Plant Lowering Cholesterol

High cholesterol, including disease that affects many people. To treat these diseases with modern medicine today there are constraints due to the high price of drugs using imported raw materials. To overcome these problems, the public can use Indonesian indigenous medicinal plants as alternative medicine. Here are some plants that based on a number of literature could help lower blood cholesterol.


Javanese tamarind (Tamarindus indica L)

Included in the family Caesalpiniaceae, another name for this plant is in Sumatra: like me (Aceh), acamlagi (Gayo), tamarind, sour wood, tamarind, cumalagi (Minangkabau); Java: talisman tamarind (Sunda), acem (Madura) ; Kalimantan: tamarind; Sulawesi: Asang cow (Gorontalo), Camba (Napier), cempa (Bugis); Nusa Tenggara: shaking (Bima), Kamaru (Sumba), make (Flores), Tobi (Solor), kenefo (East) ; tobelaki Maluku (Seram), jawaka acid (Buru).

The leaves of this plant can be used as a high cholesterol drug with the chemical content of saponins, flavonoids and tannins.

Remedy: 150 grams to 200 grams of leaves of Tamarindus indica and 1 cup (220 ml) of water. How to manufacture and use: 150 grams to 200 grams of crushed leaves, given a hot cup of boiled water, squeezed, strained and drunk for a one-time drink, drink 3 times a day.

Sweet star fruit (Averrhoa carambola L.) Synonym: Averrhoa pentandra Blanco.

Included in the family Oxalidaceae, the name of this species in Sumatra: jorbing Asom (Batak), Balim manih-bing (Minangkabau), sweet star fruit (Malay); Java: balimbing fishy (Sunda), Blimbing legi (Central Java), sweet bhalingbhing (Madura ); Sulawesi: lembetua (Gorontalo), lombituka sugar (Buol), takule (Baree), bainang sulapa (Napier), balireng (Bugis); Maluku: baknil kasluir (Kai), tototuko (Ternate), tofuo (Tidore), balibi tototuko (Halmahera).

Leaves and stems contain oxalic acid so that acid taste and star fruit juice can be used as a rust remover on the metal.

The fruit of this plant can be used as a high cholesterol drug with the chemical content of glucose, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins A, B, C.

Remedy: 2 fruit Averrhoa carambola is not yet ripe. How to manufacture and use: the fruit is squeezed, water is filtered feelings. Two for one drink juice, drink 3 times a day.

Teak Dutch (Guazuma ulmifolia Lamk)

Included in the family Sterculiaceae, name this type of area in Sumatra: Dutch identity (Malay); Java: teak London (Central Java)

This plant berhabitus tree can reach 20 m high, are planted as shade trees, garden plants or wild plants. Growing up in low-lying areas up to a height of 800 masl.

The leaves of this plant can be used as a cholesterol-lowering drugs with the chemical content of alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, mucus and resin.

Remedy: 20 grams of leaves and 1 cup water. How to manufacture and use: take 20 grams of powder Guazuma ulmifolia leaf, brewed with 1 cup hot boiled water, after cold filtered. Distillate taken twice a day as many morning and afternoon.

Kemuning (Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack)

Synonym: Murraya exotica L.; Murraya banati Elm; Chalas paniculata

Belonging to the family Rutaceae, the name of this plant in Sumatra: yellow (Malay), kemunieng (Minangkabau); Java: kamuning; Bali: yellow; Nusa Tenggara: kemuni (Bima), kemiuning (Sumba), sukik (Bread); Sulawesi: kamuning (Manado), kamoni (Bare), kamuning (Napier), Palopo (Bugis); Maluku: eschi (Wetar), fanasa (Aru), kamoni (Ambon).

This plant berhabitus small trees (shrubs), has a very large morphological variation, tree height can reach 8 m. This species grows wild in the bush, edge of forest or planted as an ornamental plant at low altitude 400 masl.

The leaves of this plant can be used as drugs decrease cholesterol levels in blood with the chemical content of alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids and tannins.

Remedy: 20 grams of yellow leaves and water as needed. How to manufacture and use: 20 grams of yellow leaf was boiled in 3 cups of water until the water remaining 1 cup. Drink 3 times as much as 1 cup, with 1 tablespoon honey.

Tempuyung (Sonchus arvensis L)

Belong to the Asteraceae family, the name of this plant in Java: ga-ling, Jombang, Jombang lalakina, clay, lampenas, rayana (Sunda), tempuyung (Central Java).

This plant with a high annual herb berhabitus can reach 2 m, growing wild in open place exposed to the sun or a little sheltered, such as on the cliffs, edge drains, stone, growing in areas with an altitude of 50-1650 m above sea level.

The leaves of this plant can be used as a cholesterol-lowering drugs with the chemical content of saponin, flavonoida, politenol, lactucerol alpha-, beta-lactucerol, mannitol, inositol, silica, potassium, taraksasterol.

Remedy: 3 sheets of leaf tempuyung. Ways of making: leaf tempuyung dilayukan and eaten as a vegetable or salad three times a day