Many plants that exist in Nature has its benefits and
health giving properties. Usually people call with herbs or herbal remedies
traditionally processed and different drugs made from chemicals. Since before
there was drug use chemicals, various types of plants were made into herbal
medicine with a specific recipe that serves as a cure various diseases and also
as a precaution against the disease which means that these herbs are beneficial
to health at that time.
Types of plants including Wild Ginger is an ingredient
that is most commonly found in herbal medicine, as it has many benefits like
can increase appetite, overcoming liver disease, other than that according to
Dr. Arijanto Jonosowojo SpPD, ginger not only to treat hepatitis but can lower
LDL and also raise HDL levels in the body.
Benefits of Wild Ginger
Wild Ginger, This plant is one of the main medicinal
plant originating from Indonesia, especially in Java, and spread an other areas. Until now Wild Ginger
been cultivated in many countries, mostly in Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, and the Philippines. In addition, this plant can also be found in
many other countries such as China, India, Japan, Korea, America up in several
countries in Europe.
The name used on ginger in areas in Indonesia are
different, such as Sundanese called with big
parts, while in Madura ginger is also called the meeting labak. The
scientific name of turmeric is Curcuma xanthorrhiza. Ginger plants can grow
well in the state of loose soil, and grows in lowland areas up to 1500 meters
above sea level which is the habitat of tropical forests. However, you
certainly can easily find ginger in many places, even in traditional markets.
Wild Ginger contains
usually used for the treatment of liver and osteoarthritis patient care.
In addition, in ginger contains volatile oil are also useful for rheumatic
diseases. Of both substances contained in turmeric also has anti-oxidants that
are beneficial to health. Besides, curcumin also has several other benefits
such as an analgesic, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
According to Dr. Pangestu Adi, who is the senior staff of
Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University Hospital Dr Soetomo, Surabaya ( Indonesia) said
that Ginger can cope with liver disease who have high levels of SPGT and AST is
more than normal for 6 months or more, as it also liver disease which still has
something to do with virus B, C or B and C. In addition useful for the
treatment of hepatitis ginger can also lower LDL and raise HDL.
Besides other benefits Ginger is usually made as
hepatoprotektor to protect the liver due to the side effects of drug use
Cholesterol is usually consumed in the long run. Wild Ginger
for other health benefits may be many, but if you want to cultivate ginger
and make it as herbal medicine, you could use a pot of clay, not recommended to
use aluminum pot to boil it as a place for active substances
The aluminum can react with substances contained in
ginger can cause poisoning.
According to the Head of Complementary Alternative
Polyclinic Hospital Dr. Soetomo, Surabaya, Dr. Arjianto Jonowewojo, SpPD
Suggest better to use the traditional way of using a pot of clay usually is
specifically used to boil the herbs. Besides ginger can be boiled several times
to take the boiled water but it is not advisable to do so many times because of
course it contains oil and turmeric contained in ginger will be reduced so that
the benefits gained less than optimal.
Hopefully this article on the benefits and efficacy of
ginger for health can increase your knowledge of one of the main herbs that
have various benefits of this. In addition, as reported from the site
lifeshack.com, ginger can prevent and cure of various diseases such as,
digestion, stomach, constipation, colds and even has the benefit of eliminating
acne on the face. So there's nothing wrong if you consume herbs turmeric
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