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Bahan utama produk adalah Halbah/Fenugreek.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Magenta;"><br />TERBUKTI</span></span> - mengurangkan gula dalam darah/kencing manis dan mengurangkan LDL and TC (Bad Cholesterol dalam Badan).<br /><br /> <b><u>Fenugreek, an Herb Against Diabetes also Reduces Cholesterol</u></b><br /><br />"...In humans, fenugreek seeds exert hypoglycemic effects 'beneficial against diabetes,] by stimulating glucose-dependant insulin secretion from pancreatic... cells...<br /><br />"Fenugreek seeds also lower serum triglycerides (TC), total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) 'the bad guys]...<br /><br />"This study 'refers to a clinical analysis of 25 patients] suggests that fenugreek seed extract and diet/exercise may be equally effective strategies for attaining glycemic control in type 2 diabetes 'the scientists noted however that this was a small trial.]...<br /><br />They referred to another small trial in which fenugreek was compared to a drug, Metformin (t.m.)<span style="color:Magenta;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> and found to be superior</span></span> to it. Again, it was a small and indeed, one without a "control" group.<br /><br /><b><u><span style="color:Magenta;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Reduce balding & Hair fall</span></span></u></b><br /><br />Fenugreek is a natural herb with extremely potent seeds, which have a medicinal effect to reduce balding, hair fall, and hair thinning. For hair fall and dandruff, the crushed or boiled seeds alone have been found to restore the hair shaft. The seeds contain hormone precursors that replenish hair growth. Additionally, fenugreek seeds are a good source of nicotinic acid and protein. Protein is highly important in rebuilding and strengthening the hair shaft. In fact, protein balanced diets are emphasized to reduce hair loss and stimulating hair growth. The amount of protein in fenugreek alone may explain its restorative ability on damaged or falling hair.<br /><br /><b><u><span style="color:Magenta;"><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />OTHER BENEFITS</span></div></span></u></b><br /><br />Fenugreek is an amazing magic herb that can cure number of ailments. Indian Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine recommend fenugreek to treat arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, improve digestion, maintain a healthy metabolism, <span style="color:Magenta;"><span style="font-size:130%;">increase libido and male potency,</span></span> cure skin problems (wounds, rashes and boils), treat sore throat, and cure acid reflux. Fenugreek also has a long history of use for the treatment of reproductive disorders, to induce labor, to treat hormonal disorders, <span style="color:Magenta;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><b>to help with breast enlargement,</b></span></span> and to reduce menstrual pain. Recent studies have shown that Fenugreek helps lower blood glucose and cholestrol levels, and may be an <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:Magenta;"><b>effective treatment for both type 1 and 2 diabetes</b></span></span>. Fenugreek is also being studied for its cardiovascular benefits.<br /><br />....Prophet (s.a.w.s.) once said: "If my people knew what there is in fenugreek, they would have bought and paid its weight in gold." - <span style="color:Magenta;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Sekiranya ummah aku tahu apa kebaikan yang boleh didapati daripada Halbah, mereka akan membelinya dan membayar beratnya dengan EMAS"</span></span>....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Untuk mendapatkan product ini - JUS HALBAH PLUS, sila telefon: 012-2790800, <span style="font-size:130%;">hanya</span> RM10, botol 500ML.</span>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-6992007075616960452009-08-06T10:10:00.001+08:002009-08-23T09:50:11.284+08:00Curcumin & Alzheimer’s & Cancer Prevention<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SpCgRGhErfI/AAAAAAAAACw/kujx7sI8tSM/s1600-h/Jus+Temulawak+Special.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SpCgRGhErfI/AAAAAAAAACw/kujx7sI8tSM/s400/Jus+Temulawak+Special.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372970571120553458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;">Curcumin has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal preparation made from turmeric or as turmeric powder used as a preservative and coloring agent in foods (yellow curry powder).<br /><br />Curcumin was isolated as the major yellow pigment in turmeric, a pure chemical (diferulomethane). Curcumin’s structure is similar to other plant pigments called polyphenolics (chemicals containing muliple “phenol” groups) which often have potent anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and associated health benefits. Many similar plant pigments are known as potent antioxidants, for example, the pigments extracted from grapes in red wine ( resveratrol), or in green tea (catechins) or in fruit juices (blueberries, strawberries, pomegranates etc) typically contain polyphenolic antioxidants and have been studied for their possible medicinal or preventive value.<br /><br />Of the many polyphenolics, curcumin is special for the following reasons:<br />Curcumin is the Asian version of aspirin. Our wonder drug aspirin was originally purifed from willow bark extracts that were used in European and American Indian traditional medicines to control inflammation. Eventually aspirin was synthesized by German chemists and developed by Bayer as one of the most successful drugs in the Western medicine cabinet. Today aspirin is used not only in pain remedies and other analgesic applications, but to control minor fever and inflammation and, at low doses, to prevent heart attack and stroke. Curcumin has been used in traditional Indian (Ayruvedic) and Chinese medicine for thousands of years largely because of its proven efficacy in treating conditions with inflammation. They also used it in foods as an effective food preservative, just as we use synthetic additives like BHA. These ancient civilizations have vast trial and error experience with many different herbal remedies and food preparations and they selected curcumin as a food additive and major tool for medicinal use based on efficacy- not superstition.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Curcumin has been developed by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) </span>and academic investigators around the world as a potent anti-carcinogen. Because of low toxicity and great efficacy in multiple in vitro and in vivo cancer models, curcumin was selected for further development, put through extensive toxicology testing and has successively made it through the first stages (Phase I) of clinical testing abroad and is currently in clinical trials at several sites in the U.S. All of this work by many labs has provided the basis to quickly and safely explore curcumin’s potential for Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.<br /><br />Curcumin has shown efficacy in many other pre-clinical culture and animal models for diseases related to aging and chronic treatment with related “curcuminoids” have even been able to increase the lifespan of mice.<br /><br />Curcumin and Alzheimer’s Disease. Our group has tested curcumin in several models for Alzheimer’s and found that it not only reduces oxidative damage and inflammation (as expected), but also reduces amyloid accumulation and synaptic marker loss and promotes amyloid phagocytosis and clearance. Curcumin worked to prevent synaptic marker and cognitive deficits caused by amyloid peptide infusion and abeta oligomer toxicity in vitro. Our work on curcumin and AD is discussed in detail in our publications<br /><br />1. Heath DD, Pruitt MA, Brenner DE, Begum AN, Frautschy SA, Rock CL. Tetrahydrocurcumin in plasma and urine: Quantitation by high performance liquid chromatography.J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2005 Jul 29; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 16061427 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]<br />2. Ringman JM, Frautschy SA, Cole GM, Masterman DL, Cummings JL. A potential role of the curry spice curcumin in Alzheimer's disease.Curr Alzheimer Res. 2005 Apr;2(2):131-6.PMID: 15974909 [PubMed - in process]<br />3. Cole GM, Morihara T, Lim GP, Yang F, Begum A, Frautschy SA. NSAID and Antioxidant Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease: Lessons from In Vitro and Animal Models.Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec;1035:68-84.PMID: 15681801 [PubMed - in process]<br />4. Yang F, Lim GP, Begum AN, Ubeda OJ, Simmons MR, Ambegaokar SS, Chen PP, Kayed R, Glabe CG, Frautschy SA, Cole GM. Curcumin inhibits formation of amyloid beta oligomers and fibrils, binds plaques, and reduces amyloid in vivo. J Biol Chem. 2005 Feb 18;280(7):5892-901. Epub 2004 Dec 7.PMID: 15590663 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]<br />5. Frautschy SA, Hu W, Kim P, Miller SA, Chu T, Harris-White ME, Cole GM. Phenolic anti-inflammatory antioxidant reversal of Abeta-induced cognitive deficits and neuropathology. Neurobiol Aging. 2001 Nov-Dec;22(6):993-1005. PMID: 11755008 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]<br />6. Lim GP, Chu T, Yang F, Beech W, Frautschy SA, Cole GM. Related Articles The curry spice curcumin reduces oxidative damage and amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer transgenic mouse.J Neurosci. 2001 Nov 1;21(21):8370-7.PMID: 11606625 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]<br /><br />Source: http://www.healthhemi.com/assets/documents/CurcuminandAlzheimers.pdf<br /></div>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-68076122175703233772009-08-06T09:50:00.000+08:002009-08-06T10:07:41.780+08:00Potential role of curcumin in stroke prevention , By Bruce Ovbiagele<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The cause for a majority of ischemic strokes can be attributed to an underlying atherosclerotic disease process. Longitudinal epidemiologic studies have associated several risk factors with the initiation and progression of symptomatic atherosclerosis including hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia, and it is estimated that optimal control of these factors could substantially reduce the occurrence of stroke .<br /><br />More recently, the realization that atherosclerosis is in part, an inflammatory condition , has prompted renewed interest in exploring additional avenues for identifying and treating high vascular risk patients, particularly since options for treating acute ischemic stroke remain limited.</div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Many conventional vascular risk factors have overlapping mechanisms, synergism or complementary actions in the formation of arterial thrombosis, and there tends to be a greater incidence in the frequency of vascular events with increasing number and severity of risk factors.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">This knowledge has fuelled a desire to find and utilize treatments that confer multifactorial vascular protection via favorable pleiotropic properties. Currently available therapies such as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins), renin–angiotensin system modulators and thiazolinediones are all believed to reduce vascular risk through additional mechanisms beyond their primary mode of action. Apart from efficacy through presumably varied actions, the recognition that single treatments with multiple pharmacologic actions could simplify treatment regimens, and thereby boost treatment adherence in the real world, has raised interest in the concept of a ‘polypill’that incorporates various vascular risk reduction drugs in the form of a single pill.</p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">A promising single novel treatment that may simultaneously provide several vascular protective benefits for persons at risk for stroke is curcumin, which derives from the root of the plant <i>Curcuma longa</i>, and is regarded as the most biologically active constituent of the spice turmeric. Curcumin harbors several properties that could make it suitable for stroke prevention.</p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Neuroprotective:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin acts as a free-radical scavenger inhibiting lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide synthase expression. Curcumin exerts indirect antioxidant effects by enhancing the synthesis of glutathione, an important intracellular antioxidant . In fact, administration of curcumin after focal cerebral ischemia in rats significantly diminished infarct volume, improved neurological deficit, decreased mortality and reduced the water content of the brain in a dose-dependent manner.</p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Anti-inflammatory:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin suppresses the production of inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-8 and the reactive astrocyte marker glial fibrillary acidic protein, as well as interfering with transcription factors NF-κB and activator protein-1.</p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Antilipemic:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin attenuates diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in rats, and a small clinical trial demonstrated that low doses of curcumin lowered total cholesterol and boosted high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.</p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Antiaggregant:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin preferentially inhibits platelet aggregation induced by platelet-activating factor and arachidonic acid. Since oxidative damage, inflammation and dyslipidemia all contribute to poor clinical outcomes in persons with or at risk for stroke, and several proven treatments for reducing stroke risk target these mechanisms, there is a rationale for testing the potential of curcumin to ameliorate stroke risk.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Since these known curcumin targets all play important physiological roles in stroke occurrence, a relatively low dose influencing all of these pathways might be expected to have as great a clinical benefit as higher doses without dose-related toxicity. Indeed, a preclinical study found an antiatherogenic effect of low dose of curcumin in a mouse model of atherosclerosis.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">However, most of the preliminary toxicology has been examined in humans largely while investigating <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">curcumin as an anticarcinogen or cancer chemopreventive agent. </span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin appears to be well tolerated in humans when administered daily (even up to doses as high as 8 g/day; the bulky volume of the drug is unpalatable beyond 8 g) over several months (up to 3 years in small trials) and dose-limiting toxicity has not been observed so far .<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">However, occasional reports of gastrointestinal adverse events, including nausea and diarrhea, during the first 1 month of use have been observed, and infrequent abnormal rises in serum alkaline phosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase levels noted .<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin may also need to be used cautiously in patients with bleeding disorders and when being administered along with antithrombotic medications.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Relevant to a cerebrovascular disease population, which would consist largely of elderly persons, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">a study among persons with Alzheimer’s disease</span> (mean age of 74 years; 62% female) tested the tolerability and safety of 4 g/day of curcumin in a 24-week, randomized, double-blind study.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Oral curcumin for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease: tolerability and clinical and biomarker efficacy results of a placebo-controlled 24-week study.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin was well tolerated without any reported gastrointestinal side effects or elevated liver enzymes . In contrast to the extensive preclinical data on curcumin, the pharmacokinetic properties of curcumin in humans are still not completely understood .<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin inhibits cytochrome P-450 isoenzyme 1A1 and undergoes avid metabolism by conjugation and reduction, and its disposition after oral dosing is characterized by poor systemic bioavailability 65% after oral administration).<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">However, the daily doses given in several of these human studies that actually assessed curcumin bioavailability generally did not exceed 500 mg of curcumin, so it is conceivable that higher doses of curcumin that furnish measurable plasma curcumin concentrations will be required to elicit clinically relevant antilipid, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Supporting this notion, analyses of serum and urine samples in a study where subjects consumed 3.6 g daily of curcumin showed the definitive presence of curcumin and its conjugates in both sample types, thereby providing a reliable and easy method for potentially testing the compliance of subjects consuming curcumin in clinical trials .<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">It also appears that concomitant administration of piperine boosts curcumin’s bioavailability in humans by 2000%. On the basis of extrapolating doses from rodents to humans (normalizing for the higher metabolic rate in rodents), the full range of doses to consider for likely efficacy in humans is presumed to range from 500 to 6000 mg/day. Curcumin is very hydrophobic and rapidly removed by tissues suggesting that CNS levels of 0.1 µM might be achievable at 4000 mg or lower doses. Small clinical trials have observed single-dose effects on lipid, inflammatory and oxidative risk factors of stroke.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">For instance, 500 mg/day <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">curcumin reduced markers for oxidative damage and total cholesterol while increasing HDL </span>, while 1100–1200 mg/day has been used to control systemic inflammation .<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Overall, curcumin appears to carry promise as stroke preventive agent. It may be worthwhile to conduct future clinical trials of oral curcumin supplementation in persons with, or at risk for stroke, to investigate its appropriate dosing, safety, and therapeutic activity.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Financial competing interests disclosure:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The author has no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Source: http://www.expert-reviews.com/doi/full/10.1586/14737175.8.8.1175?cookieSet=1</p>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-75980406336957013912009-08-02T18:28:00.001+08:002009-08-16T13:00:41.743+08:00Curcumin is a powerful anti-oxidant, has profound anti-inflammatory properties, has been shown to both prevent and suppress cancer, and is safe.<p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><strong><br /></strong></p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><strong><br /></strong></p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><strong>The history and chemistry of tumeric and curcumin and its many health benefits:</strong></p><ul style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li><strong>A strong antioxidant.</strong></li><strong> </strong><li><strong>Relieves pain and inflammation.</strong></li><li><strong>Helps prevent and may improve Alzheimer’s Disease.</strong></li><li><strong>Prevents and suppresses cancer.</strong></li><li><strong>Has many other amazing health benefits.</strong></li><strong> </strong><li><strong>Curcumin is safe.</strong></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="font-family: verdana;"></strong> <img style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 8px 0pt 0pt 12px; font-family: verdana;" src="http://www.mittag-holistic-chiropractic.com/images/historical_TURMERIC.jpg" alt="" width="130" align="right" height="200" /> </div><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">History and chemistry.</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Most everyone is familiar with the bright yellow color of Indian curry. Tumeric is the spice that gives curry much of its color. The spice is made from the powdered root of Curcuma longa, a member of the ginger family, Zingaberaceae. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Tumeric has been used for over a thousand years as a remedy in Ayurvedic (India) and Chinese medicine. In Ayurveda it used to inhibit inflammation. It was also prized by the ancient Romans and Greeks who valued its medicinal properties. The name “tumeric” derived from Latin, translates to “earth-merit”. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">A group of chemical compounds in tumeric called curcuminoids are responsible for the color. The curcuminoids are extracted from the spice to concentrate them for medicinal use. This is "curcumin" and was initially extracted from tumeric over 100 years ago. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Three primary curcuminoids have been identified. They are curcumin (diferuloyl methane), demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin. Curcuminoids are polyphenolic compounds that comprise 2-9% of tumeric.(1)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin extracts of tumeric are available as nutritional supplements. Some extracts indicate that they are standardized to contain 95% curcuminoids. This represents a 10-50X concentration of the curcuminoids found in their natural state in tumeric. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin concentration in the blood’s serum peaks 1-2 hours after taking it by mouth.(2) </p><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">A strong antioxidant.</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Oxidation is a natural attribute of oxygen. Oxygen likes to combine with other molecules. As it does so they become oxidized. In nature the process of oxidation is seen when metal rusts and when fat goes rancid. The rusted metal is chemically different than non-rusted. Rancid fat has also been chemically altered by oxygen. In the human body oxidation can also damage molecules and tissues. The body protects itself with antioxidants. In every day terms antioxidants are like putting oil on metal to protect it from rust. Or putting butter in the refrigerator to prevent it from going rancid. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Many different nutrients serve as antioxidants. Vitamins C and E and selenium are examples of some. Plants produce their own antioxidants to protect themselves from the effects of oxygen. In the plant kingdom antioxidants often give the plant, fruit or vegetable its color. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">In India tumeric has been used for centuries as a food additive for flavoring and to keep food from spoiling. In our body it does the same. It prevents damage from oxygen (oxidation), and in so doing protects our health. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">One of the primary theories of aging says we grow old as the result of oxidation of our tissues. Our antioxidant systems can’t keep up with the damaging effects of oxygen. Eventually so much tissue damage occurs that our body systems begin to malfunction. Eventually the malfunctioning of our organs leads to death.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The damage of oxidation often occurs through an intermediary molecule called a free radical. Free radicals are very reactive transient molecules that swipe electrons from their neighbor molecules. If the nearest neighbor happens to be the cell’s DNA or genetic material, a free radical can damage DNA. Damaged DNA can cause the cell to go out of control, multiplying again and again. This is cancer. Carcinogens (chemicals that are known to cause cancer) mainly cause cancer by producing free radicals which damage the cellular DNA. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Researchers have shown that curcuminoids can prevent free radicals from forming. Once formed, curcuminoids are able to neutralize free radicals before they cause damage. Curcuminoids inhibit potent free radical molecules such as superoxide and hydroxyl radicals.(3) Still other researchers compared curcumin to vitamins C and E in its strong antioxidant activity.(4) One of the body’s core antioxidants is glutathione. When curcumin is added to cells in a tissue culture it increases intracellular glutathione levels.(5) </p><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Relieves pain and inflammation.</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin has strong anti-inflammatory activity. One researcher summarizes the findings this way: </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">”Turmeric, an approved food additive, or its component curcumin, has shown surprisingly beneficial effects in experimental studies of acute and chronic diseases characterized by an exaggerated inflammatory reaction. There is ample evidence to support its clinical use, both as a prevention and a treatment.”(6)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Researchers find the action of curcumin to two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, indomethacin (Indocin) and phenylbutazone, but without the side effects. The side effects of phenylbutazone are serious. They include suppression of production of white cells (immune system) and of red cells in the bone marrow resulting in anemia. Other side effects of prolonged use include those characteristic of other NSAID’s gastrointestinal ulcers and bleeding, and kidney damage.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin has also been shown to have activity similar to aspirin, but without the side effects.(7)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Researchers are beginning to understand how curcumin’s anti-inflammatory activity works. Remember the “Cox-2 inhibitors” like Celebrex and Vioxx? These drugs were designed to inhibit the action of an enzyme that is involved in the inflammatory process. By inhibiting the enzyme, inflammation could be decreased. Unfortunately when the enzyme was blocked by these drugs it through other important and vital chemical reactions out of balance. This is what creates the harmful side effects of these drugs and the other NSAID’s. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin, being composed of a number of active molecules, has a broader action than single drugs. We know that this action is also more balanced and in tune with the body’s need. This is obvious because of the lack of harmful side effects with curcumin. It acts on several major inflammatory pathways in the body. The biochemistry of inflammation is complex. The key idea here is that curcumin exerts a more gentle action on several different inflammatory pathways, producing an overall result comparable to what is achieved with drugs.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Here is how researchers summarize the biochemical actions of curcumin with regard to inflammation.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">“The anti-inflammatory effect of curcumin is most likely mediated through its ability to inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), lipoxygenase (LOX), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS).(8)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">An oil extract of tumeric was shown to decrease arthritis in rats.(9)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">A preparation of tumeric containing eye drops effectively treated bacterial conjunctivitis, a condition in which the eye becomes inflamed because of a bacterial infection. Eye redness and burning improved after 3 days of treatment. After six days 23 out of the 25 participants in the study reported relief of all their symptoms.(10)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Researchers gave 18 patients with rheumatoid arthritis 1200 mg of curcumin daily. After two weeks they reported improvement in morning stiffness, walking time and joint swelling.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcuminoids have been shown to help post-surgical pain. 40 men who had undergone surgery for hernia’s were given curcumin at a dose of 1200 mg per day. After five days the reported relief in swelling, tenderness and pain was the same as that reported for NSAID phenylbutazone.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Three more researcher’s in a study titled “Role of curcumin in health and disease” summarize the research findings on curcumin and inflammation this way:</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">“Curcumin has the potential to treat a wide variety of inflammatory diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, psoriasis, etc, through modulation of numerous molecular targets.”(11)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Another research group praised curcumin’s properties this way:</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">“[Curcumin] has been proven to exhibit remarkable anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties.”(12)</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">When I (Dr. Mittag) suffered a herniated disc, during the first week I was in such severe pain I needed a steroid injection and narcotics. As it became less severe I shifted to large doses of curcumin, a few other herbs and a couple alternative treatments. Just one and one-half weeks after my initial hospitalization I was off all drugs and pain free. </p><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Can help prevent and may improve Alzheimer’s Disease.</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The rate Alzheimer’s disease in India is perhaps the lowest in the world. Scientists find that cultures that consume the greatest amount of tumeric have the lowest incidence of Alzheimer’s disease in the world. India’s rate of Alzheimer’s is one-quarter that of the United States. Only 1% of Indians over the age of 65 suffer from the degenerative brain condition. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">In Alzheimer’s protein deposits form amyloid plaques in the brain. In a sense these plaques gum up the works, disrupting brain function. When plaques form in synapses—the communication junctions between nerve cells—nerve cells fail to communicate with each other effectively. Memory loss is one result. Researchers have shown that oxidative damage and inflammation contribute to the formation of these plaques. It has been shown that in a test tube curcumin inhibits the formation of the protein that makes up these plaques.(11) It has been confirmed that curcuminoids in the blood stream do cross the blood brain barrier and enter the brain.(13) In animals with an Alzheimer’s like disease, curcumin even decreased the amount of amyloid plaques.(13-15) </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The promise of curcumin for Alzheimer’s has resulted in a number of clinical trials now in progress.(16) These studies are looking at curcumin both as a way to prevent and to treat Alzheimer’s disease. In the mean time I’m taking my curcumin supplements and enjoying more curry in my diet. </p><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Can prevent and suppress cancer.</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Cancer arises when cells multiply out of control. Cell multiplication is normally under the control of genetic material within the nucleus of the cell. This genetic material is chemically called DNA. Damage to the DNA can initiate the process of out of control multiplication. Damage is known to occur through exposure to carcinogens such as the chemicals in cigarette smoke, radiation, other toxic chemicals and even infections. Hormone imbalances can also over stimulate cells resulting in cancer formation. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The development of cancer is a complex multi-step process. If cells multiply out of control but do not spread, the result is a benign tumor. Cells that are multiplying out of control can also invade neighboring tissues. In the process the don’t act or look like the cells they once were. These cells spread throughout the body or metastasize. This is called metastasis (or spread) and makes the cancer malignant (literally meaning “bad”). As they invade tissues elsewhere in the body they begin to disrupt body functions and as we all know, can eventually cause death.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Clinicians have classified the stages of a malignant cancer’s growth.These stages are called initiation, promotion and progression. Initiation involves permanent damage to the cellular DNA or genetic material. Viruses, radiation and environmental chemical toxins are all thought to cause of “initiation”. With promotion the cell begins to multiply or grow out of control. The carcinogenic chemicals in tobacco smoke, environmental pollutants, drugs and hormones are all promoters. With progression the cell begins to invade neighboring tissues. It has lost its identity in terms of its normal structure and function. It is now a rogue destructive opportunist. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin to the rescue. Hear what researchers have to say with regard to curcumin’s anticancer properties and the three stages of cancer formation.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">“Carcinogenesis encompasses three closely associated stages: initiation, progression, and promotion. [Curcumin] has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antitumor properties. [It] has also been shown to be beneficial in all three stages of carcinogenesis.”(17) </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Normally diseased cells will self destruct. This is sort of a safety mechanism programmed into human cells. The process is called apoptosis. Cancer cells skirt this safety net as they metastasize throughout the body. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin was demonstrated to increase apoptosis or self destruction of prostate cancer cells in men.(18) The rate of prostate cancer in India versus the United States is revealing. Remember that East Indians tend to consume lots of curcumin. In India the rate of prostate cancer ranges from 5.0 to 9.1 per 100,000/year. In the United States is 110.4 per 100,000/year or more than 10X’s. For African Americans the rate of prostate cancer is even higher.(19) </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">In fact, curcumin has been shown to protect the body from cancer in many ways, and in many stages of the cancer formation process. Researchers recognize the value of this when they state…</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">“Curcumin… has emerged as one of the most powerful chemopreventive and anticancer agents. Its biological effects range from antioxidant [and] anti-inflammatory to inhibition of angiogenesis, and [it] is also shown to possess specific antitumoral activity.”(20) </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Cancer refers to the process that can happen to many different cells in the body. Researchers are finding that curcumin works against many types of cancer, not just a single type:</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">“Pre-clinical studies in a variety of cancer cell lines including breast, cervical, colon, gastric, hepatic, leukemia, oral epithelial, ovarian, pancreatic, and prostate have consistently shown that curcumin possesses anticancer activity in vitro and in pre-clinical animal models.”(21) </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The study of the cancer preventative and suppressive effects of curcumin continue. Researchers are also moving to develop anticancer drugs based on the chemicals found in curcumin. </p><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Many other amazing health benefits.</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Many other health benefits of curcumin have been verified. </p><ul style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li><strong>Nervous system protection.</strong> We’ve seen that curcumin protects against and may help to reverse Alzheimer’s Disease. Researchers find that curcumin “has at least 10 known neuroprotective actions…” which make it “a strong candidate for use in the prevention or treatment of major disabling age-related neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and stroke.”(22)</li><li><strong>Protects against cataracts.</strong> Oxidative stress is thought to be the basis of cataract formation. Curcumin is known to be a strong antioxidant. Two studies have found that curcumin protected the eye lenses of rats from cataract formation. The opacification (clouding) that is characteristic of cataract formation was significantly reduced when rats were fed curcumin.(23)</li><li><strong>Stimulates wound healing.</strong> Rats given curcumin had skin wounds heal faster than those who didn’t.(24) This was found to also be true in diabetic rats and mice. Normally wounds in diabetic animals are known to heal more slowly.(25)</li><li>Curcumin has also shown promise in the treatment of <strong>multiple sclerosis</strong>(26), <strong>psoriasis</strong>(27), <strong>cystic fibrosis</strong>(28), <strong>dementia</strong>(29) and more.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin is safe.</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin has been demonstrated to be absolutely safe for humans. Curcumin containing tumeric has been used in Indian and Asian cooking for over one thousand years. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Researchers also say that curcumin is safe. In one study 25 subjects took 8000 mg of curcumin daily for three months without any toxic effect. A total of six studies have looked at the safety of curcumin for human consumption. After reviewing all of these studies the scientists concluded that “Curcumin has been demonstrated to be safe in six human trials and has demonstrated anti-inflammatory activity.”(30) Consumption of 20-40 mg of curcumin has been reported to increase gall bladder contraction in healthy people.(31-32) Gall bladder contraction is a normal physiological activity, occurring after ingestion of fats. </p><h3 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">References:</h3><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(1) Lechtenberg M, Quandt B, Nahrstedt A. Quantitative determination of curcuminoids in Curcuma rhizomes and rapid differentiation of Curcuma domestica Val. and Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. by capillary electrophoresis. Phytochem Anal. 2004;15(3):152-158. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(2) Cheng AL, Hsu CH, Lin JK, et al. Phase I clinical trial of curcumin, a chemopreventive agent, in patients with high-risk or pre-malignant lesions. Anticancer Res. 2001;21(4B):2895-2900.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(3) Reddy, A.C.P., and Lokesh, B.R. (1992). “Studies on Spice Principles as Antioxidants in the Inhibition of Lipid Peroxidation of Rat Liver Microsomes,” Mol. Cell. Biochem. 111:117.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(4) Toda S, Miyase T, Arich H, et al. Natural antioxidants. Antioxidative compounds isolated from rhizome of Curcuma longa L. Chem Parmacol Bull 1985;33:1725-1728.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(5) Dickinson DA, Iles KE, Zhang H, Blank V, Forman HJ. Curcumin alters EpRE and AP-1 binding complexes and elevates glutamate-cysteine ligase gene expression. Faseb J. 2003;17(3):473-475.(6) Bengmark, S. Curcumin, an atoxic antioxidant and natural NFkappaB, cyclooxygenase-2, lipooxygenase, and inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor: a shield against acute and chronic diseases. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2006 Jan-Feb;30(1):45-51.(7) Srivastava, V, et al. Effect of Curcumin on Platelet Aggrefation and Vascular Prostacyclin Synthesis, 1986. Arzneim. Forsch./ Drug Res. 36:715.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(8) Menon, VP, Sudheer, AR. Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory properties of curcumin. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:105-25. Review.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(9) Chandra, D, Gupta, S.S. Sodium Curcumanate as an Effective Anti-Inflammatory Agent”, 1972. Ind. J. Exp. Biol. 10:235.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(10) Srinvas, C, Prabhakaran, K.V.S, Science of Life, 1989. 8:279.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(11) Pari L, Tewas D, Eckel J. The role of curcumin in health and disease. Arch Physiol Biochem. 2008 Apr;114(2):127-49.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(12) Phan TT, See P, Lee ST, Chan SY. Protective effects of curcumin against oxidative damage on skin cells in vitro: its implication for wound healing. J Trauma. 2001 Nov;51(5):927-31. </p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(13) Deodhar SD, Sethi R, Srimal RC. Preliminary study on antirheumatic activity of curcumin (diferuloyl methane). Indian J Med Res. 1980;71:632-634.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(14) Yang F, Lim GP, Begum AN, et al. Curcumin inhibits formation of amyloid beta oligomers and fibrils, binds plaques, and reduces amyloid in vivo. J Biol Chem. 2005;280(7):5892-5901.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(15) Frautschy SA, Hu W, Kim P, et al. Phenolic anti-inflammatory antioxidant reversal of Abeta-induced cognitive deficits and neuropathology. Neurobiol Aging. 2001;22(6):993-1005.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(16) Lim GP, Chu T, Yang F, Beech W, Frautschy SA, Cole GM. The curry spice curcumin reduces oxidative damage and amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer transgenic mouse. J Neurosci. 2001;21(21):8370-8377.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(17) National Institutes of Health. Clinical Trials.gov. 2005.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(18) Thangapazham RL, Sharma A, Maheshwari RK. Multiple molecular targets in cancer chemoprevention by curcumin. AAPS J. 2006;8(3):E443-9.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(19) Asok Mukhopadhyay, Carlos Bueso-Ramos, Devasis Chatterjee, Panayotis Pantazis and Bharat B Aggarwal. Curcumin downregulates cell survival mechanisms in human prostate cancer cell lines. Oncogene (2001)20,7597-7609.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(20) Hebert JR, Ghumare SS, Gupta PC. Stage at diagnosis and relative differences in breast and prostate cancer incidence in India: comparison with the United States. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2006 Oct;7(4):547-55.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(21) Li M, Zhang Z, Hill DL, Wang H, Zhang R. Curcumin, a dietary component, has anticancer, chemosensitization, andradiosensitization effects by down-regulating the MDM2 oncogene through the PI3K/mTOR/ETS2 pathway. Cancer Res. 2007 Mar1;67(5):1988-96.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(22) Johnson JJ, Mukhtar H. Curcumin for chemoprevention of colon cancer. Cancer Lett. 2007 Apr 18.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(23) Cole GM, Teter B, Frautschy SA. Neuroprotective effects of curcumin. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:197-212.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(24) Am J Clin Nutr 1996 Nov;64(5):761-6.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(25) Wound Repair Regen 1998 Mar-Apr;6(2):167-77.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(26) Wound Repair Regen 1999 Sep-Oct;7(5):362-74.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(27) Bright JJ. Curcumin and autoimmune disease. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:425-51.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(28) Thangapazham RL, Sharma A, Maheshwari RK. Beneficial role of curcumin in skin diseases. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:343-57.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(29) Gautam SC, Gao X, Dulchavsky S. Immunomodulation by curcumin. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2007;595:321-41.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(30) Ng TP, Chiam PC, Lee T, et al. Curry consumption and cognitive function in the elderly. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Nov 1;164(9):898-906.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(31) Chainani, Wu N. Safety and anti-inflammatory activity of curcumin: a component of tumeric (Curcuma longa). J Altern Complement Med. 2003 Feb;9(1):161-8.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(32) Rasyid A, Lelo A. The effect of curcumin and placebo on human gall-bladder function: an ultrasound study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 1999;13(2):245-249.</p><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">(33) Rasyid A, Rahman AR, Jaalam K, Lelo A. Effect of different curcumin dosages on human gall bladder. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2002;11(4):314-318.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">(34) http://www.mittag-holistic-chiropractic.com/curcumin.html</span><br /></p>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-15513368881666737422009-08-02T18:18:00.001+08:002009-08-02T18:18:40.138+08:00CURCUMIN AS ANTIOXIDANT<p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Oxidant begins when the body defense system reacts against strange substances, such as microorganism. The said oxidants are: super-oxide, hydrogen peroxide, free radicals and lipid peroxide. The existence of bacteria also influence the body defense system by producing natural oxidant which has the capability of killing the bacteria. Such oxidant, however, also kills normal/healthy cells (1.2). </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Another oxidant produced by a human body is cytochrome enzyme which can be much found in lungs and liver. Human organs also protect the body against external oxidant entering through air, water and food (1). </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin has the ability to tie those free radicals/oxidants. The fact has been proven by researchers who did the tests on animals and man. In the research carbon tetrachloride was added to increase lipid peroxide rate, it significantly decreased by giving Curcumin (3). </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">REFERENCE: </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ol style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li>L. Goldwyn, 1997, The Real Spice of Life. Life Extension Magazine, December. </li><li> Hill BT., Alternative to Liver Disease. </li><li> Jentzsch K., P. Spiegl and R. Kamitz, 1970. Curcumin Dyes in Different Zingiberaceae Drugs. Sci Pharm; March 31:50-8. </li></ol>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-48268455046134130972009-08-02T18:16:00.000+08:002009-08-02T18:17:32.317+08:00CURCUMIN FOR LIVER DECEASE<p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Curcumin maintains the liver function health by influencing the output and production of gall by liver cells. This has been proven with the research done over 19 patients suffering from jaundice/yellow decease. When they were Curcumin, there was an increase k olagogum effect (increase of gall production) (1). </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The hepatoprotector effect from Curcumin was tested by adding carbon tetrachloride to the tested animal. The carbon tetrachloride can damage/poison the liver. The animal was then given temulawak extract (Curcumin). There was an increase of liver parencym cells formation which could be signed by the decrease of SGOT and SGPT enzymes as the indicators.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">REFERENCE:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ol style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li>Hadi S., Manfaat Temulawak Ditinjau Dari Segi Kedokteran. Proceeding of National Symposium on Temulawak. Pajajaran University Research Institute. </li></ol>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-1155046616399611702009-08-02T18:14:00.000+08:002009-08-02T18:16:06.897+08:00Temulawak Prevents Cholesterols<p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Curcumin is also good to lower the rate of total and LDL cholesterols and increase HDL cholesterol by increasing the gall acid flow/gall's liquid from liver.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">This gall acid is produced at the liver and functions in assisting the absorption process in the digesting pipe (stomach). The gall's liquid contains water, gall's salts, gall's color element, cholesterol, and fat. In line with the increasing production and output of gall's liquid, it will also increase the output from cholesterol and fat. Therefore, it will lower the exceeding rate of cholesterol in the body (1). </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"></div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> The herbal plant of temulawak seems to be able to prevent various kinds of deceases, for instance cholesterol, coronary heart, stroke, and rheumatic, as temulawak contains an active compound of curcumin which acts as antioxidant and imunostimulator/imunomodulator, said the Head of Drugs and Food Control Agency of the Republic of Indonesia, H. Sampurno, MBA, in the socialization of Drink Temulawak National Campaign (GNMT) at the Head Office of Drugs and Food Control Medan (BBPOM). (Waspada, 21/11/05).<br /> </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> REFERENCE :</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><ol style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><li>Hadi S. Manfaat temulawak ditinjau dari segi kedokteran. Proceeding of National Symposium on Temulawak. Pejajran University Research Institute, Bandung . Pp. 139-44 </li></ol>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-29801611023210950302009-08-02T18:02:00.000+08:002009-08-02T18:12:46.690+08:00Know the Liver Role and Keep its Health<p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><em><strong>If liver is unhealthy, detoxification will not be fast and more toxin is spread out to all of the body via blood. It will lead to various chronic deceases. </strong></em></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Can we say that we are lu<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SnVlbZNX6qI/AAAAAAAAABI/PmwoYdUnW7M/s1600-h/image1lg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SnVlbZNX6qI/AAAAAAAAABI/PmwoYdUnW7M/s400/image1lg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365306052379667106" border="0" /></a>cky not knowing that our lives are surrounded by toxin? If we know it, we will be scared of doing the activities, going out, having socialization, and eating. But we are more lucky if we know that toxin is everywhere. The more we know, the wiser we will be in maintaining the our body and life. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The explanation is like this. Nowadays people live in an instant and polluted era. Due to served instantly, food is also preserved. Pollution is everywhere. Whether people like it or not, they live side by side with toxin. Poisonous substances are in the food we consume, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Directly or indirectly, we bring fertilizers into our body via food, chemical elements and addictive in the food, for example artificial color and preservatives. In addition, air pollution from cigarettes smoke, vehicles' emition, pesticydes, and industries' pollutants enter our body. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Those toxin must be thrown out from the body, not including the toxin produced by the body itself. Naturally the body produces toxin through liver by detoxification, or detox for short. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">A healthy liver does detox in two mechanism, known as phase 1 and phase 2. At phase 1, the enzymes in the body moves the poisonous elements for more easily processed at phase 2. At phase 2, there are other enzymes that change the toxin into a more easily dissolved in the water. The body then brings them out of the body through urine or feces. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Unhealthy liver cannot do the detoxification as fast as the healthy one. It is easy to guess that if detoxification process is slow, the liver which has not finished the detox process will be attacked by other poisons it has to detox. As a result, there will be more poisons circulate to the whole body through blood. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Some of the toxin are not changeable or can be changed just a little bit or are difficult to be sent away from the body because they slip off of the liver function. As a consequence, those toxin are hiding at the fatty tissue, brain, and at nervous system cells. Those hidden toxin will slowly go into the blood vessels and cause chronic deceases, for instance: liver decease which may lead to hepatitis, and become more dangerous into cirrhosis (liver cancer). </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SnVmdMkPPBI/AAAAAAAAABY/zBF7aD8n9Qo/s1600-h/syageoffattyliver.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SnVmdMkPPBI/AAAAAAAAABY/zBF7aD8n9Qo/s400/syageoffattyliver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365307182857272338" border="0" /></a>Some of the ways to acknowledge the initial symptoms that there is a disorder of liver function in detoxification due to a lot of toxin than cannot be processed and settle in the body are easily exhausted, weary, dull skin, and easily get sick. Do not neglect if you feel the following symptoms (as revealed by American Liver Foundation) as they may indicate that you might suffer from more serious liver decease. Please contact a physician since it is much better to detect it early rather or it is too late to handle. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ul style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li><p>Change of skin color or eyes to yellow. </p> </li><li> <p>Swollen stomach, or severe pain at stomach. </p> </li><li> <p>Prolonged irritation on skin. </p> </li><li> <p>Dark urine color or pale feces. </p> </li><li> <p>Chronic weariness, queasy or losing appetite. </p> </li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><h2 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Healthy from Food</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Since all food and drink entering our body will surely pass the liver, so we must pay a careful attention to keep our liver healthy. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Consume healthy and nutritious food proportionally. Reduce fatty and oily fried food. Doctors ensure us that the risk of gall's bag sickness (including gall's stone, decease related to liver) can be reduced by avoiding high fatty and cholesterol food. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">If you are positive of suffering from a liver decease, please reduce the consumption of smoked, preserved, and salted food. Taste your food first before adding it with salt, As substitutes, you may add to your cooking with lemon juice, garlic, onion, pepper, clove, and other spices. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">It is better to change the too sweet desserts, snack, and high calorie drink with fruits. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Please maintain your ideal weight. The medical researchers confirm direct correlation between obesity and the increasing gall decease. Those suffering from obesity or diabetes will have more risk and potentials of getting serious liver decease called non-alcoholic-steatohepatitis. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Don't forget to exercise regularly, two or three times a week, to help you keep your liver healthy. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><h2 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Natural Benefits</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Not so many people realize how important the liver function in detoxification is. When the sickness is getting more serious, only then he/she goes to see a doctor. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Some people realize the importance of liver health and look for healing method by detoxification </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">May be you have ever seen at malls or public practicing places people offer detoxification at a certain amount of money. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Instead of taking actions without knowing the side effects, it is better to consult a doctor. There is one way to help maximize the liver function safely using natural substances. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">For decades the people have been using temulawak commonly to heal the liver. Previously the herb having the Latin term Curcuma Xantorrhizae were scrapped, and then squeezed to get the juice and drunk for healing purpose. Today with high technology, temulawak is produced in extract and packed modernly as a tablet. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">Temulawak extract is useful as antihepatotoxin and in fixing the liver cells. This herb together with Letichin (Phosphotidylcholine) and vitamin E function to optimize the liver function as detoxification organ.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><h2 style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SnVlxejh_YI/AAAAAAAAABQ/KVd8qw54tnw/s1600-h/Copy+of+image001.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 261px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SnVlxejh_YI/AAAAAAAAABQ/KVd8qw54tnw/s400/Copy+of+image001.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365306431771901314" border="0" /></a>Liver</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">* The fatal organ in the body functioning as blood vessel cleanser and filter.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">* The biggest organ in the body having a big amount of blood, flowing through it at every minute of man's live. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">* Size:<br />Diameter (the biggest): 21-22.5 cm<br />Height (the biggest): 15-17.5 cm<br />Thickness (the biggest): 10-12.5 cm<br />Weight: 1,200 - 1,600 grams </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><strong>* </strong> Functions:</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><ol style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><li> Responsible in production of gall's water kept at gall's bag and released when needed in fat digestion. </li><li>Keep glucose in the form of glycogen which will be changed again into glucose when needed as energy. </li><li>Has an important role in protein and fat metabolism. Liver keeps vitamin A, D, K, B12, and folat and unite blood clotting factors. </li><li>As detoxifier (detox tool), breaking or changing the elements such as ammonia, metabolism, medicine, alcohol and chemical wastes, to be sent away from the body. When seen under a microscope, we can see a line of liver cells separated by rooms acting as filters. </li></ol><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">The liver filter is designed to expel the poisonous substances, such as dead cells, micro- organism, chemical elements, medicine, and particle wastes, from the blood vessels. This liver filter is called sinusoidal system, containing particular cells known as Kupffer cells which break and destroy poisonous substances. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><em>Source: liverdoctor.com </em></p>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-7179629697550733792009-08-02T17:59:00.000+08:002009-08-02T18:00:35.738+08:00From Empiric to Clinical Test<p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><em>The Curcuma xanthorhiza rox content, curcumin, contains a million of benefits for health improvement.</em></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> Indonesian is known as a tropical country with the second mega biodiversity, rich with plants known empirically or through a lab research as useful herbal medicine. One of them is temulawak, which belongs to ginger family (zingiberaceae). Temulawak ( <em>Curcuma xanthorhiza rox </em>) is Indonesian original herbal plant. However, the spread of the plant popularly known as <em>curcuma javanica </em> is limited on Java, Maluku, and Kalimantan islands only. Temulawak grows as herbaceous bushes. Starting from its base or foot grows long and straight leaves stick. The plant can grow 2-2.5 meters tall. Its leaves are long and oval like banana leaves. Its leaves are overlapping one and another forming a stem. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> The plant, the core of which is easy to digest, can grow rapidly at lowland to an area reaching the height of 750 meters above sea level. Temulawak is ready for harvest after reaching the age of 8-12 months, when its leaves become yellowish and look like to die. Tubers will appear from its foot, their colors are dark yellow or light brown, their length can be 15 centimeters with a diameter of 6 centimeters. It smells good and tastes bitter and a little bit hot. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The benefits of temulawak for health actually has been acknowledged empirically and through experiences for generations from our forefathers. For decades temulawak has been used as antibiotic, arouse someone's appetite, cure yellow decease, diarrhea, gastritis, filled with air stomach, and weariness. Temulawak can also lower blood fat, hamper blood clotting as antioxidant, and maintain health by increasing immunity. Some of those benefits are clinically proven. Looking at the various benefits of temulawak, with no doubt the Indonesian government announced “drink temulawak national campaign” since 2 years ago.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><h2 style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> Help Liver Destroy Toxin</h2><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Temulawak rhizome contains several chemical compounds, such as atsiri oil, fellandrean and turmerol, camphor, glucocyde, foluymetic carbinol, and curcumin. Curcumin is known as a compound with various benefits, especially as anti-hepototoxic and antioxidant.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The mechanism of curcumin in surviving the “symbol of romanticism” is still unclear. However, a study an a tested animal reported that curcumin strongly hampers <em>cytochrome 4501A1/1A2 </em> enzyme in the liver. This enzyme is isoenzyme which is actively participated in bioactivation of some toxin, including <em>benzo[a]pyrene </em>. Curcumin is also found out in preventing the formation of covalent ties between cytochrome P450 and DNA. The researchers concluded that curcumin might hamper carcinogenesis by chemicals with the modulation of P450 function.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Besides, curcumin is also found to be able to protect liver against alcohol toxicity. This effect was proven in a study done over rats which were induced with ethanol 25%. The rats which were given curcumin 80 mg/kg BB experienced the reduction of liver enzyme rate and the reactive tiobarbiturat acid product. Another study also showed that curcumin decreases liver destruction through reduction of lipid peroxidation. It was observed over rats which were induced with ferrum. Still according to a pre clinical test, curcumin was reported to increase the activity of <em>glutathione-S-transferase </em>. This enzyme is very important in detoxification process.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><h2 style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> Curcumin Clinical Test</h2><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">A moderate clinal test was done in Indonesia to find out the benefits of curcumin in fixing the liver function. The study involved 38 patients with liver problems or having SGPT and SGOT above the normal rate in 7 cities (Bogor, Bandung, Semarang, Solo, Surabaya, Palembang, and Jakarta). The patients were given a mix of curcumin 25 mg, essential phospholipid 100 mg, and vitamin E 100 mg. The study used seeding trial method or without comparison. The observation was done by around 20 researchers in the period of July-December 1998.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The parameter used is SGPT and SGOT rates. SGPT is an enzyme produced by hepatocytes, the cells abundantly found at the liver. The rate of SGPT in the blood will increase in line with the damage of hepatocytes cells due to hepatitis virus infection, alcohol, medicines which induce the damage of hepatocytes, and due to other reasons such as shock or medicine poison. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The normal SGPT rate is 0 - 35 units per liter (u/l). The acceleration of SGPT rate by 50 times of the normal rate indicates the short of blood flow at the liver, hepatitis, or liver cells decay caused by chemical medicine/compound, such as CCl4. The increase of SGPT from low to medium rate may be caused due to hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer, and alcohol. Sometimes at cirrhosis, the increase of SGPT rate is only 2-4 times higher than the normal rate. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile, SGOT is much found at heart, liver, skeleton muscles, pancreas, lungs, red blood cells, and brain cells. When the cells are damaged, SGOT will be released into the blood. As a result when being measured, it can be seen the correlation the amount or level of cell damages. The normal rate of SGOT is around 3 - 45 units per liter (u/l). The escalation of SGOT rate may be caused with the existence of hepatitis C. At acute hepatitis, the escalation may reach up to 20 times of the normal rate. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">The study shows, according to the statistic calculation, there is a significant decrease of SGOT and SGPT. After 14 days of therapy, the decrease of SGOT of the total patients reached 2.89 times, while for SGPT reached 3.28 times compared to before treatment. The similar result was also found at a person suffering from hepatitis and non hepatitis. The hepatitis patients experienced the decrease of SGOT at 3.48 times and SGPT at 3.82 times, compared to before treatment. On the other hand, at the non hepatitis patients, there is a decrease of SGOT around 1.91 times and SGPT at 2.15 times. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><h2 style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> Digging up Other Benefits.</h2><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Until today, there are many studies done to find out other benefits from this valuable tuber. The study which was seriously done recently is to see the use of curcumin as anti tumor to heal cancer deceases. A number of reports show that curcumoid, including curcumin, has the activity of chemo preventive and curative against cancer. The study generally was done on animal with different giving routes and tested using in vitro system. Recently a few study has been started on man. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;">Another benefit of curcumin aimed is the replication obstruction of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). A study shows that curcumin hampers the fusion stage of the virus cells at HIV replication cycle. A various studies were continuously done to reach the breakthrough. In case all studies are clinically proven, the plants containing curcumin will be rich in benefits. And Indonesia will also be happy because curcumin is the Indonesian original herbal plant. </p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><em>Source: ULAS OBAT November 2006 edition (Vol. 6 No. 4), by andra. </em></p>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-58828959664295613212009-08-02T16:12:00.000+08:002009-08-02T16:24:46.480+08:00Nature's Answer To Arthritis - CURCUMIN !<span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:verdana;" >Below is a newspaper article dated 2 August 2009, New Sunday Times , Malaysia by Datuk Dr. Rajen M, who is a pharmacist</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> with a doctorate in holistic medicine. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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sometimes when I am too tired or experiencing sudden change in temperature, cold then hot, then cold again..then hot....again..or breathing in a dusty environment, my body system will give a natural reaction which is producing histamine.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Histamine is a substance produced by the body as part of its defence mechanisms. It is stored in cells called mast cells, in almost all tissues of the body. When the body reacts to a foreign substance (known as an allergen, eg flower pollen), the mast cells are stimulated by the allergen and release their stores of histamine.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >The released histamine then binds to its receptors (H1 receptors), causing a chain reaction that results in allergic symptoms. It causes an increase in blood flow to the area of the allergy, and the release of other chemicals that add to the allergic response. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >All this results in the symptoms of an allergic reaction. In hay fever, this causes inflammation of the nose, eyes, skin or airways and results in itchy watery eyes, a runny nose, sneezing and nasal congestion. Histamine is also responsible for the symptoms of allergic and itchy rashes, and allergic reactions to foods, medicines or insect bites. It can also cause more severe allergic reactions such as angioneurotic oedema, which involves severe swelling of the eyes, lips, tongue or throat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Believe me, it is a very uncomfortable situation. Normally for a quick superfast remedy, I will take 1 tablet of piriton. Within half an hour, my conditions improved. Normally I got drowsy, which is good as it gave me a good time to sleep. But what I didn't realize, it has many side-effects, however it does not mean that all people using this medicine will experience that or any side effect. Below are the side-effects<a href="http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002083.html"><span style="color:blue;"></span></a> :- <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Drowsiness<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Dizziness<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Blurred vision<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Difficulty concentrating<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Disturbances of the gut such as indigestion, diarrhea, constipation, nausea, vomiting or abdominal pain<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Dry mouth<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Difficulty in passing urine (urinary retention)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Headache<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Loss of appetite<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;color:red;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Awareness of your heart beat (heart palpitations)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;color:red;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Abnormal heart beats (arrhythmias)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;color:red;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Inflammation of the liver (hepatitis)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Wheezing or difficulty in breathing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Muscle weakness<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Irritability<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Nightmares<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Now, guess what, I am no longer using Piriton. I just drink the Special Temulawak and Beras Kencur Juice mixed together. Of course, I can't get a speedy recovery as Piriton, but yes, I still can sleep after 3-4 hours of drinking the juices. And by the grace of Allah and Alhamdullilah, the next night, I recovered fully. No more sneezing, no more running nose, and I slept like a baby.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >Between Piriton and the mixture of the juices, I think the latter is preferable as it is herbal based, no side-effects, yet also a natural healer to many disorders. Piriton could give me inflammation of the liver, but the juices, it has natural cure for liver disease.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >If you are in my situation, which would be your choice ? Which would you give to your children and loved ones ?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";" >I think I know !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">Source:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100002083.html</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;">http://www.patientsville.com/medication/piriton_side_effects.htm</p> Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-41944808259678967322009-07-18T16:46:00.000+08:002009-07-18T16:51:25.666+08:00Majalah Farmasi Indonesia, 16 (3), 155 – 161, 2005<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Effect of the combination of C.domestica extract and<br />essential oil of C.xanthorrhiza roxb. on leucocyte count in<br />synovial fluid compared to that of pyroxicam.<br /><br />Pengaruh pemberian kombinasi minyak atsiri temulawak dan ekstrak kunyit dibandingkan</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">dengan piroksikam terhadap angka leukosit cairan sendi penderita dengan osteoartritis</span></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">lutut.<br /><br /><a href="http://mfi.farmasi.ugm.ac.id/files/news/5._16-3-2005-sudarsono.pdf">PDF File</a><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-16391865758847049472009-07-18T16:31:00.000+08:002009-07-19T13:33:22.687+08:00NATURE’S LIVER PROTECTOR, INFLAMMATION HEALER AND LONGEVITY BOOSTER.<div style="text-align: justify;">The therapeutic effects of Curcuma have been known in South East Asia for centuries, and it is used with great effect to cure various ailments, and sustain good health. It is used widely as an energizing drink. It is a powerful anti-oxidant. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But the best news is that it is highly effective as an anti-inflammatory, probably the most important factor in the fight against the effects of premature aging. Barry Sears, author of several best sellers in health and beating aging, writes in his book “The Anti Inflammation Zone“…the day you stop fighting inflammation is the day you start accelerating the aging process.” </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The chronic diseases that so frequently accompany aging such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s are preceded and accelerated by the influence of low level inflammation. Of course no inflammation is the normal, healthy state.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The significance of this silent epidemic is often not recognized. Inflammation is slowly driving your body towards these chronic diseases. The inflammation is usually such low level that it is generally not noticed.The onset of these diseases is often not evident for years. They develop silently, showing no symptoms, until they are well established. Sometimes by then it is too late to reverse or even stop the steady progress of the disease. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);" class="ver_12R2">STOP THE ONSET OF THE CHRONIC DISEASES OF AGE – BEFORE THEY START</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The inflammation that is the precursor of the breakdown of the natural body mechanisms builds up as a result of the environmental toxins such as pollution, chemical additives, incorrect dietary practices and lifestyle problems such as stress, lack of proper sleep and high alcohol consumption that allow the cancers, cardio-vascular diseases to begin may take a decade or even several decades to develop. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">And there is now scientific proof of C. xanthorriza’s powerful effect against cancer, liver disease (particularly hepatitis), and many other scourges of humanity. The protective effects of curcuma against many of the diseases of age, and its curative effects is not only confirmed from a long history of successful use in Asia, it is now established scientifically, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">from results of clinical trials.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-style: italic;" class="ver_12R2">What is it? A broad spectrum natural product with multiple benefits.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Curcuma (a name used for this plant in Indonesia), is a broad spectrum herb which has remarkable properties of anti-inflammation, maintaining healthy liver functions and improving biliary function and improving vitality. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Curcuma is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) which is a native Indonesian plant, is grown in Thailand, Philippines Sri Lanka and Malaysia. Curcuma is low growing plant with a root (rhizome) that looks a lot like ginger. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It has been cultivated in gardens in the region for many centuries and was officially recognized in a written account as far back as 1563 by a Portuguese investigator, Garcia ab Orta.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;" class="ver_12R2">Why Curcuma?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Of the 45,000 species used in Indonesia in some way as a supplement or for medical treatment, only a handful of those proven most effective (with a body of research and a long history of successful application). One of these is Curcuma - Curcoma xanthorrhiza.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In laboratory pharmacological research, a considerable number of active substances have been identified from Curcuma. The two major active ingredients known to have pharmacological effect are curcumin, and the second is the essential oil of the plant. Both work together in synergistic manner, to promote discharge of bile from the gall bladder, known as a cholagogue effect. <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">It is this effect that provides the action against cholesterol, and reduces lipids, fats in the blood.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The liver protectant properties of Curcuma are second to none. </span> Its anti-hepatotoxic effects have long been recorded in Asia, and are beginning to be recognized in the West. It is known to be hepatoprotective among Indonesians, and is used particularly in cases of Hepatitis.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">And the curcumin has been shown to have a powerful anti-inflammatory action because it inhibits the mechanisms of arachidonic acid and leukotrine formation.</span> It is this arachidonic acid that has so much to do with accelerated aging (refer to Dr Barry Sears books, especially “The Anti-Inflammation Zone). This suppression of arachidonic acid is a massive benefit to the body.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">What is it used for?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Curcuma is a diuretic, is anti cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-hypertensive, anti-rheumatic, anti-hepatotoxic, anti-dismenorrhea, anti-spasmodic, anti-leucorrhoea, anti-bacterial, anti-bacterial and antifungal. It reduces cholesterol, treats constipation, and increases flow of milk during breast feeding. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In one recent piece of research, the investigators enthusiastically noted “In several systems, curcumin has been described as a potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. Evidence has also been presented to suggest that curcumin can suppress tumor initiation, promotion and metastasis. Pharmacologically, curcumin has been found to be safe. Human clinical trials indicated no dose-limiting toxicity when administered in dosed up to 10 g per day. All of these studies suggest that curcumin has enormous potential in the prevention and therapy of cancer”. (Anticancer Research 2003, Jan-Feb;23(1A):363-98.)</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This is high praise indeed from a conservative scientific journal. We can expect that many more clinical trials will need to be done to confirm this finding before the medical profession will overcome their skepticism, but we are heartened by this confirmation of what the people of Indonesia have known for hundreds of years.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In South-East Asia it is traditionally used for a range of complaints including hepatitis, liver complaints, diabetes, rheumatism, cancer, hypertension and heart disorders.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It is well known to the public in Holland, where it is sold in the fresh, powder and tablet form, principally for the treatment of liver disorders and gallstones. It has been used there since the 1800’s.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Because it has a mild diuretic effect, you should be sure to drink lots of water when taking Curcuma capsules.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">Cholesterol Control</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Most people don’t realize that more than 60% of our cholesterol is manufactured by the body. It is only the “top up” that we take in with our food. And of course if we take in lots of cholesterol from fatty food, or if we manufacture a bit too much in our body, we will have to get rid of some somewhere, especially if the cholesterol breakdown and removal process in the liver is not as good as it could be. This often happens in middle age.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">The solution is Curcuma. The effect of Curcuma on the body’s bile system mentioned above is the secret to the natural control of hypercholesterolemia (high total blood cholesterol). The need is to reduce the LDL (bad cholesterol) while increasing the HDL (good cholesterol)</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><img src="http://www.treeofwellness.com/images/curcuma2.jpg" alt="Curcuma" width="300" height="187" /> </p><div style="text-align: justify;" class="snip">Curcuma Rhizomes, Indonesia</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">This is best done by increasing the bile flow from the gall bladder associated with the liver. </span>Bile is a highly bitter green liquid that is secreted into the digestive system and has a major function in the process of food breakdown and absorption. That is the way Curcuma works. It stimulates the natural processes and gently but effectively normalizes the blood cholesterol.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Bile contains bile pigment, bile salts, cholesterol and fats. The increase in the bile production from the gall bladder carries with it increased secretion of cholesterol, which is voided from the body in the feces. Often treatment is necessary for six months or on a continuing basis to ensure control of excess cholesterol in subjects with this condition in their makeup.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Artificial statins available from the drug companies may achieve similar results in reducing total cholesterol. There may be no reduction in the HDL/LDL ratio which leaves the undesirable LDL at higher levels. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">And by using statin medication, the body’s natural mechanisms may simply shut down their effectiveness further, promoting a vicious cycle of increased medication, decreased clearance of cholesterol, more medication and so on. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Using Curcuma taps into the natural control method. And it is enhanced greatly by the curcumin and essential oil in Curcuma. Again the body works to heal itself, without the possible negative effects, and you have the wellness that you deserve. Long term.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">A Natural Cure for Liver Disease</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Hepatitis, and the incurable virus scourges of Hepatitis B and C that afflict hundreds of millions of people around the world, can be treated with excellent effect by Curcuma.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Healthy Liver function is improved by the increase in biliary function (bile secretion) that was noted above. This cholagogue effect removes toxins and fats from the liver, and is thought to be responsible for the remarkable curative effects of this herb. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The anti-hepatotoxic effect has been the subject of a number of trials. In one trial in the Hepatogasroenterology Clinic in the State Hospital in Surabaya in Indonesia 30 chronic liver patients with Hepatitis were given 1200 mg per day for 12 weeks. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The enzyme marker SGPT reduced 70%, SGOT reduced 82% ALP reduced 76% while bilirubin was reduced to zero from the blood of the treatment group. </span>The control (untreated) group showed no significant improvement.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It also has the function of preventing liver adiposis (fatty degeneration of the liver) which can cause breakdown of function that is irreversible, and leads to inevitable death. This is often associated with high alcohol consumption.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It is believed that the well known Liver protective function that Curcuma has will assist to prevent the liver damage that can be caused by high consumption of alcohol. Often the result is cirrhosis, which is another irreversible condition. Many trials have shown this protective mechanism at work, acting against liver toxins. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">Anti-inflammatory</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The inflammation response, the body’s way of dealing with microbe invaders, and a mechanism that begins the process to repair damaged tissue, is essential for wellness. So what’s the big deal with anti-inflammation? Ironically, the greatest single threat to our health in the 21st century is the continuing high levels of sub-clinical (silent) inflammation from which most of us suffer, especially later in life. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The precursor of the chronic diseases that carry off most Westerners is this chronic, unnoticed inflammation. Barry Sears and other researchers are convinced that understanding this silent epidemic is the key to preventing premature aging, chronic disease and death.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It often takes a decade or more of this before the symptoms begin to emerge. The good news is it is not too late to do something about it. You can begin today to redress the damage of the past and build your life back into wellness. Grab your life back before it’s too late!</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It is now believed that the most common cause of this chronic but unrecognized inflammation is the presence of increased free radicals, in turn due to the modern Western lifestyle with high stress levels, pollution, inadequate diet, poor exercise and sleep patterns and allergy conditions such as asthma. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Assault by tobacco, chemical additives to food, and alcohol abuse often add to this to produce the silent epidemic of inflammation and the serious chronic disease syndromes that are so obvious today. Often onset begins by the 40’s or even early in adulthood, causing loss of quality of life for many years, even decades in later life.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">It is this inflammation below the threshold of pain that is involved with much of our chronic disease. Reversing the silent inflammation will: </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> <blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Protect your Liver from damage, and heal existing damage</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> • Help prevent cancer</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> • Help prevent diabetes melitensis</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> • Help to stave off Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, even chronic depression</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> • Help reduce or prevent arthritis, migraines, and other painful disease</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> • Help reduce autoimmune disease such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis </span><br /></p> </blockquote> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Research has shown that the effect of the powerful active substances of Curcuma is even more effective than the widely used anti-inflammatory drugs produced by the pharmaceutical companies that use cortisone or emulators such as phenylbutazone, but without the serious and debilitating side effects that accompany those drugs. The side effects range from suppression of immunity to peptic ulcers and worse.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">Anti-Oxidant</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The oxidants are a part of the defense mechanism of the body, and like the inflammation response, are necessary to combat foreign bodies and microbes from setting up disease and damage in our bodies. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">But the oxides including superoxides, free radicals and lipid peroxides can be produced in excess to the requirements of the body to kill bacteria. They (particularly the free radicals) then turn their attention to damaging healthy cells. The effect on accelerated aging is obvious. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">So we need antioxidants to balance up the equation, and scavenge the unnecessary oxidants, particularly free radicals. But an excess of anti-oxidants is also not good and can cause side-effects such as mucous membrane damage.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This is where Curcuma comes in. Being a 100% natural product, unlike the chemical vitamin and mineral supplements that the drug companies push, it has a mechanism of action that ensures no excess of anti-oxidation. The action is focused on the free radicals, and highly damaging arachidonic acid. But the chain of action does not produce the anti oxidants in excessive quantities above requirements. It is a safe, gentle treatment, in the recommended dosages. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">As an aside, production of arachidonic acid increases in the body when the diet is high in refined carbohydrate, such as sugar and flour etc, and when the person is overweight, and does not exercise.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Heart Disease and High Blood Pressure</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Curcuma is a blood pressure stabilizer.</span> It seems to act on the homeostasis mechanisms of the body to normalize and maintain the genetically appropriate level of blood pressure (we all should be as close to 120/80 as we can). So it works to maintain good heart and vascular health.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Heart disease is the number 1 killer of people in the Western world today. The hardening of the arteries that follows from years of Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a major factor in early death caused by heart disease. This is also compounded by plaque deposits, which are promoted by high cholesterol levels, another factor controlled by Curcuma. Make sure you seek treatment from your physician if you have high blood pressure. It is appropriate to supplement any medication with Curcuma capsules, but you should inform your physician.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">After an artificially induced heart attack in a clinical trial involving laboratory animals, the group that had been receiving Curcuma showed much less damage to the heart tissues (protective effect) and recovered much more quickly that the control group which had not received the herb (Reference 25 ).</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">As a broad spectrum plant, Curcuma has been used in a similar way to ginseng, but has some important differences. Ginseng is a hypertensive, and will raise blood pressure to alarming levels in the 20-30% of people who have a tendency to high blood pressure. It cannot be taken by those who have hypertension, and may push others into this serious condition. Do not use Ginseng if you have any concern in this direction.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">Arthritis and Osteoporosis</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Curcuma has a strong effect on osteo-arthritis. In Australia, in a trial involving 42 patients with this debilitating disease, researchers Mills and Bone carried out a trial over three months. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">They reported their results in 2000, and noted indications of obvious improvement such as reduced or no pain, removal of swelling, improved mobility of joints, and reduction of inflammation. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The anti-inflammatory properties of the curcumin are thought to be responsible for this remarkable result. Laboratory trials have shown the curcumin works by inhibiting the production of the pro-inflammatory enzyme cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2), </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In addition, the protective action of the herb against the development of osteoporosis is also confirmed in the literature. This is particularly relevant to women approaching middle-age, who are the high risk zone for this crippling disease. A fall can often result in multiple fractures and serious breakage of bones such as the pelvic girdle. Permanent immobility may result.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">Leucorrhoea</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This embarrassing condition for women, where a very unpleasant discharge is often noted as a primary symptom, has been successfully treated by taking concentrated capsules of Curcuma extract. It may also be prevented by taking the Curcuma capsules regularly, and using cotton underwear and loose fitting clothing.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" class="ver_12R2">Cancer</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">There is a rising body of evidence in dozens of clinical trials about the preventative and cytotoxic (kills cancer cells) effects of curcumin. It has been proved to inhibit (prevent) cancer in the skin, stomach, intestines and liver of humans and laboratory animals alike. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">In a study of people with previous cancer or at high risk of skin, bladder, stomach, mouth and cervical cancer, there was high praise for Curcuma. The researchers were led to conclude that there is a “biological effect of curcumin in the chemo-prevention of cancer”. This is very significant in the conservative wording of the research world.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Another study indicated that “The chemo-preventive effects exerted by these phytochemicals are often associated with their antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties. Cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) has been recognized as a molecular target of many chemo-preventive as well as anti-inflammatory agents” Food Chemistry Toxicology, 2002 Aug;40(8):1091-7. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Curcumin is a polyphenol, a chemical which has after 50 years of research, been widely accepted as a compound that can both treat and prevent cancer. Apoptosis (the action of killing cancer cells) has been recorded in clinical trials in vitro and in many cases in vivo for lung, cervix, ovary, breast cancer, and in leukemia and melanoma.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">Alzheimer’s</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Another recent focus of research has been the disease of aging called Alzheimer’s. It is of course the leading cause of age-related dementia. The amyloid pathology that has been identified as the causal mechanism of Alzheimer’s has now been proved to be decreased by curcumin from food sources. Chemical studies have shown that there is a protective effect against the incursion of the damage involving amyloids.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">This is a magnificent finding. Now at last we have scientific evidence of an effective preventive for Alzheimer’s, or even something that may help to reverse the course of the disease. It offers a preventative for millions of aging people. And hope for many thousands of others who are starting to develop early symptoms of the degenerative disease.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Taking a daily capsule of Curcuma extract, containing concentrated curcumin, is the way to make sure that you won’t get Alzheimer’s. Isn’t that something we would all want?</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);" class="ver_12R2">Side Effects and Safety</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">There are<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"> no side effects of Curcuma when used in the recommended way</span>. A huge one-off dose is not toxic (even 200 capsules), and there are no recorded cases of any side effects through normal but very high dosage. </p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Curcuma xanthorrhiza is becoming well known in Europe, where it was introduced to the Netherlands before the Second World War. It is becoming more popular in Germany and Holland, where it is known as liver tea, due to its ability to protect from and cure various liver disorders, and latterly, cancer.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">One researcher reported from the University of California “Curcumin has been found to be safe in six human trials and has demonstrated anti-inflammatory activity. It may extert its anti-inflammatory activity by inhibition of a number of different molecules that play a role in inflammation.” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2003 Feb;9(1):162-8.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.treeofwellness.com/curcuma/curcuma.html">http://www.treeofwellness.com/curcuma/curcuma.html</a></div>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-30522040768160976422009-07-18T16:19:00.000+08:002009-07-18T16:20:28.319+08:00More Information on Temulawak<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Wild ginger / Temulawak (Curcuma xanthorhiza roxb) is a medicinal plant native Indonesia. Wild Ginger / temulawak included in the ginger family (zingiberaceae), although there, the official distribution of the plant Curcuma javanica as this, only limited on the island of Java, Maluku and Kalimantan. Temulawak grow as a bush not trunked. Start from base of leaf stalk is create a long spring. Higher plants between 2 to 2.5 meters. Long round leaves, like banana leaves.</span> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Since a long times ago temulawak has been used as a febrifuge, stimulate appetite, treat jaundice, diarrhea, mag, flatulence, and weary. Last known, temulawak can also lower blood fat, prevent blood clotting as antioxidants, and maintain health by <a rel="bookmark" href="http://herbal.medicalonlinemedia.com/2008/12/parasite-tree-increase-immunity-to.html">increasing the immune power</a>. Some benefits are evident and the clinical end.<span id="more-93"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Temulawak / wild ginger Protect Heart</strong></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Pulp (rhizome) temulawak compound contains several chemicals, including atsiri oil fellandrean and turmerol, chamfer, glucosidal, foluymetik carbinol, and curcumin. Curcumin known as the womb that gives many benefits, especially as anti hepototoksik and antioxidants.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A study reported in the animal experiment, the strong curcumin prevent enzyme cytochrome 4501A1/1A2 in the heart. Isoenzim this enzyme is involved in several toxin bioactive including benzo [a] pyrene. Curcumin also found to prevent the formation of kovalen association between cytochrome P450 and DNA. And, the researchers concluded that curcumin can prevent carcinogenesis by chemical modulate the function of P450.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In addition, curcumin also found to offer heart protection against alcohol toxicities. This effect is evident in a study conducted on mice that being inducted with 25% ethanol. Mice that have curcumin 80 mg / kg BB decreased heart rate and enzyme acid reactive products tiobarbiturat. In addition, a study also shows, curcumin reduce liver damage through reduction of peroxides lipid. This is observed in the rat heart has been inducted with fe. Still based on pre-clinical studies, reported curcumin activities also increase glutathione-S-transferase. This enzyme is important in the process of detoxification.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Curcumin Clinical Test </strong></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A clinical test that is not so great has been done in the country to see the benefits curcumin in improving heart function. This study involved 38 patients about heart trouble or have a value of SGOT and SGPT in the top 5 from the normal areas (Bogor, Bandung, Semarang, Solo, Surabaya, Palembang and Jakarta). Patients given combination curcumin 25 mg, 100 mg essential phospholipid, and vitamin E 100 mg. Studies using this method without seeding trial or benchmark. Observations made by about 20 researchers in the period July-December 1998.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The parameter used is the value of SGOT and SGPT. SGPT is an enzyme produced by hepatocytes, the many types of cells found in the liver. SGPT level in the blood will increase in line with damage to the hepatocytes cells that can occur due to hepatitis virus infection, alcohol, drugs that is induct the occurrence of damage to hepatocytes, and for others such as shock or drug poisoned.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">SGPT values that are considered normal is 0 - 35 units per liter (u / l). Increased SGPT 50 times the value of the low indicates normal blood flow to the liver, hepatitis, or liver cell damage caused by the drug / chemical compound such as CCl4. Increased SGPT values can light up are caused by the <a rel="bookmark" href="http://herbal.medicalonlinemedia.com/2008/09/against-hepatitis-with-sambiloto.html">hepatitis</a>, cirrhosis, cancer and alcohol on the liver. Sometimes cirrhosis only occurs in the value of SGPT increased 2-4 times from the normal value.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">SGOT while many organs found on the heart, liver, muscle order, pancreas, lungs, red blood cells and brain cells. When cells are damaged organs, the SGOT will be released in the blood. Result will be seen when measuring the amount of correlation or level of illness of the cells occurred. Normal SGOT values ranging from 3 - 45 units per liter (u / l). SGOT Increased value can be caused by the hepatitis C. In the acute hepatitis, an increase can occur up to 20 times their normal values.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The study shows, based on a statistical calculation, decrease the value of SGOT and SGPT significant. After 14 days therapy, the decline in value of the total patient SGOT to reach 2.89 times, while for SGPT reached 3.28 times compared to before treatment. The results do not differ greatly also found in individuals who suffer non-hepatitis and hepatitis. Hepatitis patients experienced a decrease of 3.48 times SGOT and SGPT was 3.82 times, compared to before treatment. Are on the individual non hepatitis, a decrease in SGOT occurred around 1.91 times and 2.15 times as much as SGPT.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong>Excavate Other Benefits</strong></span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Up to now, many studies have been conducted to try to get benefit from this valuable tubers. Studies of the incentive is to be seen as an anti tumor benefit curcumin to treat cancer disease. Numerous reports indicate, kurkumoid including curcumin have chemo preventive and curative activity against cancer. Studies are generally conducted on the animal experiment with the different routes and tested with the system in vitro.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">However, few studies have also been started recently conducted in humans.<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Another benefit that is also being spied on from curcumin is retardation of the replication Human Immunodeficiency Virus (<a rel="bookmark" href="http://herbal.medicalonlinemedia.com/2008/12/guava-as-anti-hivaids-herbal.html">HIV</a>). A study shows, curcumin prevent the fusion of virus in the cell cycle of HIV replication. Various studies conducted to continue to explore the point of light. If all of the clinically evident, the plants that contain curcumin will benefit the rich.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>Source: Farmacia Magazine</em></span></p>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-6047049952900766472009-07-10T17:26:00.000+08:002009-07-10T17:53:03.902+08:00Temulawak - Pencegah Kanser Payudara<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SlcKA6shCmI/AAAAAAAAAA4/aLadXtJxR4I/s1600-h/kanker_payudara.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SlcKA6shCmI/AAAAAAAAAA4/aLadXtJxR4I/s320/kanker_payudara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356761292652743266" border="0" /></a>
<br />Temulawak Dibanding Ginseng, Komponennya Jauh Lebih Banyak
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<br />Temulawak (curcuma xanthorrhiza roxb) adalah tanaman asli Indonesia yang mengandung kurkuminoid dan minyak atsiri yang berkhasiat untuk menjaga kesehatan dari berbagai penyakit. Rimpang temulawak yang di Jawa Barat, lebih dikenal sebagai "Koneng Gede" itu bahkan jauh lebih berkhasiat dari ginseng.
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<br />Demikian terungkap dalam Konferensi Pers Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan tentang Kampanye Gerakan Nasional Minum Temulawak, Sabtu (16/9), di Bandung. Hadir dalam kesempatan itu, Direktur Obat Asli Indonesia Badan POM Drs. Ketut Ritiasa, Guru Besar Farmasi Unpad Prof. Dr. Sidik, Ketua Perhimpunan Kedokteran Alternatif dan Komplementer Indonesia Prof. Dr. Yahya Kisyanto dan Dr. Nyoman Kertia, Sp.P.D-KR.
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<br />"Khasiat temulawak lebih banyak dari ginseng. Temulawak memiliki lebih dari 100 komponen, sementara ginseng terbatas. Temulawak antara lain mengandung senyawa aktif kurkuminoid dan beberapa komponen minyak atsiri," ujar Prof. Sidik.
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<br />Kurkuminoid antara lain berkhasiat sebagai antioksidan, antiinflamasi (antiperadangan), antibakteri, antihepatotoksik (anti liver), antikolesterol, antikanker dan anti platelet agregasi (pembekuan darah yang bisa menyebabkan stroke). Sementara salah satu komponen minyak atsiri yang dikandungnya, yakni xanthorrhizol adalah antikanker, terutama kanker payudara.
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<br />Aktivitas imunomodulator dari kurkumin (salah satu kandungan dalam kurkuminoid) juga dapat meningkatkan daya tahan tubuh terhadap serangan penyakit. "Dibandingkan ginseng, komponen dalam temulawak jauh lebih banyak. Hanya saja selama ini kita kurang dapat mempromosikannya," ujarnya.
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<br />Dr. Nyoman Kertia mengatakan, hasil penelitian membuktikan temulawak tidak memiliki efek samping seperti obat anti inflamasi kimiawi yang harganya jauh lebih mahal. Konsumsi temulawak secara rutin, juga dapat mengencerkan darah sehingga baik untuk mencegah stroke.
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<br />"Saya sendiri setiap pagi dan sore meminum jus temulawak yang dibuat sendiri. Hasilnya, kekebalan tubuh semakin meningkat," tuturnya.
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<br />Source: http://www.pikiran-rakyat.com/cetak/2006/092006/18/0205.htm
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Temulawak has benefits of laktoga, kaloga, antiinflamasi, tonikum and diuretic.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >In the herbal medication, temulawak is abundantly used to cure ailments such as :</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >1.Rheumatic and muscles pain.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >2.Fever medicine( anti-pyretic)</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >3.Liver problems, yellow fever, kidney stone</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >4.Skin diseases.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >5.Release cramps and overcome from repeating.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >6.Haemorrhoids and irritation at the rectum.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >7.Bloody diarrhea and dysentery. Also can cure constipation.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >8.Cough and fever for children’s.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >9.White discharge problems and fungus infection like Candida albican at the vagina.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >10.Diabetes.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:";color:black;" >11.Gastrics and excessive gases.</span><span style=";font-family:";" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Source:
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<br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-32340474497401795382009-06-30T12:36:00.001+08:002009-08-23T09:51:50.302+08:00SPECIAL TEMULAWAK JUICE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SpCgpRVYYdI/AAAAAAAAAC4/k8zIpQaA0Js/s1600-h/Jus+Temulawak+Special.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/SpCgpRVYYdI/AAAAAAAAAC4/k8zIpQaA0Js/s400/Jus+Temulawak+Special.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372970986341163474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>Dear Friends,</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Let me introduce to you, the herb called temulawak or the scientific name </span><span>Curcuma</span> xanthorrhiza. Temulawak is a traditional herb, it is a very common name in Indonesia. They put temulawak in almost all their drinks, or what they called jamu.<br /><br />Below are the useful information regarding temulawak and the benefits which are clinically proven and can also be googled from the net.<span></span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span><span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span></span></span></b><i style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span></span></span></b></i></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span><span>Curcuma</span> xanthorrhiza Roxb.</span></b></i><span style="font-family:verdana;">:</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> * Family: Zingiberaceae (Ginger Family)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> * Genus: <span><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Curcuma</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> * Local Name: Temulawak, Koneng gede, Temo labak</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> * Scientific Name: <span><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Curcuma</span> xanthorrhiza</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span><span><input name="IL_MARKER" type="hidden">Curcuma</span> xanthorrhiza</span></i> is ginger family (Zingiberaceae) member. Cultivated in Java at 1800m alt, with pale yellow rhizome, reddish white and yellow flower; This strong fragrant and bitter medicinal herb is widely used in Indonesia for its effect. Almost all Indonesian Jamu consist of <b><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Temulawak.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><u><b><br />Protective and therapeutic effects of Curcuma xanthorrhiza on hepatotoxin-induced liver damage.</b></u></span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Lin%20SC%22%5BAuthor%5D&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus" target="_blank"><b>Lin SC</b></a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Lin%20CC%22%5BAuthor%5D&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus" target="_blank"><b>Lin CC</b></a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Lin%20YH%22%5BAuthor%5D&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus" target="_blank"><b>Lin YH</b></a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Supriyatna%20S%22%5BAuthor%5D&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus" target="_blank"><b>Supriyatna S</b></a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=Search&Term=%22Teng%20CW%22%5BAuthor%5D&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus" target="_blank"><b>Teng CW</b></a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b>Department of Pharmacology, Taipei Medical College, Taiwan.</b></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><u>Curcuma xanthorrhiza Roxb. (Zingiberaceae family, commonly known as temu lawak or Javanese turmeric in Indonesia)</u></b>, which is found both wild and cultivated in Indonesia, has been traditionally used for medicinal purposes. C. xanthorrhiza is also used as a tonic in Indonesia. <span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);"><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">The aim of the present study is to clarify whether C. xanthorrhiza treatment may prevent acute liver damage induced by acetaminophen and carbon tetrachloride in mice</b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:130%;">The results </span>clearly indicated that extract of <u><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">C. xanthorrhiza could reduce significantly the acute elevation of serum transaminases levels induced by the two kinds of hepatotoxins, and alleviated the degree of liver damage at 24 hours </span></u>after the intraperitoneal administration of two hepatotoxins.</b> It may be concluded that <u><b style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:130%;">C. xanthorrhiza can protect the liver from various hepatotoxins</span>, </b></u>hence C. xanthorrhiza could be useful in the treatment of liver injuries and has promise as a kind of broad spectrum hepatoprotective agent.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><u style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="letter-spacing: 2px;">Fair Skin from Herbs? </span></span></b></u></span></div><p style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><u><b>Source: Medical Tribune Publisher: MediMedia Asia 01 November 2002 </b></u></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">MALAYSIA - Two traditional medicinal plants may be developed into skincare products in the next three years - if researchers find evidence of their benefits. </span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">According to Professor Hasnah Sirat from the department of chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Technology Malaysia, the herbs Zingiber zerumbet (Lempoyang) and <b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Curcuma xanthorrhiza (Temu Lawak) are potential skin whitening, hypoallergenic preparations. </span></b></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Prof Hasnah said that SIRIM was currently testing the herbs for skin whitening and antityrosinase activities, <span style="font-weight: bold;">a</span><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"><u><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">nd to date the results have been positive. </span></u></b></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Researchers are currently developing the processing and production of two main components sesquiterpenoids and curcuminoids that have been claimed to have skin whitening and antimicrobial properties. </span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">She said, Zerumbone is being used as a marker for Z zerumbet while the markers for C <u style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><b>xanthorrhiza curcuminoid and xanthorrhizol are antioxidants that also have antimicrobial properties.</b></u></span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The project aims to select and source the DNA profiling for this two species using variants. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We have selected a few samples of Z zerumbet and C xanthorrhiza from different locations for extraction purposes,added Prof Hasnah.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><u>Other </u></span><span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><u>Medicinal applications</u></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span> <span> Interesting is that the rhizome is used medicinally; it has liver protection properties.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span><span>The active ingredients (anti-oxidant and anti-edemic) are the curcuminoids (e. q. curcumin), encourage bile and prevent the formation of gallstones.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span><span> It also has essential oils, cinnamaldehyde and starch / carbohydrate.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span><span> The rhizomes have anti - viral and anti - inflammation properties (Hepatitis B and C). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span><span> Used against acne (inhibits bacterial growth); normalize digestion.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span><span>It increases breast milk production.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span style="color:black;"><span><span><span> Decreases cholesterol levels in blood and liver.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Our Special Temulawak Juice is a herbal juice which is A special Home-made drinks and you can’t find anything close to it. The taste is different from any other temulawak drinks. You can feel the difference, taste it, and you will want it more, Insya Allah.<br /></span></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The Special Temulawak Juice also consists of temu kunci, temu mangga, ibu kunyit, ginger and many other useful and beneficial herbs. Hence, we called it Special Temulawak Juice. It is good for both men and women of all ages. However, not recommended for pregnant women.</span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Please email for details. All our products are Halal and Pure.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Please pass this message around if you think it will benefits them.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> Thank you.</span></span></p></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350525804619240180.post-14794193601814639862009-06-29T21:02:00.000+08:002009-07-03T22:10:57.171+08:00JUS BERAS KENCUR<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/Sk1t-SSiybI/AAAAAAAAAAw/IJl04E01tLI/s1600-h/Jus+Beras+Kencur.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 333px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hQGl_4yUIHc/Sk1t-SSiybI/AAAAAAAAAAw/IJl04E01tLI/s400/Jus+Beras+Kencur.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354056448842320306" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="snap_preview"><p align="justify" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">J<span style="font-family:verdana;">us beras kencur adalah salah satu daripada produk HerbaBumi. Ianya dibuat dengan penuh teliti tanpa bahan pengawet. Minuman berkhasiat ini adalah minuman kegemaran masyarakat Indonesia. Amat jarang untuk mendapatkannya di Malaysia.</span><br /></span></p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><strong> Kencur</strong></span> <p align="justify" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Kencur adalah istilah orang Jawa untuk menyebut jenis rimpang ini, kalau orang Aceh memanggilnya Ceuko, nama saintifiknya Kaempferia galangal. Di mana ia termasuk didalam kumpulan halia (gamilia Zingiberaceae).</span></p> <p align="justify" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tanaman kencur dapat hidup dimana saja, asalkan tanahnya gembur dan subur, dengan sedikit naungan.</span></p><div class="snap_preview" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.dagangpos.com/detail.php?id=1669&ses="><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Manfaat Beras Kencur</span></b></a></span> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" align="left"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >Sejak jaman dahulu minuman beras kencur sudah dikenal masyarakat luas khususnya masyarakat jawa, sebagai munuman kesehatan atau jamu karena memilki beragam khasiat dan manfaat bagi kesehatan diantara<br />khasiat beras kecur adalah :<br /><br />- Melancarkan peredaran darah<br /><br />- Menyegarkan badan<br /><br />-Menjaga kondisi badan agar tetap fit<br /><br />- Mengurangi pegal-pegal<br /><br />- Melancarkan pembuangan darah kotor pada saat haid, sekaligus meredakan nyeri<br /><br />- Membakar lemak,<br /><br />- Memberikan kehangatan pada badan ketika dingin<br /><br />- Meredakan sakit tenggorokan<br /><br />- Meredakan flu.</span></p></div><br />- Mengawal kadar gula di dalam badan<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Jus Herba Bumihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16599710997223628104noreply@blogger.com0