Savor Brotowali

Savor Brotowali
Bitter Behind the Savor Brotowali
In the treasure of Indonesian herbal medicine, known as one of brotowali nutritious plants that are widely used to treat various diseases. This plant is believed to cure fever, hepatitis, arthritis, diabetes, malaria, and increased appetite. In addition, brotowali often used for external treatment, such as overcoming wounds, mange, and scab (scabies).

Bitter but Efficacious
The plant is used as a medicine is stem and leaf. Both the plants are usually boiled with some water and produce a liquid that tastes very bitter or among Javanese herbal medicine known as bitter. Brotowali bitter taste produced by the compound pikroretin.

Brotowali also contains alkaloids, soft resin, starch, glycosides pikroretosid, Harsha, berberine, and palmatin. While in the roots contain the alkaloid berberine and kolumbin. "Brotowali nutritious treat various diseases including, diabetes (diabetes mellitus), fever, liver inflammation (hepatitis), rheumatoid arthritis, sciatika, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and malaria," said Sidik Raharjo, from traditional herbal medicine industry Farma Herbal Merapi, Yogyakarta.
Added Sidik, brotowali also effective in treating wounds, scabies (scabies), and ulceration. Traditionally, the plant is commonly used to cure the itching as well as increase appetite. The herbalist usually carry another herb mix that has been used for generations.

Brotowali (Tinospora crispa) is a lot of wild plants found in forests, fields or used to be planted as hedgerows. Growing up in the area-altitude 1,000 m above sea level. plants belonging to the family Menispermaceae is growing vines and lush living in the tropics.
The size of the trunk of your little finger with part berbintil skin rash. Rounded-shaped leaves with pointy toes length 7-12 cm and a width of 5 -10 cm. Brotowali also known as andawali, antawali, bratawali, putrawali, gadel leaf, and then shen jin.

Can Fresh or extract
Although known as a nutritious herb, but to obtain the desired properties, brotowali must be processed in the right way. "Many users who do not feel the benefits as less appropriate to make a potion," said Vidya Huraini, Study Center medicinal herbalist in IPB, Bogor.
Cleaning tools such as cutting boards, pans, and knives is a thing that should always be considered. Use stainless pots and knives and avoid cutting board made of wood for cooking water produced is not mixed with other materials such as wood cutting board or smearing of the boiler equipment is not good.
"Use a medium heat for substances contained in the herb make it out to perfection and mixed with water boiling," suggested Vidya. Heating is too high causes rapid boiling water volume is reduced but efficacious substances contained in the herb is not fully out.
Material that has been boiled should never be taken more disposable alias. In addition, the consumption of herbs according to dosage and patient in taking to obtain the desired properties.
For the busy and no time to make a concoction of fresh brotowali materials, now widely sold brotowali extract in capsules. One manufacturer is making medicinal Study Center brotowali extract in capsules, either alone or with other nutritious herb mixture.

1) Antiseptic on Scabby, Scabies, or Injury
Part of the sick can be cleaned with boiling water trunk. In addition, finely ground leaves Brotowali which can be mounted on the wound and replaced 2 times a day to heal.

2) Scabies in Children
It is recommended that children take a bath with water boiled Brotowali. Way to take stem Brotowali about 1 m. Chopped or cut into small pieces, then boiled with 4 l of water until boiling. Enter the cooking water into a bucket or large bowl and add cold water. Bathe the child while immersing himself in the water this Brotowali.
3) Fever
Take 2 fingers Brotowali stem. Boil 2 cups water to 1 cup. Add a little honey. Drink half a glass of boiled water it 2 times a day.
4) appetite enhancer
Prepare Brotowali leaves 3 leaves, stalks 30 g, and water 2000 cc. At first cleaned of leaves and stems, then boiled with water. Drink boiled water 1 cup per day.
5) Other diseases
Water decoction of stem Brotowali also believed to cure rheumatism, bruises, yellow fever, and as a diabetes drug.