Medical plant Cabbage family has kind of a lot. Commonly planted in Indonesia, among others, cabbage, cabbage flowers, broccoli, cabbage sprouts, cabbage rabbis, and kale. This type of cabbage that are considered wild cabbage Brassica oleracea var. sylvestris, which grows along the Mediterranean coast, the coast of England, Denmark, France, and North West. Wild cabbage that grew there as a biennial plant, and there is also a perennial. Cabbage that has been made into an annual crop cultivated. To get the seeds, sprouts allowed to grow as a biennial plant. These medical plant can be grown in the lowlands and highlands with an average rainfall is 850-900 mm. Leaves round, oval, to oblong, forming a large rosette and thick roots, leaves of various colors, including white (forma alba), green, and red-purple (forma rubra). Initially, waxy leaves that grow straight, leaves grow next corner, which includes young leaves
PART is used is the leaves.
medical plant Cabbage is used for treatment:
- Itching due jamurcandida (candidiasis),
- Fungus on the scalp, hands, and feet
- High blood cholesterol levels,
- Inflammation of the joints (arthritis),
- Protect the body from the radiation beam, such as x-ray beams, computers, microwaves, and color television,
- An antidote to a hangover (hangover), toxins in the liver,
- Removes the complaint PMS (premenstrual syndrome),
- Increase breast milk production,
- Prevent the tumor enlarges,
- Prevent colon and rectum,
- Ulcer (ulcer) in the gastrointestinal tract, and
- Difficult bowel movements (constipation).
composition:
Fresh cabbage contains water, protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium, vitamins (A, C, E, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinamide), calcium, and beta carotene. Moreover, it also contains compounds sianohidroksibutena (CHB), sulforafan, and iberin that stimulates the formation of glutathione, an enzyme that works by breaking and dispose of toxic substances circulating in the body. The high content of vitamin C in cabbage can prevent scurvy (scurvy). Presence of anthocyanin substances can cause a color change to red cabbage. The content of active substances, sulforafan and histidine can inhibit tumor growth, prevent colon cancer, and rectum, detoxification harmful chemical compounds, such as cobalt, nickel and copper overload in the body, and increase endurance to fight cancer. In sulfur amino acid content, is also efficacious lowering high cholesterol levels, nerve sedative, and uplifting.
