Medicinal Plants and Their Uses │ Bitter

Medicinal plants and their uses Bitter - medicinal plants are behind the bitter taste turns extraordinary save properties, medicinal plants in Indonesia is very famous because of properties that can help cure some diseases and health complaints.

This medicinal plants can live well in the lowlands, which has rainfall 2000-3000 mm / year, with temperatures 20-32 degrees Celsius, so in Indonesia is very suitable plant breeding. 

medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata called latin has a scientific classification as follows:

Kingdom : Plantae

Order       : Lamiales

Family     : Acanthaceae

Genus      : Andrographis

Species    : A. paniculata

Binomial name: Andrographis paniculata 

Medicinal Plants and usefulness to cure namely:

Bitter can prevent the formation of inflammation, improving urine is diuretic in scientific language, lowers body heat is antipiretika in scientific language, upset stomach, diabetes, and exposure to toxins. potassium compounds give efficacy to lower blood pressure as well, lowering blood sugar levels.

Content brought by bitter medicinal plants namely: andrographolide these substances resulting bitter taste bitter medicinal plants, with a bitter substance is also useful to reduce the CDK4 enzyme that suppresses the growth of cancer cells and boost immunity.

treating headaches with bitter herbs

To treat influenza and headaches using a dry powder of bitter leaf which you can get in a natural traditional medicine shop and Traditional Chinese medicine store, you can take advantage of 1 gram powder with a bitter then brewed cup of hot water, let stand to be drunk directly, do this treatment to 3 up to 4 times a day, if you do not like the bitter taste can be mixed with honey to taste.