Medical plant jarak Grows wild in the woods, vacant land, along the coast, or planted as a plantation commodity. Can grow in less fertile areas of land and water pH 6-7 provided good drainage, because the root of the distance is not resistant to standing water. distance is an upright shrub that grows at altitudes between 000-800 m above sea level, 2-3 m high, easily raised with wheat that was old. Distance is the crop year (annual) with smooth round rods, hollow, with a clear sign of loose leaf stalks, red-green color . Single leaf, grow alternative, rounded leaves with a diameter of 10-40 cm, leaf tip pointed, scalloped edges, the color of leaves on the upper surface dark green, light green below the surface (There are varieties that are red). Petiole long, , leaves like finger. Compound interest, orange yellow, Round fruit gathered in bunches,
Curable Disease jarak medical plant :
Cancer of the uterus,
skin defecation,
hard Birth,
tuberculosis,
boils,
sores,
scabies,
fungal infections,
acne,
facial muscle paralysis,
itching, coughing,
hernia,
swelling,
rheumatism,
tetanus,
bronchitis;
EFFECTS pharmacological medical plant (Ricinus communis Linn.) : Beans: Taste sweet, spicy, neutral. Fresh seeds are very poisonous, which is lost by boiling for 2 hours or by heating 100'C for 20 minutes. Anti-inflammatory, laxative (laxative action), correction of prolapse, anti-neoplastic (anti-cancer), eliminating the poison (toxin eliminating). Roots: Characteristically tranquilizers, anti-rheumatic.
CHEMICAL CONTENT of this medical plant: Seed: Oil ricinic glyceride content of 40-50% with ricinoleic, isoricinoleic acid, oleic acid, linolenic acid, and stearic acid. Also contains ricinine, a small amount of cytochrome C, Lipase and several enzymes. In addition to ricin D, obtained by distilling the acid and basic multilevel ricin ricin. Leaves: kaempferol-3-rutinoside, nicotiflorin, isoquercitrin, kaempferol, quercetin, astragalin, reynoutrin, ricinine, vit.C 275 mg%. Oil: 80% Ricinoleic, palmitic acid, stearic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, acid dihydroxystearic, triricinolein 68.2%, 28% diricinolein, iricinolein 28%, monoricinolein 2,9%, nonricinolein 0,9%. root: Methyltrans-2-decene-4,6,8-triynoate, 1-tridecene-3,5,7,9,11-pentyne, Beta-sitosterol.
