Pecut Kuda

Description:
Grow wild horse whip on the side of the road, terrain, and places where other displaced. Plants from tropical America can be found in sunny areas, while, shielded from the sun, and at an altitude of 1-1500 m above sea level. Terna annual, erect, 20-90 cm tall. Single leaves, stemmed, where the deal. Blade oval leaves, base narrow, pointed tip, serrated edge, clear surface grooved, 4-8 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, dark green. Compound interest are arranged in the elongated grain axis, like a whip, the length from 4 to 20 cm. Flowers bloom in different times, small size, the color purple, rarely white. Line-shaped fruit, with seeds 2. Needle-shaped seed, is black. For this type of Stachytarpheta indica Vahl., High as 2 meters, maintained as a hedge and mempunyal the same drug benefits to the type of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis [L.] Vahl. Whip a horse can be propagated by seeds.

Curable Disease:
NATURE AND KHASIAT bitter taste, its cool. Efficacious as a blood cleanser, anti-inflammatory, and peluruh urine (diuretic).

Utilization:
PART USED
Parts used are herbs, flowers, and roots. For storage, after being washed and cut into pieces, dry in the sun to dry.

INDICATION
Herbs used for treatment:
- Infections and urinary tract stones,
- Sore throat due to inflammation (pharyngitis), cough,
- Rheumatism, and
- Irregular menstruation.

Flowers and stems are used for the treatment of:
- Inflammation of the liver (hepatitis A).

Roots used for treatment:
- White (leukore).
HOW TO USE
For drugs taken, boiled 15-30 g dried herb or 30 to 60 g of fresh herbs, and drinking water rebusannya.
For external use only, minced fresh herbs until smooth, then attach to the sick body parts, such as ulcers, purulent inflammation of the skin, and wounds.
EXAMPLES OF USE
Sore throat, cough
Take 50 g of fresh herbs horse whip, fruit kencur 2 medium garlic cloves 2. Wash the materials, then mashed until smooth. Add 1 / 2 cup water, stirring sugar level, then squeeze and strain. Furthermore, drinking water is collected, do 3 times a day, for 1-5 days.
Whitish
Wash 50 g of fresh roots horse whip, and then sliced as needed. Add 3 cups water, then boil until remaining 1 glass. Once cool, strain and filter the water divided to 2 times drinks, morning and afternoon, each 1 / 2 cup.
Hepatitis A
Wash the flower stalk 5-10 horse whip until clean, then potongpotong necessary. Add rock sugar to taste, then boiled in 3 cups of water until remaining 1 glass. Once cool, strain and filter drinking water. Do it every day until cured.
Rheumatism
Wash herbs 30-60 g fresh horse whip, and then cut into pieces as needed. Boiled in 3 cups water until the water remaining 1 cup rebusannya. Once cool, strain and drink the water filter 2 times a day, each 1 / 2 cup.
Notes
Pregnant women are prohibited to drink boiled this medicine because it can cause miscarriage.