TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

-Are derive from animal and plants

-Not chemically process

There are types of traditional medicine

plant:

• Aloe vera (lidah buaya)

• its leaf is used to produce juice and taken orally orrubbed on body

• used to heal wound and skin disease
• as a laxative
• to treat diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, osteoarthritis and sunburn
  
  
  
  Gingseng

• the root is dried and used to make tablets,capsules and powder
• to boost the immune system
• to improve the health of people recovering from illness
• to lower the blood glucose and control the blood pressure
  
  
  
  Ginger (halia)

• the stem (rhizome) is boiled with waterto produce juice for drinking
• use to treat stomach ache, nausea, and diarrhoea
• remove wind in the body
• to prevent flu and keep body warm
  
  
  
  
  

• Garlic (bawang putih)

• garlic cloves can be eaten raw or cooked
• treat high cholesterol , heart disease and high blood pressure
• prevent stomach and colon cancer 
  
  
  
  

• Green tea

• the leaf is added into water and drink as a beverage
• to prevent and treat breast, stomach and skin cancer
• improve mental alertness
• lower the cholesterol levels and
• lower cholesterol level and protect skin from sun damage

• Peppermint (pudina)

• essential oil - taken in very small doses in capsule or liquid form
• can be applied to skin
• treat nausea, indigestion and cold symptoms
• treat headache muscle and nerve pain
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Centella asiatica (daun pegaga)

• eaten raw or made into juice for drinking
• help maintain youthfulness
• relieve hypertension

-the traditional medicine works very slowly….

-can cause side effect

-if not selected properly it will make worsening or even result in death.

BY NUR ALIA AFIFAH BINTI AZMAN