The Bitter brotowali Usefulness

Indonesia is very rich variety of plant species, including plants that can be used as a drug. Herbal treatment was no longer dominated the eastern states. More and more emerging country herbalist from the west. One of the plants known as the drug is brotowali which has a bitter taste. Usefulness of the plant has long been known to the public were hereditary.Brotowali called Tinospora crispa (L.) Miers or Tinospora Tinospora tuberculata rumphii or belonging to the plant family Menispermaceae. The plant is also known by the name of the Andawali, antawali, Tinospora cordifolia, putrawali or leaves gadel. Plants are rich in chemical constituents, including alkaloids, soft resin, starch, glycosides pikroretosid, pikroretin bitter substances, harsa, berberine, palmatin, kolumbin (root), kokulin (pikrotoksin).

Brotowali are analgesics are pain relievers, fever antipyretics ie, paved the meridian / flow of chi. In the pharmacology of Chinese called this plant has a cool character with a bitter taste.

Brotowali pre-clinical tests in HeLa cell culture (cervical carcinoma), shows the effect of the extract brotowali cytotoxicity equivalent to the effects of doxorubicin. It is estimated that the plant has good prospects as an antineoplastic.

Based on various literature noted by generations of experience from various countries and regions, this plant can cure the diseases as follows:

1. Rheumatism. One finger brotowali cleaned and cut into pieces as necessary, boil with 3 cups of water to 1.5 cups. After chilling filtered, add honey to taste, drink. Three times a day and a half glasses.

2. Yellow fever. One finger brotowali washed and cut into pieces, boiled in 3 cups water into a half glass. Be drunk with honey to taste. 2 times a day and a half glasses.

3. Fever. Two fingers brotowali boiled with 2 cups of water until it becomes a glass. After a cold drink with honey to taste. 2 times a day and a half glasses.

4. Diabetes. One third of bitter leaf cell, a third cat whiskers leaf cell, 6 cm brotowali cleaned and cut into pieces, boiled in 3 cups of water up into two glasses. Drunk after a meal, one glass a day two times.

5. Scabies. A total of three fingers brotowali, sulfur of walnut, washed and finely crushed, squeezed with coconut oil as necessary. Used to grease the affected skin scabies. Twice a day.

6. Injury. Brotowali leaves pounded, Paste, replaced two times per day. Wash the wound with boiling water brotowali.

7. Body itching. Boiling water bath with a span brotowali.