The
high cost of treatment makes the poor more miserable. Especially with a disease
called high cholesterol. Including high cholesterol disease that affects many
people. To treat such diseases with modern medicine there are currently high
price of the drug problem as it uses imported raw materials. To overcome these
problems, the use of medicinal plants native to Indonesia as an alternative
treatment. Here are some herbs that according to some literature can help lower
blood cholesterol.
The
first, Sweet Starfruit (carambola Averrhoa L). Included in the family of
Oxalidaceae. Leaves and stems containing oxalic acid and water so that it
tastes sour starfruit juice can be used as a rust remover on metal. The fruit
of this plant can be used as a high cholesterol drug chemical content of
glucose, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins A, B, C.
How
to make it?: 2 pieces Averrhoa carambola not yet ripe. How to manufacture and
usage: squeezed fruit, juice filtered water. Two for one drink juice, taken 3
times a day.
Second,
Water girl friend Flower. Girlfriend water plant is a herb trunked wet, soft,
round, branched, yellowish green color. Girlfriend water is usually grown as an
ornamental plant with a height of 30-80 cm. Directions growing upright,
branched monopodial. Single leaf, spread out, face to face, or in a bouquet.
Lanceolate leaf shape elongated, jagged edges, tapered tip, bone pinnate
leaves. Color light green leaves with no leaf leverage, if any leverage leaf
shape gland. The bottom of the rosette forming roots. Bone pinnate leaves.
Broad leaves are about 2 to 4 inches. The base of the leaves serrated, pointy.
Terna has root fibers.
Habitat
in tropical climates, but can not live in dry areas. This plant is very
susceptible to pests, typically grown in the yard of the house at an altitude
of 1-900 m. According Adfa (2007), henna leaf water contains coumarin,
flavonoids, quinones, saponins and steroids. Flavonoids are antioxidants
because it can capture free radicals by freeing hydrogen atoms of hydroxyl
groups, said also that flavonoids may act hinder the oxidation of bad
cholesterol (LDL), which causes blood to thicken which can cause constriction
of blood vessels (Nurwahyunani, 2006).
The
last, Do not forget to consume fruits and vegetables. Consume fruits and
vegetables especially fruits and vegetables that contain vitamin C and
beta-carotene are high is a good choice for your cholesterol diet. Fruits and
vegetables that contain a lot of vitamin C include all kinds of berries (such
as strawberries, cranberries, blackberries, and other), oranges, grapes,
mangoes, broccoli, and cashew. If you want to choose fruits and vegetables that
contain beta-carotene is high then persimmon, apricot, mango, carrots, squash,
broccoli and spinach are the main choices.
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