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More good news for coffee fans. A review on several studies has concluded that moderate consumption of coffee may reduce the risk of chronic disease. In fact, many studies have been conducted on the benefits of coffee for health. The results suggest that coffee can reduce the risk of premature death in women with diabetes, another study suggests that coffee may lower the risk of heart failure or stroke. There is also a study that concluded that coffee can reduce the risk of premature death in people with HIV or hepatitis C. But how reliable are these studies? What if we combine the results of the studu, what conclusions can we get? To answer these questions, a scientists team led by Dr. Robin Poole from the University of Southhampton in England conducted an analysis on the studies of coffee, the results were published in The BMJ journal. A total of 201 meta-analyzes on observational design studies, and 17 meta-analyzes on clinical trial studies were reviewed. In general, the tea...

Rosella Petal. Image by Suresh Aru The Rosella plant ( Hibiscus sabdariffa ), this plant belonging to the genus Hibiscus. This plant can grow up to 2-2.5 meters tall. Its red flower has been used widely for traditional medication. China and Thailand are the world's largest producens of rosella. Rosella is rich in anthocyanin, and also protocatechuic acid. Dried petals flower are rich with variety of flavonoids, such as gosipetin, hibisetin, and sabdaretin. The main color substance of the plant, formerly known as hibisin, has now been recognized as dafnifilin. Rosela also contains delfinidin 3-monoglucoside compounds, cyanidin 3-monoglucoside (chrysanthenin), and delfinidin. Rosella is one of the best herbs that contain vitamin c. Rosela is considered to have antihypertensive properties. This plant is used as a diuretic, medium laxative, heart and nervous diseases, and cancer. In East Africa, rosela petals boil water as a cough medicine. Benefits and Efficacy of Rosella ...

Pennywort Centella asiatica  Origin Centella asiatica   (CA) or Pennywort is a clonal, perennial herbaceous creeper belonging to the family Umbellifere (Apiceae). This plant is found in most tropical and subtropical countries. Growing in swampy areas, including parts of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and South Africa, Indonesia, South pacific and Eastern Europe. About 20 species related to CA grow in most parts of the tropic or wet pantropical areas such as rice paddies, and also in rocky, higher elevations. It is a tasteless, odourless plant that thrives in and around water. Pennywort has small fan-shaped green leaves with white or light purple-to-pink or white flowers and it bears small oval fruit . The whole plant is used for medicinal purposes. It is widely used as a blood purifier as well as for treating high blood pressure, for memory enhancement and promoting longevity. In Ayurveda, CA is one of the main herbs for revitalizing the nerves and brain ...

Indonesia, is a country rich with millions of varieties and types of flora that has such a wide property due to its position in the tropical area. Around the world there are 40 thousand medicinal plants, 30 thousand of which are in this country, and nearly 7 thousand of them have been identified and used for medical purposes. One of the plants that are native to Indonesia is the Nutmeg. Since the 16th century, European Countries has interested to this spices. Not only  Nutmeg, they also realize that Indonesia is a spice paradise country, such as clove, pepper, tea, and many more. All of these plants are not only used as cooking spices, but also beneficial for human health. Therefore, these crops have a high value in international trade. Native plants of Indonesia are popularly used in medicine in the medical world, among others: 1. Nutmeg (Myristica Fragans Houtt) Asia Pala or Nutmeg is widely used as a cooking spice in Asia and european countries. The seeds contain ...

Broadleaf plantain ( Plantago major ) grow wild in forests, fields, and rather damp grassy lawns, it can also live as weeds in tea or rubber plantations, or sometimes planted in pots as medicinal plants. This plant originated from mainland Asia and Europe, can be found from the lowlands to a height of 3200 m above sea level. This medicinal plant is widespread in the world and has been known since long time ago and is one of 9 medicinjal plant that are considered sacred in the Anglo Saxon. Broadleaf  Plantain. Credit: NY State IPM Cornel University Broadleaf plantain are perennial plants, grow upright, height 15-20 cm. Single leaf, long stem, arranged in root rosette. Round leaves like eggs until the lancet is widened, the edges are flat or jagged irregularly rough, the surface is slippery or slightly hairy, the curvature is long, 5 - 10 cm long, 4 - 9 cm wide, the color is green. Multiple inflorescence is arranged in a grain that is about 30 cm long, small, white color. Oval...

Descriptiion of  Butterfly-pea ( Clitoria ternatea ) Butterfly-pea ( Clitoria ternatea ) is a plant that is common to most of South East Asian countries. In Indonesia can be found in the forest or in the yard of a house that is usually used as an ornamental plant. This plant generally has a bright blue flowers, but actually this plant also has a different color variants such as white, pink, and purple. These flowers can be utilized for a wide range of purposes such as food coloring, cake, or as a beverage making ingredient. Butterfly-pea flower has been brewed for centuries but only recently been introduced to tea drinkers outside the indigenous area. Butterfly-pea flower tea is a Caffeine-free herbal tea, or tisane, beverage made from a decoction or infusion of the leaves of the Clitoria ternatea plant and dried Lemongrass. The ternatea is also known as butterfly-pea, blue-pea, Aprajita, Cordofan pea or Asian pigeonwings. One of the interesting aspects of the tea is the f...

Coconut tree is a multi-benefit tree for it gives all-year benefits such as coconut milk, fresh coconut water, coconut leaves for making ketupat (rice cake), veins of coconut frond can be used to make broom, coconut husk for firewood, and others. One of the benefits of coconut tree is the heart of palm. Heart of Palm refer to edible soft shoots of palm tree. In Indonesia, Heart of Palm is a must-served-dish in a wedding ceremony, circumcision feast, infant haircuts feast, welcoming Ramadan ceremony, and even to welcome guests and others. Heart of Palm (Credit: Hintha ) To get the heart of palm, we need to cut down at least one coconut tree. It means that he need to plant a new tree and wait for a long time until he can get the heart of plant. Commonly, heart of palm cooked with coconut milk and many spices like shallot, garlic, galangal, turmeric, chili, shrimp paste, salt, sugar, candlenut, bay leaf, lemon grass, and coriander. To have a more appetizing dish, shrimp and meat ca...

Kedawung ( Parkia roxburghii G.Don) seeds are one of herbal food that have become the main ingredient in the making of jamu (Indonesian Herbal Drink). This seed has similar  from with pete, because kedawung has same genus as pete. Kedawung has black color with oval form and slightly flattened. Traditionally, this seed is processed with smoldering it and brewed as a herbal drink, we can and add other ingredients such as honey. There are many benefits we can get from the seeds of kedawung. These herbs contain many healthy biochemical compounds that are good for body health. Not only have a healthy body, but also a body that has strong immunity. You can even treat a variety of serious diseases that appear in the body naturally so that the body is not affected by any side effects. In order not to misunderstand the benefits and efficacy of kedawung seeds, here is some explanations about the benefits of kedaung seed for your health. 1. Cough treatment Kedaung seed can be use...

The guava leaf is probably the most famous among the various herbs. There is many pharmaceutical manufacturers use guava leaf extract in their medicine formula. The leaves of Guava are also very helpful to a variety of health problems, most notably the cure for diarrhea. The guava leaves has various types of chemical compounds that provide benefits to body health, even can be used in beauty treatments. Benefits of Guava Leaf For Treatment Young leaves of guava plants are widely used in traditional medicine in tropical countries. The leaves contain a number of beneficial substances, including antioxidants such as vitamin C and flavonoids such as quercetin. Drinking tea made from hot-rolled guava seeds, may be useful for dealing with various health problems. Here are some benefits of guava: 1. Overcoming Diarrhea Guava leaves can help to inhibit various bacteria that cause diarrhea. For diarrhea patients, drinking this tea will likely experience fewer stools, reduced abdomin...

Benefits of Fennel For Health Fennel considered to help the body stay healthy. Fennel has many benefits for health. No wonder various kinds of health problems can be treated using these plants. Here are the various benefits that can be obtained from fennel plants: 1. Treating Anemia Iron and histidine substances in fennel can stimulate hemoglobin production and also help the body to be able to produce red blood cells in the body. If hb increases and enough then anemia can be overcome. 2. Overcoming Digestive System Disorders Essential oils in fennel seeds can be useful to overcome various kinds of disorders in the digestive system. For children, indigestion can be overcome by using fennel seeds. The trick is to chew the fennel seeds after a big meal. Besides beneficial to launch the digestive system, fennel is also useful to stimulate the secretion of stomach acid, reduce gastric inflammation and also intestinal inflammation. 3. Overcoming Constipation Fennel can also over...

Turkey Berry. Credit:  Forest & Kim Starr via Wikimedia Commons This plant is a small shrub, grow upright and 1-3 m high. The round and branched stalks and the prick are sticking rough and smooth-haired. Single leaf lies berelingun, oval-shaped width with a length of 5-25 cm and 3-20 cm wide, edges tapered edge pinnate pinnate light green. The stem of the leaves is densely hairy with some spikes attached. The flowers are compounded with a star-shaped crown, white in color; Flowers usually come out of the leaf's armpit or from the tip of the stem. Shaped green round and when cooked yellow orange slightly brownish, slippery. A plant of the moist tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,600 meters. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 17 - 29 ° c, but can tolerate 12 - 35 ° c. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,000 - 2,000mm, but tolerates 700 - 4,200mm. Heavy rainfall discourages fruit set. Succeeds in full sun...

Benefits of Coconut Oil for Health Coconut oil is an oil obtained from copra (coconut dried fruit flesh) or from the juice of coconut milk. Oil content in the old coconut meat is estimated to reach 30% -35%, while oil content in copra reached 63-72%. Coconut oil as other vegetable oils, contains triglyceride compounds. Composed of various fatty acids and 90% of them are saturated fatty acids. For Coconut oil that has not been purified as well, it contains small amounts of non-fat components such as phosphatides, gums, Sterols (0.06-0.08%), tocopherol (0.003%), free fatty acids (<5%) and a Little protein and carotene. Sterols serve as stabilizers in oil and tocopherol is an antioxidants.  Coconut Oil (Credit:  Phu Thinh Co via Wikimedia Commons ) Coconut oil is rich in medium chain fatty acids (C8 - C14), especially lauric acid and meristat acid.The existence of this medium chain fatty acid (medium chain fat) is relatively high, making the  coconut oil has ...

Noni Fruit Some people call Noni fruit as Hawaii magic plant, scientifically, noni fruit name is Morinda citrifolia. Noni fruit plant is a tropical plant that can grow up to 3-8 m high. This herbal plant can be found is borneo tropica rainforest. The leaves are arranged face to length 20-40 cm and width 7-15 cm, while the Flower are small and white. Fruit is green shiny and become whiten when its mature. The fruit has many seeds in the flash, small in size. Benefits and properties: Noni fruits can be eaten with a slightly rough taste used to treat influenza, cough, stomach, fever. The leaves are yellowish whitish full sour taste can be used to reduce hypertension / high blood. Noni fruit is efficacious cure coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes (diabetes). Ripe fruit and leaves can be used for the treatment of removing the scales / dotted on the feet. Read also:  How to Treat Influenza (Flu) with Natural Herbal Medicine Noni Chemical Content: Morinda diol,...

The Amazing Tongkat Ali Gynecology and Benefits Asian men are familiar with this herbal plant, you can call it as Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma longifolia). In Indonesia, we call it as Pasak Bumi (Earth Stake).  In Indonesia, Pasak Bumi thrives in the interior of Borneo tropical rainforest which has also been known and used by the Dayak community. Since long ago, Dayaknese in Borneo use this herbal plant as a disease treatment. For mature male, Tongkat Ali actually has efficacy for health, especially to increase the passion, vitality and testosteron level. Recently, Tongkat Ali turned out to have a lot of scientifically researched where the various properties that exist in it. Pasak Bumi has some chemical compound that is very beneficial for our healthy, below is some of the Tongkat Ali chemical compounds: 1. Enthanolic active compound Tongkat Ali has enthanolic substances that are able to produce the amount of male hormone (testosterone) to be more, dense and healthier. 2. Br...