Knowing Khasiat Cats Whisker

Mustache Cat (Orthosiphon aristatus (B1) Miq.), Is Herbaceous plant, grows upright, rooted at the bottom of the books, 1-2 m high, stems slightly grooved rectangle, short hair or bald.

Single leaf, oval, round eggs, lancet or rhombus, fluffy, rough serrated edge is irregular, the two-spotted surface because there are essential oil glands.

Bunches of flowers that come out at the end of branches, pale purple color, or white (the color is blue and white), the longer stamens of the flower tube. Geluk fruit dark brown color. Grow in low altitude and area were.

Cats Whisker Growing Conditions:

a. Climate

1. Elevation: 500 m - 900 m above sea level

2. Annual rainfall: 3000 mm / year

3. Wet months (above 100 mm / month): 7 months - 9 months

4. Dry months (below 60 mm / month): 3 months - 5 months

5. Air temperature: 280C - 340C

6. Humidity: moderate

7. Radiation: high

b. Ground

1. Type: andosol, latosol

2. Tekstrur: sandy loam

3. Drainage: well

4. Ground water depth: 70 cm above the ground

5. Rooting depth: 30 cm - 60 cm from the ground

6. Acidity (pH): 5 to 7

7. Fertility: moderate - high

In general, cats whiskers plants propagated by stem cuttings or branch cuttings. Select the trunk or branch that is not too old, then cut into slips, cuttings measuring 15 cm long - 25 cm or beruas about 2 books - 3 books.

Stek seedlings can be planted directly in the garden as deep as 5 cm, then padatkan soil around the base of cuttings, with a spacing of 30 cm x 30 cm, 40 cm x 40 cm, 40 cm x 50 cm and 60 cm x 60 cm

Local name of this plant include:

* Mustache cat, big Mamang (Indonesia);
* Kutun, mamam, spider flower (Java);
* Mao Xu Cao (China).

There are several diseases that can be cured from the cat's whiskers kidney infection, bladder infection, urine stones, Gout; Peluruh urine, eliminating hot and humid

Utilization of the cat's whiskers on the whole plant, wet or dry (dianginkan first, and then dried in the hot sun). The utility can be to treat:

1. Kidney infection (acute and chronic nephritis), bladder infection (Cystitis).

2. Sick bladder stones.

3. Gout (Gout arthritis).

4. Peluruh urine (diuretic).

5. Eliminate hot and humid.

Cat whiskers usage is: 30 - 60 gr. (dry) or 90 to 120 g (wet) boiled, or a dry / wet is brewed as a tea.

Here's how to use that you can try:

Nephritis, edema (swelling)

Mustache cat 30 gr, 30 gr leaf veins, grass snake tongue 30 grams, it all boiled.

Urinary tract infections, frequent urination in small increments (Anyang-anyangan) Mustache cat, Meniran, Commelina communis, each 30 grams, boiled.

The cat's whiskers composition, chemical properties and pharmacological effects: Sweet little bitter, cool, anti-inflammatory, peluruh urine, urinary tract stones destroyed. chemical content, among others Orthosiphon glycosides, tannin substances, essential oils, fatty oils, saponins, sapofonin, potassium salts, myoinositol.

By: AsianBrain.com Content Team