Efficacy and benefits BROTOWALI (Tinospora crispa (L). Miers.)

Brotowali called Tinospora crispa (L.) Miers., Belongs to the family of Menispermaceae plants .. These plants grow vines up to 2 m length over, the little finger of the stem-nodule berbintil meeting, it was bitter. Single leaf, stemmed menjangkung, pointed tip, such as heart shape, the color green. Wild plants located throughout Indonesia. Commonly grows in forests, fields, or in the yard near the fence.

This plant contains alkaloids, soft resin, starch, glycosides pikroretosid, bitter substances pikroretin, Harsha, palmatin, berberine, Columbine (root), kokulin.

Useful to help overcome the problem of

• Rheumatism, 1 stalk brotowali wash, cut as needed, boiled in 3 cups of water to be 1.5 cups. Once cool strain, add honey and drink.
• fever, yellow fever, two finger sticks boiled with 2 cups water to a 1 cup. Once cool strain, add honey to taste. Drink 2 times a day.
• Diabetes, bitter leaf-third, one-third leaf cat whiskers, 6 cm stem brotowali, boiled in 3 cups of water to be 2 cups. Drink 2 times a day.
• Scabies, 3 fingers brotowali rods, finely crushed then put in place the sick.
• Agency itching, bathe with a decoction of the stem an inch brotowali.
• Luka, brotowali pounded leaves, paste and wash the wound with boiled water rods.
• How to cultivation: The plant propagation by cuttings.