Gadung (Dioscorea hispida Dennust)

    Synonyms:

    Dioscorea daemona Roxb. Dioscorea hirsuta Bl. Dioscorea triphylla Auct.

    Family:

    Dioscoreaceae

Description:

Shrub, creeper, surface smooth rod, barbed, whitish green color. Single leaf, oval, alternate, pointed tip, base obtuse, green color. Inflorescence stem form, in the armpit leaves, petals form a funnel, reddish green crown. Fruit round after the old blue-black. Kidney bean shape. Part Used Rhizome.

Local Name:

LOCAL NAME: Bitule, Flowers celebrate (Manado); Gadung, Gadung Ribo (West Sumatra); Gadung (Sunda); Gadung (Java); Ghadhung (Madura); Gadung, Sikapa, Skapa (BeIitung); Iwi (Sumbawa),. Ondot in opposition, Pitur (Minahasa); Who (Bugis); Sikapa (Napier); Boti (Bread); Lei (Kai); Uhulibita, Ulubita (CERAM); Hayule, Hayuru (Ambon). FOREIGN NAME: NAME Simplisia Dioscoreae hispidae Rhizoma; Rhizome Gadung

Curable Disease:

TYPICAL PROPERTIES Sweet and neutralize. USSAGE Anti inflammatory, spasmolitik, diaforetik, and kholagog. RESEARCH Serafinah Indriyani, 1986. Department of Biology, Faculty Airlangga University. Has researched the effects of a squeeze bulb Gadung the oogenesis of mice. From this research, it was a squeeze bulb Gadung inhibit ovarian cycles that impact affects oogenesis function.

Utilization:

USE

-Whitish.

-Diabetes.

-Leprosy.

-Heartburn.

-Pain bile.

-Painful menstruation.

-Inflammation of the gall bladder.

-Arthritis (joint pain).

-Calluses (topical).

Herbs and dosages

Leprosy (leprosy)

Leprosy is still early, can be treated with the following ingredients.

Remedy:

Rhizome Gadung several pieces

Fruit Cabe Jawa some grains

White pepper to taste

Grated coconut taste

Palm Sugar to taste

Water 150 ml

How to manufacture:

Created infusion.

How to use:

Drink 1 a day 100 ml.

Duration of treatment:

Repeated for 14 days.

Horny

Remedy:

Rhizome Gadung taste

Water slightly

How to manufacture:

Crushed up like mush.

How to use:

Apply on the skin hardens.

Duration of treatment:

Updated every 3 hours.

Rheumatism

Apart treated with modern medicine or traditional medicine recommended eating Gadung.

Warning

Use too much, it can cause poisoning. Gadung poisoning resulting seizures. Bidders while kloralhidrat or potassium bromide.

Note

Yam is a tuber which is poisonous. To be eaten necessary processing, such as the following. Tuber is cut into thin, then soaked in water that has been spiked with salt. Bulbs kept flowing water until the washing water is not white. After that dried in the hot sun.

There are several types of Gadung, among others:

Fragrant Flowers yam.

Yellow yam.

Kelan yam.

Yam rice (flowers do not smell).

Composition:

Alkaloids dioskorina, diosgenina, saponins, furanoid norditerpena, starch, and tannins.