Cardamom

Cardamom is a kind of fruit, which is often used as a spice in cooking and special blends of herbs. There are two types of cardamom are widely used in Indonesia, Java, or cardamom (Amomum compact) and India, cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), both members of the family Zingiberaceae.

The plants are 2-3 m tall grass. Having a rounded, dark green pseudostem. Having a successful business at an altitude of 200-1000 meters above sea level. Sheets returned to the show, lanceolate, all from 7.5 to 3 x 50 -10 cm, base narrow, conical tip 3 cm long, bright green leaves are a lot of white dots at the beginning, but eventually the red blood.

Rhizomes grow flowers and separated from the mother, with upright stems of 10 cm. Voices of the stairs are closed. Flower-shaped crown of pipe, rectangular, white or yellowish. The fruit is small and short, thick, sometimes hairy, gray-yellow.

Cardamom is grown mainly for their fruit. Other dried herbs or spices. Essential oils extracted from seeds is used in perfumes and fragrances. All parts of this function, the aromatic fragrance of cardamom, bitter and warm. Medicines against cough nourishing herbal, and carminative, used to treat cough, abdominal pain, arthritis and fever.

Cakar Ayam (Selaginella doederleinii Hieron)

Including plants Division Pteridophyta, Selaginella. Ferns in Indonesia called ayam Cakar because its shape resembles a chicken leg, while in China, Shang Shi name. This plant usually grows wild shores of streams, wet rocks, gorges, cliffs, and 400-750 meters in height a. The chicken legs with the cold, wet herbs in order to bring a small tripod, height 15-35 cm. Mother round, mud, branches, there is no secondary growth, and brown-black.

The leaves are small, simple, style organized body, face, 1-2 mm long, smooth, and a length of 4-5 mm, 2 mm wide, oblong, pointed, flat bottom, high-gloss green green leaves , dark world. Leaves arranged on both sides of the trunk of the body, which resembles chicken claw in balance. Fallen leaves, and white axillary sporangia. Fibers because of their green stems and green-brown-black.

This plant contains alkaloids, saponins and phytosterols. Etanolik extracts contain components, lignans and bioflavonoids fenilpropanon.

This plant is effective in removing heat and moisture into the bloodstream, antitoksik, antineoplasma to stop bleeding (hemostasis), and reduce the swelling. Equally effective in the treatment chorioepithelioma, choriocarcinoma, a cancer of the nasopharynx, lung cancer, respiratory infections, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia), infection, sore throat, cough, sore throat, hoarse, hepatitis, cholecystitis, Cirrhosis of the liver (narrowing of the liver), abdominal swelling (ascites), Selaginella, acute urinary tract infections, broken bones (fractures), and arthritis.

Bitter Grape

Known as acid grapes Brotowali Indonesia, the Chinese named Shen Jin Teng. Plants that live in the wild in the woods, fields, or planting in the yard near the fence. Usually planted as a medicinal herb.


These plants are shrubs that live in the mountains. Ensure your finger is a small, young, green and gray, when it comes to the ancient, narrow, and a bitter taste. Leave due to a heart-shaped egg, slightly rounded or feet, with a length of 7-12 cm, 50-10 cm wide. Small flowers, light green, in the form of a pseudo-groups. Spread the cut.


Skins and stems of this plant contain alkaloids, such as starches, glycosides pikroretosid pale yellow resin. The root contains berberine, and Columbine. Alkaloid berberine is to prevent bacteria in the wound. The bitterness is also helpful to increase appetite and reduce sugar. Pikroretin bitter substances can stimulate the nerves and the respirator to work properly, and to simplify the exchange of substances, which can reduce the heat.


The chemical properties of the grape is bitter and cold, although the effect of analgesic (painkiller), fever (fever), and launched the meridian.


The grapes are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, hip (sciatica), bruising, fever, stimulates appetite, yellow fever, and diabetes. Used in this plant boiled and drunk. Of boiling water to wash the bitter wounds, scabies and wounds.