yulius hermanto
Herbal way to fight Urinary Stone
Preface
In My previous post about urinary stone disease, i had already told about what cause urinary stone and it prevention by consuming lime.
Now, i'm gonna share my knowledge about another traditional way to treat urinary stone.
The topic is about Sonchus arvensis.
What is Sonchus Arvensis?
Sonchus Arvensis or Tempuyung is a kind of composite plant that lived well in open area, exposed to sunlight. This plant can be found at tropical area at 50-1650 m from the sea.
There are still lot of information about the Tempuyung.
i'm not gonna discuss about the plants, but about its benefits.
The part of this plant that give benefit for human health is its leaves.
Just like others herbs, the main benefits comes from the secondary metabolites.
In Tempuyung leaves, we can find flavonoid substances, kalium, manitol, and inositol.
The Benefits
Kalium and Flavonoid from tempuyung leaves offer a benefits for human health.
In urinary stone disease, high kalium content from tempuyung leaves, being excreted in urine and compete the calcium to bind oxalate, then make the crystal solute.
This effects has been verified in vitro trial.
And the practice of consuming tempuyung leaves for curing urinary stone disease has been done since ancient time in my country (indonesia).
Another mechanism tempuyung cure urinary stone disease, is by diuretic.
Of course more water, crystal is easier to solute and be excreted.
And because it's effects on diuretic, it can be used for treatment of hypertension.
Flavonoid, is organic substance, like riboflavin (vitamin B2) it can be used to maintain our health and as antioxidant, anti-inflammation as well.
Summary
Herbal medicine offer an alternative beside the western medicine.
People believe that herbal is less toxic or less side effects compare to modern drugs.
Not only that, some herbs can offer a multibenefits compare to modern drugs that being designed for specific purpose.
Tempuyung (Sonchus arvensis), has multibenefits for human health such as:
- lowering hypertension through diuretic
- relieving urinary stone through kalium and diuretic
- anti-inflammation and anti-oxidant through flavonoid substances.
In my opinion, tempuyung extract should only used in small size stone and in uncomplicated condition. Tempuyung leaves has a bitter taste, so maybe children don't like it.
Don't you about how to extract it.
Because there are some pharmacy industries done that for us.
So, i hope you can try it.
Eventhough, i'm not sure that you can find tempuyung in your country.
In My previous post about urinary stone disease, i had already told about what cause urinary stone and it prevention by consuming lime.
Now, i'm gonna share my knowledge about another traditional way to treat urinary stone.
The topic is about Sonchus arvensis.
What is Sonchus Arvensis?
Sonchus Arvensis or Tempuyung is a kind of composite plant that lived well in open area, exposed to sunlight. This plant can be found at tropical area at 50-1650 m from the sea.
There are still lot of information about the Tempuyung.
i'm not gonna discuss about the plants, but about its benefits.
The part of this plant that give benefit for human health is its leaves.
Just like others herbs, the main benefits comes from the secondary metabolites.
In Tempuyung leaves, we can find flavonoid substances, kalium, manitol, and inositol.
The Benefits
Kalium and Flavonoid from tempuyung leaves offer a benefits for human health.
In urinary stone disease, high kalium content from tempuyung leaves, being excreted in urine and compete the calcium to bind oxalate, then make the crystal solute.
This effects has been verified in vitro trial.
And the practice of consuming tempuyung leaves for curing urinary stone disease has been done since ancient time in my country (indonesia).
Another mechanism tempuyung cure urinary stone disease, is by diuretic.
And because it's effects on diuretic, it can be used for treatment of hypertension.
Flavonoid, is organic substance, like riboflavin (vitamin B2) it can be used to maintain our health and as antioxidant, anti-inflammation as well.
Summary
Herbal medicine offer an alternative beside the western medicine.
People believe that herbal is less toxic or less side effects compare to modern drugs.
Not only that, some herbs can offer a multibenefits compare to modern drugs that being designed for specific purpose.
Tempuyung (Sonchus arvensis), has multibenefits for human health such as:
- lowering hypertension through diuretic
- relieving urinary stone through kalium and diuretic
- anti-inflammation and anti-oxidant through flavonoid substances.
In my opinion, tempuyung extract should only used in small size stone and in uncomplicated condition. Tempuyung leaves has a bitter taste, so maybe children don't like it.
Don't you about how to extract it.
Because there are some pharmacy industries done that for us.
So, i hope you can try it.
Eventhough, i'm not sure that you can find tempuyung in your country.
