Cardamom Buah Pelaga
The warmth in cardamom is a heat receptor, TRPV1, the same one chilli’s capsaicin uses. The pharmacology most recipes never mention.
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Herbal Pharmacy
Papaya Betik (Carica papaya)
One backyard tree, four distinct medicines: the fruit, the young leaves, the seeds and the leaf juice. Each one covered separately, with the science behind it.
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Noni (Mengkudu)
Marketed as a cure for forty diseases, and called fraud by regulators. Strip away the hype and the plant underneath has documented compounds and real blood-pressure effects.
Mempelas (Tetracera scandens)
A leaf rough enough to sand wood, used by the Orang Asli for diabetes. Lab work has isolated compounds that switch on AMPK, the fuel gauge that exercise and metformin both target.
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Tongkat Ali Red Infusion
The rainforest root the Orang Asli call Kaki Cium, prepared in a long Chinese tradition. It has almost no formal scientific literature, but a living preparation tradition.
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Kaduk Piper sarmentosum
The ulam leaf you fold around otak-otak has been developed into a commercial blood-pressure product. Studies show it inhibits ACE, the target of some widely prescribed drugs.
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Kucing Galak : Three Continents Independently Discovered This Backyard Weed for Skin.
Asia, Africa and South America, with no contact between them, all documented this backyard weed for skin. The evidence, and the safety point most discussions leave out.
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The Cat’s Whiskers Growing in Your Kampung Fence Is Sold as Medicine in Europe.
A kampung fence plant sold in Europe as “Java tea” for kidney and urinary support. What the clinical evidence says, and the pecah beling combination researchers studied.
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Temu Mangga Curcuma amada : It Smells Like Mango. It Acts Like Neither Turmeric Nor Ginger.
It smells like mango and acts like neither turmeric nor ginger. Its aroma comes from myrcene and terpinolene, and its profile differs from other Curcuma species.
Temukunci Boesenbergia rotunda : Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences Studied This Kitchen Herb
During COVID-19, Thailand’s Department of Medical Sciences found that panduratin A, fingerroot’s main compound, was active against SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture.