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Showing posts with label medicinal plants and herbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medicinal plants and herbs. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Medicinal Uses Of “Pansit-pansitan”


Shiny Bush or clearweed (Pansit-pansitan in the Philippines), with scientific name Peperomia bilineata Miq.; Peperomia pellucida Linn.; Peperomia hymenophylla Miq. is commonly a small bush which grows in lawns and idle lots. The plant has distinct heartshaped shiny leaves with soft branches. It can also be used for food as a vegetable. It is among popular healing plants that can cure some current health issues.

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Shiny Bush or clearweed (Pansit-pansitan in the Philippines), with scientific name Peperomia bilineata Miq.; Peperomia pellucida Linn.; Peperomia hymenophylla Miq. is commonly a small bush which grows in lawns and idle lots. The plant has distinct heartshaped shiny leaves with soft branches. It can also be used for food as a vegetable. It is among popular healing plants that can cure some current health issues. Advertisement        Sponsored Links     Pansit-pansitan is a potent source of different nutrients and minerals that can be beneficial to the body like zinc, manganese, iron, copper. It has significantly high sodium content.  Its branches contain carbohydrates, alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, steroids, and triterpenoids.    USES OF PANSIT-PANSITAN AS MEDICINE:    You can make a tea by boiling the leaves and the branches together with clean water. Here are the diseases that can be cured by using pansit-pansitan:   1.Arthritis and rheumatism or gout.  It has natural pain reliever and anti-inflammatory properties for people who are suffering from joint pains such as arthritis, rheumatism or gout.   2.Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)  Drink the tea made from boiling the branches and leaves.   3.Uneven skin tone.  Rinse your skin using the water from boiled leaves. Just make sure that it is warm enough or cooled down first before using.   4.Boils  Crush the leaves and branches using mortar and pestle and apply it directly into the boils.   5.High Cholesterol level.  Eating the plant like vegetable can help lower high cholesterol level.   6.Pimples.  Apply crushed leaves to the affected part. It will help soothe a pimple and get rid of the inflammation.  READ MORE:  Find Out Which Country Has The Fastest Internet Speed Using This Interactive Map      Find Out Which Is The Best Broadband Connection In The Philippines   Best Free Video Calling/Messaging Apps Of 2018    Modern Immigration Electronic Gates Now At NAIA    ASEAN Promotes People Mobility Across The Region    You Too Can Earn As Much As P131K From SSS Flexi Fund Investment    Survey: 8 Out of 10 OFWS Are Not Saving Their Money For Retirement    Can A Virgin Birth Be Possible At This Millennial Age?    Dubai OFW Lost His Dreams To A Scammer    Support And Protection Of The OFWs, Still PRRD's Priority

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Pansit-pansitan is a potent source of different nutrients and minerals that can be beneficial to the body like zinc, manganese, iron, copper. It has significantly high sodium content.
Its branches contain carbohydrates, alkaloids, tannins, flavonoids, steroids, and triterpenoids.

USES OF PANSIT-PANSITAN AS MEDICINE: 

You can make a tea by boiling the leaves and the branches together with clean water. Here are the diseases that can be cured by using pansit-pansitan:

1.Arthritis and rheumatism or gout.
It has natural pain reliever and anti-inflammatory properties for people who are suffering from joint pains such as arthritis, rheumatism or gout.

2.Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Drink the tea made from boiling the branches and leaves.

3.Uneven skin tone.
Rinse your skin using the water from boiled leaves. Just make sure that it is warm enough or cooled down first before using.

4.Boils
Crush the leaves and branches using mortar and pestle and apply it directly into the boils.

5.High Cholesterol level.
Eating the plant like vegetable can help lower high cholesterol level.

6.Pimples.
Apply crushed leaves to the affected part. It will help soothe a pimple and get rid of the inflammation.


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Santol: Health Facts And Medicinal Uses

Aside from medicinal herbs and plants, the fruits which are native of the Asian region has medicinal and healing uses. In the list of herbal plants, the cotton fruit (santol) is included among the most potent medicine that can be found in most countries in Asia.
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According to Bureau of Plant Industries, santol is found throughout the settled areas of the Philippines, either planted or semi-cultivated and abundant in second-growth forests. It was perhaps introduced into the Archipelago but is now thoroughly established. It is also reported from Siam and Indo-China throughout the Malayan region, where it is often cultivated.

Santol is a tree growing up to 20 meters high, with softly hairy young branches and leaves. 

Leaves are groups of 3 leaflets, elliptic to oblong-ovate, 10 to 25 centimeter long, with pointed tips and round bases. Flowers are numerous, somewhat fascicled, about 1 centimeter long, in greenish or yellowish clusters.

Fruits are rounded and somewhat flattened, 4 to 6 centimeters, yellowish-orange when ripe with a thick pericarp. Seeds are large, surrounded by a translucent or pale, sweet tasting edible pulp.

Properties of Santol

Roots are aromatic, carminative, antispasmodic, astringent, stomachic (promoting the appetite or assisting digestion), and tonic.

Santol fruit is also considered astringent.

Uses: 

Nutrition / Edibility
- High in carbohydrates, fair in iron, but low in calcium.
- Fair source of vitamin B.
- Santol makes a delicious preserve - peeled, quartered, and cooked in syrup.

Folkloric
- Fresh leaves applied to the skin are sudorific (induces sweating).
- Used by the Ifugaos for diarrhea.
- Decoction or infusion of leaves used for baths to reduce fever.
- Also, used for diarrhea and as a tonic after childbirth.
- Bark poultice used for ringworm.
- Bitter roots, bruised with vinegar and water, is a carminative; used for diarrhea and dysentery.
- Pounded barks applied to ringworm.
- Leaves used for skin infections and rashes.
- Roots used as tonic.
- Roots used in Malayan medicine as preventive after childbirth and as a general tonic.
- In Malaysia, aqueous extract of the bark is consumed as a tonic after childbirth.
- In Indonesia, bark decoction used to treat leucorrhea and colic.


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