Everyone will want to remain healthy despite growing age. For this, you can take advantage of gotu kola. Besides working to increase organ, these vines are also good for slowing down the risk of dementia.Asian nations, especially China, is famous for medicinal plant gathering ability to enhance the quality of health and maintain longevity. Gotu kola (leaf, stem, and roots), including those that are often consumed by people of China for that purpose, as fresh vegetables or raw vegetables. That's because the properties of gotu kola is believed to have long and healthy life.
In Indonesia, the plant Centella asiatica L Latin name is well known. People call it Java or Gotu kola herb, while the Sundanese people call big antanan. Society has traditionally wear them for treatment. This plant can be consumed in the form of fresh, mixed, cooked, or juiced.
Gotu kola prefer damp places, around the yard of the house or along the river bank. These tropical plants blooming throughout the year. Shape rounded leaves, stems soft, segmented, and the spread up can reach three feet in height. Part which is often used is the leaves.
Brain food
Gotu kola has been used as a drug primarily by the people of India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and parts of Eastern Europe since thousands of years ago. These plants are believed to increase the resilience of the body, cleanse the blood, urine and to smoothen.
Far Eastern people in Europe use it to cure leprosy (a chronic infectious disease due to Mycobacterium leprae) and tuberculosis (TB). Another important benefit is to give positive effect to the power of brain and nerve stimulation to facilitate blood flow in brain arteries. This herb is also believed to overcome severe burns, liver cirrhosis, keloid, scleroderma, venous vascular disorders, lupus, and improve mental function.
Currently gotu kola is often used as a tonic (amplifier) of the brain and nervous endurance. This herb is used orally and topically to increase blood circulation to the arms and legs, preventing varicose veins, and one vein.
As disclosed Ki Sukma Muhammad, developers gotu kola tea, this herb is able to maintain memory and improve immunity. Triterpenoida glycoside compound and several minerals proven to be useful for endurance and memory. Gotu kola may also help balance the energy levels and decreased symptoms of stress and depression.
From clinical trials in India, this plant can increase the IQ and mental ability, as well as mentally weak tackling in children. Other studies prove, Centella can improve learning ability and memory. Because of its benefits, the plant is also known as "brain food".
Among the many bioactive compounds in Centella, such as free acids, minerals, vitamins B and C, the main ingredient that contains a steroid, the triterpenoid glycoside. Triterpenoid having wound healing activity of extraordinary. Some active ingredients will increase mental function through a calming effect, antistres, and anticemas.
Asiatosida improve the functioning of skin cells, stimulate growth of nails, hair, and connective tissue. High doses of saponin glycosides will produce pain relief effect. Saponinnya beneficial influence of collagen, for example, in inhibiting the production of excessive scar tissue.
Extend age
Benefits associated with nerve and brain function has been proven through various studies. A total of 30 patients of children who suffer from mental weakness showed significant improvement after being given a herb Centella during 12 weeks. A total of six patients with liver cirrhosis showed an improvement (except for the chronic) after two months of drinking it.
Other studies have shown, various diseases, such as scleroderma, venous vascular disorders, and indigestion, the average can be cured with a concoction that up to 80 percent after 2-18 months. In adults and older, use of Centella is very good to help strengthen the workings of the brain, improve memory, and combat fatigue.
Centella is also beneficial for children with attention deficit disorder (ADD). This is because of the stimulating effects on the brain and thus improve one's ability to more concentration and focus. In addition it also has a relaxation effect on an overactive nervous system.
In Ayurveda treatment in India, is known as an herbaceous plant ageless and extend life. This is evident from the observations, we know elephants have long life because of these animals eat a lot of Centella. The active ingredients are still good in gotu kola leaf, in a state of fresh and dry.
Interested glanced gotu kola? If you want to complete the collection of the pharmacy of your life, her treatment was not difficult, really. Stay planted in pots because gotu kola grows rather wide spread.
Mix the leaf bowl
Despite its designation as varied as boardinghouse tekosan (Madura), pagaga (Makassar), tungke (Bugis), door-door (Halmahera), and kolotidi manora (Ternate), gotu kola leaf is often called the concave shape like a bowl because the bowl. In addition urap or vegetable can be made, gotu kola can also be dried for herb tea. Remarkably again, gotu kola leaves are not bitter, so it is still acceptable tongue children.
Here are some examples of their formula.
Urap or vegetable longevity
- Take Duan adequate fresh gotu kola (may be added the trunk), prepare the other ingredients to make urap or vegetables. Essentially gotu kola leaves and stems can stand alone or mixed with other vegetables.
Healthy Drinks
- Take the dried leaves of gotu kola has approximately 10 grams (for adults) or 2.5 grams (the children). Boil three cups of water until cooked. In order to be added sweet rock candy. As a beverage warmers can be added to milk.
Juice
- Take a handful of fresh gotu kola leaves an adult's hand, mix with water. Other fruits can be added, and then enter into the blender. If necessary, add sugar, milk, or honey so sweet. Blend until smooth and ready to be served by adding ice.
