots (haematom) swelling, broken bones (fractures), bleeding after childbirth.

How to use

Use in: 15-30 grams of fresh leaves, boiled or pounded then squeezed, then drink.

External use: Moderation of this plant are crushed to like porridge, affixed to the sore spot.

Efficacy and Treatment Method

Here are some benefits of god leaves to treat various diseases and how to use them:

1. bites snakes, insects, and other venomous animals

Bulbs crushed and then placed on the affected body part animal bites.

2. Treating warts
 
Take 5 pieces of crushed leaves of the gods, and dilumurkan on the growth of warts, then bandaged. Removed the next day and replaced with a new concoction.

3. Do not come menstruation

For women who have not come menstruation or late period can treat it with the leaves of the gods. The trick, 15-30 grams of herb leaves boiled or pounded god, take water, mixed with wine that has been heated, then drink.

4. Bleeding in women, breast swelling, coughing and vomiting of blood

Take 1 (one) complete plant leaf stems god (approximately 15 grams) and boil, and boiled water to drink.

5. Seizures in children

For the parents, if your child is having a seizure, remove 1 leaf stem gods, then pounded and take the water, mixed with wine, Drinks in children.

6. Injuries hit, colds

Take 6-9 grams of fresh roots, plus wine yellow (wong ciu) to taste, then heated, drink.

Well, that leaves some of the benefits and efficacy of the god as a traditional medicine. Read also other plants that can be used for treatment, the benefits of betel leaf and green leaf binahong benefits. Hopefully useful and always keep your health.