Thursday, March 17, 2011

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.

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