For mothers, the
leaves of the plant, which is already katuk (sauropus androgynus) is often heard. Expectant mothers
and their newborn children, breastfeeding is often recommended to consume the
leaves of katuk. The plant is believed to be waging a breast milk which became the staple food for the baby. Besides being useful for mothers,
leaf katuk is often used to cooking. Made of clear or dioseng-vegetable Saute,
leaf katuk is healthy food that is also good. But is it only as it uses its own
katuk leaves?
Perhaps a bit
ironic that even though it has often been heard katuk leaves, there are still
many people who do not know what the actual leaves that katuk. Katuk leaves
Sauropus androgynus scientific names. The plant is widely distributed in
Southeast Asia. Katuk leaves usually grows in the lowlands and easily grown to
be used as a fence for life.
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In Viet Nam, known
as katuk rau ngót, while Chinese people call it mani cai. In Java, the katuk
leaves called kebing and katukan, in Malay katuk is spying, in Minangkabau,
people call Simani, while at Madura, the term kerakur is better known.
Katuk leaves
included in shrubs. If it grows, it can reach up to 2 to 3 m. leaves are
alternating growing on one stalk. The leaves are oval in shape, tapered leaves
menyirip bone, flat leaf margin, and a blunt base. The color of the leaves is
very green when young, but become greenish Brown when it is old. Katuk leaves
have purple colored flowers.
The Content Of
Nutrients In Leaves Of Sauropus Androgynus
Katuk leaves inside
there are many deposits of substances that are very useful for the human body.
Nutrients in leaves of sauropus androgynus, among others, are vitamins A, B,
and C, fat, protein, calcium, iron and phosphorus. Researchers suspect that the
chemical content of sauropus androgynus conceived, namely the Sterols have
estrogenic, hormonal effect that triggers the production of BREAST MILK so it
becomes more. In addition researchers also discovered that the leaves of
sauropus androgynus contains ephedrine which is very effective for treating
influenza.
Katuk Leaves
Benefits
We already know
that the leaves of sauropus androgynus especially very useful for the
production of breast milk. However, seeing how the abundance of deposits of
nutrients contained in it, surely just increase breast milk is not only being
the only usefulness of sauropus androgynus leaves. The following are some of
the other uses of sauropus androgynus leaves:
- Launched breast milk
- Clean up the dirty blood on a woman's reproductive organs
- Curing fever, ulcers, and ulcers
- Frambusia or treat skin infections
- Cure constipation
- Prevent osteoporosis
- Treat influenza
- Increase sperm production
- Increase the immunity of the body
- Helps vision
It turns out that
the leaves of sauropus androgynus indeed has many uses. Everyone can benefit
from this plant, not only its mother.
Katuk leaves
benefits for married couples
As we see above,
the leaves of sauropus androgynus have chemical compounds. These compounds,
called phytochemicals have medicinal properties. There are seven chemical
compounds in it that stimulates growth hormone steroids (progesterone,
testosterone, estradiol, and glukokortiroid) and Eicosanoids. If women consume
him, then the active compounds will stimulate her womanhood hormones. The skin
becomes smooth and hair to be healthy and soft. For men, the compound
stimulates hormones might, so that the vitality of the higher.
For married
couples, the offspring is a huge boon. But not infrequently after years of
marriage, still they are not blessed with offspring. Consume the leaves of
sauropus androgynus strongly recommended for married couples who want to have a
child soon, especially for men. By eating the leaves of sauropus androgynus
routinely, sperm production will increase, as well as its quality.
Turns out to be not
only useful, but leaves its roots as well. People of antiquity often utilize
the root leaves katuk as traditional medicine to cope with fever and
anyang-anyangan.
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Things to look for
in processing the leaves of sauropus androgynus
While cooking the
leaves of sauropus androgynus, nothing too specific because of the way it is
similar to other green vegetables, although for some, the flavor is not as
enjoyable as katuk leaves taste more green vegetables such as spinach. But
there are things to note. One of them is the length of cooking. Katuk leaves
are cooked too long the quality will decrease because of his nutritional flow
out. Katuk leaves FRY is also not particularly recommended. But adding coconut
milk when cooking it is a pretty powerful way to enhance the benefits of
sauropus androgynus leaves because of pro vitamin A in it will react into
vitamin a.
Side effects from
the leaves of sauropus androgynus
Although the leaves
of sauropus androgynus is a plant that is very useful, we still have to be
careful because it consumes excessive katuk leaves have unpleasant side
effects. Because inside there are papaverina katuk leaves, i.e., an alkaloid
also found in opium or opium, excessive consumption will result in poisoning.
In addition to the excess consumption of sauropus androgynus will impact badly
on lung disease resulting in permanent bronkiolitis.
Other than those
two things, a study conducted in Taiwan mentioned that the consumption of raw
katuk leaves on an ongoing basis as much as 150 mg per day, which is a number
of quite a lot, as long as two weeks to seven months will result in shortness
of breath, lost appetite, and sleeplessness.
Because of the side
effects that, limiting the consumption of leaf katuk is highly recommended.
Katuk leaves raw consumption is also not recommended. It would be better if
katuk boiled before consumption because of warming can eliminate anti-protozoal
properties. If it is so, the poison that is in the leaves of sauropus
androgynus can be reduced or even lost completely.
