Akapulko

Akapulko or Acapulco in English is a shrub found throughout the Philippines. A medicinal herb that contains chrysophanic acid, a fungicide used to treat fungal infections, like ringworms, scabies and eczema. Akapulko also contains saponin, a laxative that is useful in expelling intestinal parasites.

The extracts from the Akapulko plant is commonly used as an ingredient for lotions, soaps and shampoos.

Uses of Akapulko:

• Treatment of skin diseases:
Tinea infections, insect bites, ringworms, eczema,
scabies and itchiness.

• Internal:
Expectorant for bronchitis and dyspnoea, mouthwash
in stomatitis, alleviation of asthma symptoms, used as
diuretic and purgative, for cough & fever, as a laxative
to expel intestinal parasites and other stomach
problems. A strong decoction of the leaves is an
abortifacient.

Preparation:

• For external use, pound the leaves of the Akapulko
plant, squeeze the juice and apply on affected
areas.

• For internal use: cut the plant parts into a
manageable size then soak and boil for 10 to 15
minutes let cool and use as soon as possible. Note:
The decoction looses its potency if not used for a
long time. Dispose leftovers after one day.

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Herbal Medicine for Children

Been from time immemorial, our ancestors used herbal plants to cure all diseases when compared with chemical drugs, herbal medicines are relatively safe for consumption as well as minimizing side effects. Here are some recipes of traditional medicine for generations of our ancestors to treat diseases in children:

* Lowering of fever, cough, and runny nose
Grate the onion, add eucalyptus oil, and then smeared on the back until the buttocks with a slight sorted. Also, the navel and the crown. For the herb drink: coconut water one cup plus 1 teaspoon honey, mix well, then steamed. After a cold, give the child as much as 3 teaspoons every 2 hours. This herb is given to babies 8 months and above. When children under the age of 8 months, enough with the intensive or breastfeeding mothers who drank the potion.

In children with a rather large, use a potion to drink water in the form of turmeric and honey. Half to one segment of the clean turmeric fingers burned, scraped skin, shredded, and then were given boiled water 1 / 2 cup, squeeze, and then precipitated. Mix the turmeric water with no sediment with a whisk egg yolks and 1 tablespoon honey, and then fed to the child. This herb can be used for lowering the heat as in chicken pox, flu, or whatever.
* Diarrhea
Provide 1 / 2 finger turmeric that is clean burning, cut into pieces, 7 guava leaf, 2 cups water, salt and 1 / 4 teaspoon, simmer. Drinking water, 1 teaspoon once every hour. To expel gas, then her navel ditapeli with grated onion that has been oiled telon. For children who are a little large, perhaps with a subtle leaf chewing guava plus salt that has been clean and swallowed.

* Vomiting
Vomiting can be caused by nausea or abdominal bloating. Provide 1 / 2 teaspoon coriander, cardamom 3 eggs, 5 grains of black fennel and half a glass of water. Then boiled. Once cool, give the child a little, as often as possible or 2 hours.
It may also be made kencur rice water. The trick, washed 1 tablespoon rice and soaked for a while. Toast the rice until lightly browned, then finely ground with a knuckle kencur, a knuckle turmeric, and 1 / 4 teaspoon anise. After it brewed with hot water, add brown sugar, a pinch of salt, and tamarind. Strain, then drenched in children so that his body warm.

* Cough
Provide lime juice 1 tablespoon plus 2 tablespoons honey and 2 tablespoons of boiled water. Enter in the cup and steam. After a rather cold, Drinks in children of 1-2 teaspoons. Give a day 5 times.

* Abdominal bloating
Grate onion and add the oil telon. Then tapelkan onion that has been shredded it in the navel. It could also, use the heated castor leaves. Brush with oil palm, gyre-gyre, then put on the navel of the child.
can also use a concoction of lemon juice plus a few drops of Telon oil or eucalyptus oil, then rubbed into the abdomen baby / child.  

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about this blog

This blog will discuss matters relating to herbs. drugs, medicinal plants, health of adults and children with the use of plants around us. in order to live more meaningful.

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welcome to the herbal medicine

Now it's time we get back to nature. through this blog I will invite you to use the natural surroundings, plants that live around us to serve as a panacea. I hope this blog presence adds to the treasury of knowledge and insights. so that we no longer difficult to find any reference about the things that "smell" natural. please leave a comment so I am more enthusiasm for the post. happy revelers

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Antidote plant pollution

you can make the air in your house so much cleaner with a very cheap capital. reducing harmful substances such as formaldehyde, ammonia, benzene, carbon monoxida, monoxida nitrogen, and reduce pollution of course. by simply planting a few plants in your home. The following types of plants is very effective to clean the air in your home of NASA's research results and some scientists. including DR. Wolverton PHD

1. Areca palm

 
 









2. lady palm

 
 

3. bambo palm

 









4. Rubber plant

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Natural Medicine for Headaches

eadaches can come at any time without any signs or causes before her. Sometimes when I wake up, after exercise, when we sit down and stand up after another as his. Many people consider this headache thing is common, with drugs that are sold freely in the stalls were usually able to cure a headache.

In the following article will explain some natural remedy that can cure a headache, namely:
1. Peppermint or mint tea -> with the drinking
    2. Lemon juice -> Add the lemon juice into a glass of water or hot tea
    3. Aromatherapy from orange peel -> paste on the forehead or brow
    4. Perform deep breathing and breathe fresh air
    5. If the headaches caused by stress or fatigue, do the massage at neck, shoulders, temples and hands. try to relax
    6. Vitamin deficiencies and allergies can also cause headaches. Identify your eating patterns can cause headaches and avoid the kinds of food
    7. Symptoms of dehydration can also cause headaches. Drinking water was warm sufficiently to reduce the symptoms of headaches
    8. The content of caffeine can cause headaches as well, you can still choose to consume the drink but a drink with this type of decaf.

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Traditional medicine for colds

There are daily problems that seem trivial, but it was very disturbing, as well as colds. There are several ways to overcome them. Diseases that we have known since ancient times is presumably arise because the habit of working late or because of lack of rest. In a pinch, there are several things you can do, among others, is to use natural ingredients that are grown at home or around you.

  1. Five stems Sambiloto, in Latin is called Andrographis paniculata (roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits) boiled in 3 cups of water up to half. Allow to cool slightly then strain. Drink as many glasses of twice a day.

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Beware Brain Cancer

Disease of brain cancer is very identical with malignant tumors. Actual tumors in the brain or wherever it is located tumor, the tumor was divided into two parts, namely a malignant tumor or cancer and benign tumors.

Meanwhile, based on location, is divided into two, namely tumor supratentorial and infratentorial tumors. That is, tumors above the tentorium or the big brain, and tumors that exist below the tentorium, the cerebellum and brainstem.

Types of brain tumors are the most severe of which is glioblatoma (astrocytoma grade 4) and neuroblastoma. But if the tumor was located in the cerebrum, the symptoms may be slow. Well, if the tumor is located in the cerebellum, the symptoms will be quickly visible.

"The type of glioblastoma tumors, brain tumors more often about big brains, whereas acustic neurinoma will attack the auditory nerve of the patient, so that its location in the cerebellum,

The common symptoms can be shown in the form of headaches and vomiting. It's a projectile. Then if the motor area, there are symptoms of limb weakness to paralysis, decreased vision to blindness, loss of balance, numbness until no taste at all, olfactory disorders, speech disorders when exposed in the central area or speak, until the fall of consciousness when exposed to the brainstem .
If you experience symptoms like the above, you should immediately consult both a CT-scan to an MRI. 

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prevent colon cancer with a dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus)

Dragon fruit has beneficial properties for human health. The benefits of dragon fruit such as balancing blood sugar levels, protecting oral health, prevention of colon cancer, reduce cholesterol, preventing bleeding and treating complaints of vaginal discharge

dragon fruits contain high water content of about 90% by weight of the fruit. It was sweet because it contains sugar content reaches 13-18 briks. Dragon fruit is also commonly taken in the form of juice, fruit juice, sweets and jam or various forms of presentation according to your taste.

According to AL Leong from Johncola Pitaya Food R & D, an organization that examines the red dragon fruit, cactus fruit is quite rich honey with a variety of vitamins and mineral substances which greatly helped improve the durability and beneficial for metabolism in the human body.

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