Luntas (Indian camphorweed) for Traditional Medication
This plant is called Luntas or sometimes Beluntas in Indonesian. Beluntas (Pluchea indica (L.) Less.) has a typical scent, with the plant height can reach up to 2m.
Beluntas (Pluchea indica L or worldwide known as Indian camphorweed grows in dry area and needs a lot of direct sunshine. In villages and in old days, this Indian camphorweed is used as fence. It has a short leaf in light green color. The flower is small in purple color.
Beluntas contains alkaloid and atsiri oil, and widely used as jamoo (Javanese term to call a certain kind of traditional medication).
The advantages of beluntas are :
• eliminating body odor ( consumed directly)
• healing intestine disturbance in children and increasing appetite (10-15 grams leaves mixed in rice/porridge
• soothing body temperate (braise beluntas leaves, filter and drink)
• scabies
• cervical tuberculous lymphadenitisrhemumatic pain and waist pain (5 gr of beluntas root, boiled and drink)
Steaming and Boiling Will Boost Antioxidant
Cooked vegetables not only results to a great taste and ease us to consume and digest them. The fact is, according to a report (the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Cornell University) which was published last year, cooked vegetables such as carrots, spinach, mushrooms, etc, has had a higher antioxidant level that than the raw ones.
Carrotenoid in carrots, zucchini and broccoli seize the best by steaming. Cooked carrots have a higher beta-carotene. Beta-carotene plays an important contribution to human’s vision, reproduction, growing of bone and smoothing the human body’s immune system.
Beta-carotene is a part of Carrotenoid. Carotenoid it self is considered as an antioxidant substance. Carrotenoids is the one which contributes the color red, yellow and orange in fruits and vegetables.
Patch To Reduce Chemotherapy Nausea
It is not easy dealing with chemotherapy. Most patients will have bad feeling in stomach ache till vomiting after the chemotherapy, some even will puke after it. Good news came from FDA, in September 15th 2008, FDA had agreed to publication of Sancuso. Sancuso is a plaster/patch that is able to reduce the stomach sick after chemotherapy.
It is different with pills, this plaster is applied on arm. Sancuso plaster contains granicetron. Granicetron will get into body through skin. This can be a good solvent for chemotherapy patients, because sick feeling will make it hard for patients to consume pills. If the patient feel comfort in their stomach, it is hoped that he/she will have appetite for dining, thus the energy of body will increase, and emotionally they will be more stable.
Unfortunately, Sancuso may cause constipation. In some cases, this condition has a serious digest obstruction
