Hemigraphis rependa L

Scientific Names

Hemigraphis rependa L

Region name

Central Java: Keji iron

classification

Division: Spermatophyta

Sub Division: Angiospermae

Class: Dicotyledonae

Nation: Solanales

Tribe: Acanthaceae

Marga: Hemigraphis

Type: Hemigraphis rependa (L) Hall f.

The characteristics

Habitus: Herb, creeping, annual.

Bars: round, jointed, branched, hairy, green.

Leaves: Single, crossed opposite, oval leaf blade, pointed tip, serrated edge, base tapering, pertulangan pinnate, hairy, green, purplish green.

Flowers: Single, the tip of the stem and leaves in the armpits, loose petals, five leaf petals, hairy, greenish white, trumpet shape crown, white stamens form of yarn, white buds, attached to the crown, white.

Fruit: Box, small, furry, still green after the old black youth.

Seeds: Round, small, brown.

Roots: riding, whitish yellow.

Chemical Ingredients

Herba cruel iron-containing saponins, flavonoids, tannins and polyphenols

property

Nutritious herb as a laxative iron nasty urine.

For urine laxative used ± 30 grams of fresh herbs cruel iron, boiled with 2 cups water for 20 minutes, after the cold pressed and filtered. Distillate taken twice a day just as much in the morning and afternoon.