Cat Tails (Acalypha hispida Burm. F.)

    Synonyms:

    A. densiflora Bl.

    Family:

    Euphorbiaceae

Description:

Cats is a native plant of the West Indies. Commonly planted as an ornamental plant in the yard or in parks. Shrubs, grow upright, 1-3 m tall. Stem round, branching simpodial, rough surface, greenish brown. Leaves single, long-stemmed, alternate location. Leaf blade ovate or oval shape, pointed tip, base obtuse, serrated edge, pertulangan pinnate, 12-20 cm long, 6-16 cm wide,

Local Name:

NAME OF Indonesia: tail cat, cats, monkeys. Java: dog leash (Sunda), Wunga mine, lancuran (Java), follow langur (Bali). Maluku: lofoti (Ternate). FOREIGN NAME Gou wei hong (C), kattestaart (B), chenille plant, monkey's tail, cat's tail (I). NAME Simplisia Acalyphae hispidae Flos (flower cats), Acalyphae hispidae Folium (leaf cats).

Curable Disease:

Flowers sweet cats, chocolate, cool character. This flower is believed to stop bleeding (hemostatis) and laxative urine (diuretic). Hemostatis nutritious roots and leaves.

Utilization:

PART USED

The part used is the flowers and leaves.

INDICATIONS

Flowers are used for the treatment of:

dysentery, enteritis,

bleeding, such as dysentery, vomiting blood, nosebleeds,

worms,

burns,

ulcers (ulcers) on the legs.

The leaves are used for the treatment of:

white patches on the skin due to loss of pigment (vitiligo),

dysentery, coughing up blood (hemoptysis), bleeding wounds, and

sprue.

HOW TO USE

For drugs taken, boiled 10-30 g flowers and drink boiled water.

For external use only, minced leaves or flowers to taste until smooth, then stick to a hospital.

EXAMPLE USE IN THE COMMUNITY

Vitiligo

Wash a handful of fresh leaves and kencur size of half a thumb up clean, and grind until smooth. Apply on the body of mottled white, and dressing. Perform this treatment every day.

Bleeding wounds

To close the wound, wash a handful of fresh leaves thoroughly, then mash until smooth. Stick it on the wound, then wrapped with gauze.

Wash fresh flowers and nut taste until clean, then chew. During chewing, can be added a little ginger, kencur, and that still leaves the island of chewing muda.Telan water and dispose the waste. Do this several times a day.

Grind 30 g and 30 g of fresh flowers palm sugar until smooth. Furthermore, eating the mixture. Do it 3 times a day until healed.

Composition:

Leaves contain acalyphin, flavonoids, saponins and tannins. Flowers contain saponins and tannins.