Thursday, May 26, 2011

KI TOLOD (Isotoma longiflora (L.) Presl)

Family: Campanulaceae.
Region: Ki tolod, leaf tolod (Sunda), Full, sangkobak (Java);
Foreign: Ster van Bethlehem for the crown of the star-shaped flowers.
Chemical Properties: The plant is rich in the chemical content of the known al Alkaloid compound that is lobelin, lobelamin and isotomin. The leaves contain alkoloid, saponins, flavonoids and poliferol. CAUTION - this plant are toxic, for every time a drink can not be longer than 3 pieces of leaves.
Effect Farmakologis: sap-toxic, anti-inflammatory, anti-neoplastic, anti-inflammatory (anti-inflammatory), analgesics (pain relievers) and hemostatic (stops bleeding).

Plants that come from the West Indies are growing wild on the edge of water channels or streams, dike fields, around fences and other places which moist and open. Ki tolod can be found from the lowlands to 1100 m above sea level. Erect herb, reaching 60 cm tall, branched from base, white sap that tastes sharp and poisonous. Leaves single, sit, lancet shape, rough surface, the tip pointed, base narrowed, curved edges inward, until the curved toothed pinnate. Leaves 5-17 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, it's green. The flowers are erect, single, out of axillary, long stemmed, white star-shaped crown. The fruit is a bell-shaped boxes, duck, split into two rooms, seedy. Propagation by seed, stem cuttings or seedlings.

Part of plant used: Leaves, flowers and whole plants.
How to cultivation: plant propagation using seeds. Maintenance is easy, it should be enough water by watering enough, keep moisture and fertilization mainly basal fertilizer.


The disease can be cured and how to use them.
1. ILLNESS DENTAL: Two pieces of leaves washed and finely ground, put on a sore tooth cavity.
2. Asthma, bronchitis, sore throat: Three pieces of leaves washed and boiled with 2 cups water until the remaining one cup. After chilling on then filtered drinking. Do 2 times a day, morning and afternoon
3. INJURED: Leaves sufficiently washed and then crushed into powder, paste on the wound and in the dressing with a clean cloth. Replace 2-3 times a day.
4. CANCER DRUGS: Leaves 3 pieces following the stem, in boiled with 5 cups of water up to a 1-2 cup with a small fire. Water boiled in the drink several times to run out in a day
5. Cataract: 1 sheet leaves that are clean plus 5 tablespoons water bersihkemudian bone pressed leaf press with a spoon. The leaves are discarded, 3-5 drops of water dripped kemata, silenced for a moment, eyes removed dirt and then eyes were washed with boiled water betel leaf.

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