Hello Natural Medicine Lovers.
A few days ago, my neighbor who has a 6 month old baby came to the house, she asked for medicinal plants to treat "baby convulsions" which is a skin disease such as boils or ulcers that usually attack babies and children. This disease causes a red and itchy rash on the skin, so the baby feels uncomfortable and cries a lot.
This plant has been proven effective for treating ulcers and "convulsions" in infants, and children, but many do not know that this plant can also treat ulcers and ulcers in adults. In our area, this plant is called ciplukan.
Ciplukan Plant
Plants belonging to this shrub have long been known for various natural remedies, since the days of my grandparents until now,this plant has been used for treatment, especially for the treatment of ulcers, boils, rashes and acne. But these shrubs are increasingly difficult to find now, when I was in elementary school (in 1990) these plants were still often found in the fields, even in the yard, we can still find ciplukan plants.
This plant usually grows in bushes, the propagation of this plant is through old fruit seeds, which are yellow and the old fruit tastes sweet and has a distinctive smell, thus attracting the attention of animals such as birds, mice, bats to eat it, so the seeds fall to the ground. and eventually become a new plant. What is the morphology of the ciplukan plant?
The morphology of ciplukan plant is:
STEM
The main stem is soft and there are many branches, the color of the stem is green.
Ciplukan Stem
LEAF
The leaves are oval in shape with a tapered tip, on the edges of the leaves there are flat and some are wavy.
Ciplukan Leaf
ROOTS
roots have many fibers.
Ciplukan Roots
Ciplukan flower.
ciplukan flowers grow in the armpits of the leaves, the flower shape is like a five star.
Ciplukan Flower
Ciplukan fruit
Ciplukan fruit is in a bag, the young fruit is green, the taste is bitter and the old fruit is yellow, the taste is sweet and refreshing, the old fruit contains many seeds, these seeds will grow back into a new ciplukan plant candidate.
Ciplukan Fruit
Quoted from source https://hellosehat.com/nutrisi/fakta-gizi/manfaat-buah-ciplukan/.The nutritional content and benefits of ciplukan fruit are:
In a dose of 100 grams of ciplukan fruit, there are the following nutritional content:
Water: 85.4 grams
Energy: 53 kcal
Protein: 1.9 grams
Fat: 0.7 grams
Fiber: 6 grams
Calcium: 9 milligrams (mg)
Iron: 1 mg
Phosphorus: 40 mg
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C): 11 mg
Thiamine (Vitamin B1): 0.11 mg
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): 0.04 mg
Niacin (Vitamin B3): 2.8 mg
Vitamin A: 36 micrograms
Benefits of ciplukan fruit :
- Prevents cell damage.
Ciplukan fruit contains antioxidants that function to prevent and treat cell damage due to free radicals. - Boost the immune system.
Ciplukan fruit is rich in vitamin C, besides the polyphenol content in ciplukan fruit can overcome inflammation in the body. - Improve bone health.
Ciplukan fruit is rich in vitamin K which is useful for maintaining bone health. - Improve eye vision function.
The lutein substance contained in ciplukan fruit has properties in preventing various eye diseases and protecting the eyes from blindness caused by diabetes.
In addition to the ciplukan fruit, the roots, stems and leaves of ciplukan have also been known for a long time for various traditional treatments such as overcoming joint pain, treating ulcers, treating acne, ulcers and especially "baby cramps".
How to treat ulcers and convulsions, namely:
remove 2 ciplukan plant stems (maybe more), wash the plant thoroughly until the soil contained in the ciplukan root disappears, then boil all parts of the ciplukan plant with clean water (when boiling all parts of the plant must be submerged in water).
Boil until boiling and the cooking water is greenish.
Boiling water that has been boiled is mixed in bath water for babies, children or adults, after the water is mixed and becomes warm, it can be used directly for bathing. for one time the stew can be used for 2 times of use in the morning and evening, if the cooking water runs out, you can add clean water again and boil it again until it boils.
Do it until the ulcer dries, usually after three days the ulcer will dry up.
Treating Boils and Acne
To treat boils and acne we need ciplukan leaves and betel leaves.
Clean 10 ciplukan leaves and 1 betel leaf.
Mash the two ingredients until smooth.
Apply a mixture that has been finely ground on boils or pimples, the boils and pimples will dry up immediately, usually boils will quickly burst and ooze pus.
keep spirit and stay healthy
All photos I take from my garden using iphone 7 plus camera.