Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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.

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