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Back to nature (back to nature) is an alternative option that many people demand today, especially in the field of medicine. The use of medicinal plants, or more commonly known as actual herbs have long been used by the public. It’s just that the development of modern medicine (west) made only as an alternative pilhan only. And have a lot of evidence and efficacy of herbal efficacy. Besides the more economical, herbs also have side effects is very small. However, there are still many people who doubt the efficacy of our herbal. Though there are several factors that cause why the herb does not work effectively. Presentation of the wrong, time to drink that is not appropriate, inappropriate doses, and the user impatience are the factors that cause herbs are not effective. Prof. H.M. Hembing Wijayakusuma in his book “Complete Herbal Remedy conquered disease” mentions the things that must be considered in consuming herbal, as follows:

1. Wash Simplisia medicinal plants (herbal) with water to clean.
2. Immediately use fresh herbs that have been clean for treatment. If the material is large or thick, preferably cut into thin slices to the boiling substances contained in it easy out and permeate the cooking water. For herbal stored, first dry after being washed for durability and to prevent decomposition by bacteria and fungi. Dry ingredients (Simplisia) are also more easily be crushed to powder (powder). Drying can be directly in the sun or wearing protective. Can also diangin-aired, depending on the thickness or water content. 
3. Direct brewed material has been used as powder (powder) with hot or boiling water. 
4. For hard materials and difficult to be extracted, should be crushed and boiled first for about 10 minutes before adding other ingredients. 
5. Use clean fresh water and does not contain chemicals harmful to the boil. Ensure enough so that all medicinal ingredients submerged approximately 3cm. 
6. To boiling medicinal ingredients, use a container made from the pot soil (pottery), enamel pots, or glass pan. Do not use metal containers, such as iron, aluminum, and brass. Metals contain iron and potassium trichloride ferrycianide. Substance is causing the sediment to the water in the treatment of disease. During boiling, do not be too often the lid off the container so that the oil content not easily lost atsirinya. 
7. Use of fire in accordance with the type of boiled herbs. – Small Fire: Use to boil the herbs as a tonic merit, such as ginseng and mushroom ling zhi that the active ingredients are absorbed into the cooking water (boiled about 2 hours). A small fire with a long boiling time is also used for the toxin-containing herbs, such as gods that crown toksinnya content decreases. – Fire large: Use to boil the herbs or the merit Simplicia diaforetik (sweat) and contains many essential oils, such as mint leaves, cloves and cinnamon. After boiling, put ingredients and simmer for a while. In this way, content is not much atsirinya lost because of excessive evaporation process. 
8. If there are no other provision, boiling is considered completed when the remaining half of the cooking water from the original amount of water, for example 800 cc to 400 cc. If the material mostly boiled hard materials, such as seeds or stems disisakan the third of the cooking water, for example 600 cc to 200 cc. 
9. If dry material contains, generally dose (dosage) half of the amount of fresh material. For example, the use of fresh leaves use a spoon and if 90 grams 15 grams dry. 
10. Ensure dose medicinal plants in accordance with the recommended. Generally, 1 recipes divided medicinal plants for drinking 2 times a day. Time wasted can be boiled first boiled again for 1 drinks in the afternoon or evening. 
11. Drinking boiled extract medicinal plants in warm conditions and after heavy wear or blankets. However, for certain types of herbs, such as areca nut stew should be taken to avoid the cold kotraksi with resulting gastric nausea, vomiting, and stomach cramps. 
12. Generally, herbal drink boiled before eating to be easily absorbed. However, for the medicine that can stimulate the stomach, drink after eating. Drinking potions are efficacious as amplifiers (tonic) in the morning when the stomach is empty. For a nutritious herb as a sedative, such as insomnia, drink before bed. 
13. Perform regular treatment. To remember, herbal treatment requires patience because it does not directly feel the benefits, but is konstruktirf (fix / build). Effects of chemical drugs it seems fast, but it is desktruktif. Because of its nature, the herb is not recommended as primary treatment of infectious diseases that are acute (medadak), such as dengue fever, vomiting, and others who must get medical help immediately. Plants are preferred drugs for health maintenance and treatment of chronic disease (chronic). 
14. Herbal remedies can be combined with chemical drugs, especially for chronic diseases are difficult to cure, such as cancer to obtain results more effective treatment. Rules of herbal medicine around 2 hours after the use of chemical drugs.

Intestinal worm infection or commonly called a lot of worms generally occurs in children, because they paid little attention to hygiene. But worms can also attack adults. There are several kinds of worms depending on the type of worm that infected, the most frequently encountered in the human gut roundworms, pinworms, whip worms, tapeworm, and hookworm. These worms into the stomach / intestine through the mouth,

The worm can enter the body (intestine) due to lack of personal hygiene, such as not washing hands before eating, disposal of faeces (human waste) in any place, or the flies that landed on the food. These worms lay eggs in the intestine and the worms mature, issued together with the feces. Although the worms seem to be a mild disease, but the worms or larvae can spread and infect other organs, causing disease more severe.

Here are some types of worm infections in humans.

Pinworms 1.Infeksi (Oxyuriasis)
Caused by pinworms (Oxyuris vermicularis) also called pinworm, is a small worm like yarn soft, long white with approximately 3-5 mm in male worms and the females about 8-13 mm. This worm infections are common in tropical areas and is a dirty sanitation, occur in children aged 5-14 years, especially about the habits include hand into the mouth. These types of worms will eat the contents of the intestines, the female worms migrate and lay eggs in the lower intestine (around the anus). The eggs will crawl out to the anus, causing itching. When carded by hand will be stuck at the end of the nail and can enter into the mouth when entering the food. Itching especially at night that disturb sleep, also causes the skin iritation, the girls sometimes inflammation of the vagina.

Bracelet 2.Infeksi worms (Ascariasis)
Worms disease caused by infection with roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides) which lives in the human intestine. Worm is classified as major types of worms, measuring about 20-30 cm, red and white dice. The eggs of roundworms from the human body along with the dirt (feces). Roundworms into the human body through feces-contaminated food that humans, like flies that descend through food or contaminated vegetables roundworms eggs are not washed clean.
Symptoms or signs of roundworms infected stomach feels uncomfortable, lethargic, no appetite, pallor, nausea, body lean, and a protruding belly. Fesesnya watery, sometimes mixed with mucus and blood, worms in the feces was out. Larvae of roundworms can enter through the blood or lymph vessels, if attacked the lungs can cause pneumonia and cough. While the adult roundworms can migrate to the appendix causing appendicitis.

Ribbon worm 3.Infeksi (Taeniasis)
Tapeworm (Taenia sp.) Long, flat shape resembles a ribbon, a small head and a hook to attach themselves to the intestinal wall. Tapeworms have many types, but there are three commonly known that meat tapeworm, fish tapeworm and pork tapeworm. These types of intestinal worms caused by consumption of meat (especially beef and pork) which contain tapeworm and cook less mature.
Symptom or sign of tapeworm infection include: stomach was churning and nausea, sometimes poignant and sharp stabbing but will disappear after a meal. In addition pallor, dizziness, loss of appetite, and slimy feces.

Prevention
Preventive measures that can be done to avoid intestinal worm infections, among others:
– Take care of personal hygiene, food and environmental well
– Wash hands thoroughly, especially before eating and after defecation,
– Avoid cutting the nails and nail-biting habit
– Wash vegetables thoroughly and cook meat until completely cooked
– Provide adequate toilet facilities, do not defecate at random
– Children should be given de-worming every 6 months

Herbs to combat Parasitic Worms
In addition to modern medicine, worms can also be countered with a natural remedy from herbs / medicinal plants are efficacious as anthelminthik (anti-worm), among others, is the areca nut (Areca catechu), seeds wudani (Quisqualis indica), pomegranate bark and root (Punica granatum), pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita moschata), Intersection sleigh (Curcuma heyneana), seeds and roots of papaya (Carica papaya), garlic (Alium sativum), ketepeng (Cassia alata), small Mindi (Melia azedarach). In empirical (experience) of these herbs effectively cope with worms, of which also have conducted research and proven to contain compounds that merit anthelminthik active.
In arekolin containing areca nut is one of the alkaloid that functions as a de-worming. Skin pomegranate fruit and roots contain alkaloids and tannins are particularly efficacious anthelminthik roundworms and tapeworms. Quisqualata potassium compounds contained in fruits wudani can kill intestinal worms. Other active components which are glucoside anthelminthik efficacious cacirin contained in papaya fruit, cucurbitin on pumpkin seeds, diallil disulfide in garlic, and toosendanin contained in the bark of the root bark Mindi dn.

Here are some examples of herbal prescriptions to deal with worms.

Recipes 1.
15 grams of dried nut seeds + 60 grams of mashed pumpkin seeds, dry ground + 15 grams of dried pomegranate skin. All material is boiled with 600 cc of water (low heat) until the remaining 200 cc, filtered, after cold water to drink. (for all types of worms).

Recipes 2.
Wudani roasted beans until cooked, then eaten with a chewed ½ hour before eating. Child 3-15 seeds per day, adults 15-30 seeds a day, divided for 3 meals. Perform a row over 15 days (one keur). After one month of eating one another keur. (for pinworm, hookworm, roundworms, whip worms).

Recipes 3.
Intersection 20 grams of fresh bell + 15 grams of fresh black Intersection + 2 cloves garlic, washed and blender by adding 100 cc of warm water, filtered, taken in the morning half an hour before meals. (for pinworms and roundworms)

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver tissue. Hepatitis in ordinary language is often also referred to as liver or jaundice. And the definition of the liver itself is derived from the Dutch language, which means liver, not liver disease. But a growing assumption in society is defined liver disease hepatitis. While jaundice is the term may cause confusion, because not all jaundice caused by inflammation of the liver, but also because there is inflammation of the gall bladder.

Inflammation of the liver can be caused by infection of various microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, and protozoa. However, generally caused by a virus (viral hepatitis). Inflammation of the liver can also occur because the chemicals are toxic to the liver, drugs, and alcohol, which are also called non-viral hepatitis. Hepatitis due to drugs attack only the sensitive people.

In general, acute viral hepatitis have symptoms as follows:
– The level of initial feel tired, no appetite, headache, aches throughout the body, weakness, nausea, and sometimes accompanied by vomiting, and fever the next.
– Phase yellow (ikterik): marked with yellow urine as water blackish tea and black stool red. The whites of the eyes, palate and the skin becomes yellowish color. This phase lasted for about 2-3 weeks;

– Phase healing: marked reduction in symptoms and yellow color disappeared. Complete healing generally takes about 6 months.

Not all patients show symptoms of hepatitis such as the above, some that did not show a yellow color. In addition to seeing the clinical symptoms is also necessary laboratory tests such as AST, ALT, bilirubin, and bile acids.

Hepatitis caused by a viral infection causing liver cells were damaged and could not function properly. In general, the liver cells can grow back with the rest a little damage, but healing takes many months with diet and good rest. Hepatitis viruses are divided into 5 based on the types of viruses cause, namely: hepatitis A (VHA), B (HBV), C (VHC), D (VHD), and E (VHE). Hepatitis viruses can become chronic and may progress to liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
1. Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A affects more children and young people. Caused by the hepatitis A virus infection, is generally transmitted through food / drink that is contaminated by the feces of patients, may also through consumption of contaminated shellfish. This disease rarely becomes chronic. Caused mild symptoms and do not always appear yellow phase / ikterik.
Prevention measures, namely:
– Wash your hands after the toilet, before eating and before preparing food;
– Advised not to eat with utensils in – turn or use a toothbrush together;
– Attention to environmental hygiene and sanitation;
– Immunization

2. Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B is a form of hepatitis is more serious than other types of hepatitis. Transmission through blood transfusion, sharing needles are not sterile, tattoo equipment, sexual contact, saliva, feces, can also be transmitted from mother to infant birth. Acute viral hepatitis that can be cured by itself, but a large number of patients with hepatitis B will become chronic. The younger the USIS infected with hepatitis B virus the more likely it becomes chronic. Chronic hepatitis will increase the risk of cirrhosis and hepatomas (liver cancer) in the future.

Prevention of hepatitis B, among others, namely:

Hepatitis B immunization
– Avoid the use of needles used, and tattoo equipment is not sterile.
– Avoid sharing toothbrushes, razors and other equipment that can cause injury.
– Patients with hepatitis B is forbidden to drink alcohol to prevent further stimulation of the liver.

3. Hepatitis C

In the majority of hepatitis C sufferers progress to chronic hepatitis. As with chronic hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis C will also develop into cirrhosis of the liver and can potentially be hepatomas. Most people with hepatitis C do not show symptoms. Like hepatitis B, hepatitis C infection usually occurs through blood transfusions, but it may also through sexual contact, using the same toothbrush, and from mothers suffering from hepatitis C to her baby.

4. Hepatitis D

Hepatitis D virus can only be found in patients with hepatitis B, because for the life that require helper viruses hepatitis B virus Prevention efforts against hepatitis B also indirectly prevent hepatitis D.

5. Hepatitis E

Type of transmission is similar to hepatitis A virus is through food and water contaminated by feces. Hepatitis E virus infection occurs primarily in the areas of health and bad sanitation, and more suffered by children and pregnant women.

Plant Drugs for Hepatitis
Medicinal plants / herbs that can be used to prevent and help treat hepatitis such as hepatoprotektor to have an effect of protecting the liver from the effects of toxic substances that can damage liver cells, also are anti-inflammatory, and khloretik which kolagogum increase bile production by the liver.
Several types of herbs that can be used for the treatment of hepatitis, among others, is ginger (Curcuma xanthorrhiza), turmeric (Curcuma longa), sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata), Meniran (Phyllanthus urinary), leaf drawstring / mirten, wood mushrooms / lingzhi (Ganoderma lucidum ), the roots of weeds (Imperata cyllindrica), pearl grass (Hedyotis corymbosa), Centella asiatica (Centella asiatica), gardenia fruit (Gardenia augusta), mengkudu fruit (Morinda citrifolia), handsome (Taraxacum officinale).

Here are examples of some herbal recipe to help treat hepatitis.

Recipes 1.

30 g temu lawak (diris-peeled and sliced) 15 grams sambiloto + + 60 grams of dried roots of the weeds. All washed, boiled with 800 cc of water until the remaining 400 cc, filtered, water was taken for 2 times a day.
Recipes 2.

30-60 grams of leaf drawstring / mirten fresh Centella asiatica + 60 g + 30 g Meniran. All washed, boiled with 800 cc of water until the remaining 400 cc, filtered, water was taken for 2 times a day.

Recipes 3.

Wooden mushrooms 10 grams / lingzhi + 10 grams of seed gardenia (zhi zi), both washed, boiled with 600 cc of water until the remaining 300 cc, filtered, water was taken for 2 times a day. (both materials can be purchased at drug stores )
Recipes 4.

Pearl 60 grams of grass or grass snake tongue + 30 grams of fresh plants, fresh handsome + 25 grams of turmeric. washed, boiled with 800 cc of water until the remaining 400 cc, filtered, water was taken for 2 times a day.

Note:

– Select a recipe and do regularly
– Fixed a doctor
– To boiling, use a pot soil, glass or enamel saucepan.