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)
- 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
