Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine the concept of life drugstore

2009-11-02T20:00:00.000-08:00

Herbal Medicine -Feels bad if you see your yard is empty no matter is a front yard or back yard. but, what should we do? make a little pool for the kids ? or just made a big fountain!

hm.. if you asking me.. why not build your own life drugstore on your yard. no matter is a front yard of back yard as long the sunlight goes in, it's good enough to take the start. no need a big yard. you can use some polybag or repoted the plant.

there many herbal medicine that can be plant on any season. what you have to do is just ask the the seeds seller and ask the best fertilizer use to it.. as you know every plant have it's own disease. uhm.. I will not say the plant on this blog is the best plant to grow in your yard life drugstore. but experimenting is the best way.. if you want to share your experience on planting and build your life drugstore .. don't be doubt to leave your comment.

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Kelembak (Rheum officinale - Baill) and the peculiarity

2009-09-27T10:09:00.000-07:00

Kelembak or Rheum officinale - Baill is the herbs commonly use to treat urus-urus/sembelit (Indonesian) or constipation, as well as to aid in the dissolution of blood clots and pus eruptions, in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yào yòng dà huáng (Chinese: 药用大黄), and is also a component in the North American herbal remedy called Essiac tea. In modern medicine, R. officinale has been found to be useful in treatment of Hepatitis B.

The root and stem are taken and boiled with some part of water after that use the water as the remedy.

How to Plant it on the Yard

Cultivation details

Prefers a deep, fertile, moderately heavy, humus rich, moisture retentive, well-drained soil in sun or semi-shade. Grows well in heavy clay soils. Plants can be grown in quite coarse grass, which can be cut annually in the autumn. Hardy to about -20°c. A very ornamental plant, it is closely related to R. australe. Hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. Cultivated as a medicinal plant in China. Plants at the Cambridge Botanical Gardens in September 1993 were growing well in the shade of a woodland garden, though they were not succeeding when planted closely to the trees. Plants in this genus seem to be immune to the predations of rabbits.

Propagation

Seed - best sown in autumn in a shaded cold frame. The seed can also be sown in spring in a cold frame. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse or cold frame for their first winter, planting them out in the spring. Division in early spring or autumn. Divide up the rootstock with a sharp spade or knife, making sure that there is at least one growth bud on each division. Larger divisions can be planted out direct into their permanent positions. We have found that it is better to pot up the smaller divisions and grow them on in light shade in a cold frame until they are well established before planting them out in late spring or early summer.

if you want the best dimension try out the 1,8 m x 1,8 m ground.

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50 Fundamental Herbs

2009-09-26T09:10:00.000-07:00

In Chinese herbology, there are 50 "fundamental" herbs, as given in the reference text, although these herbs are not universally recognized as such in other texts. The herbs are:

1. Agastache rugosa
2. Alangium chinense
3. Anemone chinensis
4. Anisodus tanguticus
5. Ardisia japonica
6. Aster tataricus
7. Astragalus propinquus
8. Camellia sinensis
9. Cannabis sativa
10. Carthamus tinctorius
11. Cinnamomum cassia
12. Cissampelos pareira
13. Coptis chinensis
14. Corydalis ambigua
15. Croton tiglium
16. Daphne genkwa
17. Datura metel
18. Datura stramonium
19. Dendrobium nobile
20. Dichroa febrifuga
21. Ephedra sinica
22. Eucommia ulmoides
23. Euphorbia pekinensis
24. Flueggea suffruticosa
25. Forsythia suspensa
26. Gentiana loureiroi
27. Gleditsia sinensis
28. Glycyrrhiza uralensis
29. Hydnocarpus anthelminticus
30. Ilex purpurea
31. Leonurus japonicus
32. Ligusticum wallichii
33. Lobelia chinensis
34. Phellodendron amurense
35. Platycladus orientalis
36. Pseudolarix amabilis
37. Psilopeganum sinense
38. Pueraria lobata
39. Rauwolfia serpentina
40. Rehmannia glutinosa
41. Rheum officinale
42. Rhododendron tsinghaiense
43. Saussurea costus
44. Schisandra chinensis
45. Scutellaria baicalensis
46. Stemona tuberosa
47. Stephania tetrandra
48. Styphnolobium japonicum
49. Trichosanthes kirilowii
50. Wikstroemia indica

I will tell you how to plant this herbs right on your yard one by one, if you not be patient to wait for me you can do it by google the web for the word herbs

Pomegranate (Punica Granatum) and the peculiarity

2009-09-26T00:03:00.000-07:00

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing to between five and eight meters tall. The pomegranate is native to Southwest Asia and has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. It is widely cultivated throughout Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, India, Israel, Morocco Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, the drier parts of southeast Asia, Peninsular Malaysia, the East Indies, and tropical Africa. Introduced into Latin America and California by Spanish settlers in 1769, pomegranate is now cultivated in parts of California and Arizona for juice production. In the Northern Hemisphere, the fruit is typically in season from September to February. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is in season from March to May. About 760 different local varieties of pomogranate have been reconized in Iran. These varieties have been collected in Agricultural Research Institute, Yazd, Iran. The most famous varieties are Soveh, Sioh, Rabob, Aghaei, Ardestony, Shisheh cap, Shirin Shahvor, Bajestony, Malas e Daneh Siah, Touq Gardan, Khazar, Shecar e Ashraf (Behshahr), Alak, Arous, Farouq, Rahab, Khafar e Shiraz, Ferdous e Khorasan, Bi daneh Sangan.

Consuming Pomegranate Fruit can make a potential benefit, In preliminary laboratory research and human pilot studies, juice of the pomegranate was effective in reducing heart disease risk factors, including LDL oxidation, macrophage oxidative status, and foam cell formation, all of which are steps in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Pomegranate juice has also been shown to reduce systolic blood pressure by inhibiting serum angiotensin-converting enzyme, may inhibit viral infections, and may have antibacterial effects against dental plaque. Containing polyphenols which inhibit estrogen synthesis, pomegranate seed oil was effective against proliferation of breast cancer cells in vitro.

few diseases that good consuming pomegranate; prostate cancer, prostatic hyperplasia, diabetes, lymphoma, rhinovirus infection, common cold, oxidative stress in hemodialysis, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease.

In southeast asian Pomegranate also used for pregnant mother to fulfill the baby nutrition. beside the inside fruit the skin and the root of the pomegranate had been use for the herbal medicine that commonly used for diarchea and kill parasitic intestinal worms.

How to plant it on the yard

Growing Conditions

Pomegranate is a kind of stubborn subtropik, can survive at the winter temperatures are low (-10 ° C). The best quality fruit is produced from temperate regions of cool to hot and dry. this kind of plant will not fruit well in area with very humid climate. In the dry environmental conditions necessary to maintain water if you want a levels high results. Pomegranate tree tolerant of soil for most plants other fruits can not grow fast, including a chalky soil and alkaline soil. In Southeast Asia, the pomegranate trees grow well up to height of 1600 m above sea level. on various types of soil with a wide range; in the wetter areas of the pomegranate tree is always green, flowering and fruiting habit becomes prolonged, and the fruit quality will be lower.

Cultivation Guidelines

Pomegranate tree grown from seed vary, it is recommended to clone propagation through cuttings or batarig hard woody cuttings; way latter common in Southeast Asia. Cuttings can be separated after 3-4 months, if it is rooted well enough; grafted plants can bear fruit quickly; graft is often sold as flowering. Pomegranate garden in India, had recommended spacing to 5 m x 2 m to 5 m x 5 m. The tops of the lower side cut at the time of planting and branches of other lateral stems trimmed to form a single, and to generate sufficient Vigor terminals to suppress the growth of saplings, which would otherwise change the nature physique. In the monsoon climate during flowering can be manipulated by not providing irrigation for about 2 months, and flowering will occur one. months after the irrigation was held again. Piracy or trimming the roots as dry conditions will strengthen the effect starts flowering.

Maintenance

Fertilization is done at the end of the dry season.

Pests and Diseases

A number of pests and diseases have been recorded, the most dangerous is the pomegranate butterfly, which Virachola isocrates fruit borers are caterpillars, which is a real threat to the pomegranate plant in India, and fruit rot disease. caused by the fungus Phomopsis rampant in a wet climate. Fruit borers difficult to be eradicated, because the eggs one at a flower placed on or in the remnants of the leaf sheath on the fruit and the young caterpillars eat the leaves as soon as the petals were looking for a way to fruit, because the small size of the caterpillar, it is difficult to detect. The fruit can be wrapped to protect it, the use of pesticides should be based on monitoring the care of the butterfly population (through light traps) and stage of development of eggs laid. Rot disease "Phonopsis" can be spread through seeds in the fruit is attacked, so the fruits and flowers of infected twigs should be removed. Fungicide effect adequate control. Pomegranate is one of the host ticks waxy shield, Ceroplastes sinensis.

Harvest and Post Harvest

The pomegranate can be cracked at the time of maturation, but the immature fruit will be of inferior quality, and the fruit should not be harvested before they reach the base yellow. The fruit can not be learned easily and had to be cut with scissors trim. In the production centers of the leading results of 100,150 fruit (17-25 kg) per tree or 10 tons / ha per year is considered good for the garden established pomegranate. Perfectly ripe fruit can be shipped and stored properly.

Vitamin brief

2008-05-20T08:21:00.000-07:00

A vitamin is an organic compound required as a nutrient in tiny amounts by an organism. A compound is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet. Thus, the term is conditional both on the circumstances and the particular organism. For example, ascorbic acid functions as vitamin C for some animals but not others, and vitamins D and K are required in the human diet only in certain circumstances. The term vitamin does not include other essential nutrients such as dietary minerals, essential fatty acids, or essential amino acids, nor does it encompass the large number of other nutrients that promote health but are otherwise required less often.

Vitamins are classified by their biological and chemical activity, not their structure. Thus, each "vitamin" may refer to several vitamer compounds that all show the biological activity associated with a particular vitamin. Such a set of chemicals are grouped under an alphabetized vitamin "generic descriptor" title, such as "vitamin A," which includes the compounds retinal, retinol, and many carotenoids.[4] Vitamers are often inter-converted in the body.

Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions, including function as hormones (e.g. vitamin D), antioxidants (e.g. vitamin E), and mediators of cell signaling and regulators of cell and tissue growth and differentiation (e.g. vitamin A). The largest number of vitamins (e.g. B complex vitamins) function as precursors for enzyme cofactor bio-molecules (coenzymes), that help act as catalysts and substrates in metabolism. When acting as part of a catalyst, vitamins are bound to enzymes and are called prosthetic groups. For example, biotin is part of enzymes involved in making fatty acids. Vitamins also act as coenzymes to carry chemical groups between enzymes. For example, folic acid carries various forms of carbon group – methyl, formyl and methylene - in the cell. Although these roles in assisting enzyme reactions are vitamins' best-known function, the other vitamin functions are equally important.

Until the 1900s, vitamins were obtained solely through food intake, and changes in diet (which, for example, could occur during a particular growing season) can alter the types and amounts of vitamins ingested. Vitamins have been produced as commodity chemicals and made widely available as inexpensive pills for several decades, allowing supplementation of the dietary intake.

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