the benefits of herbal plant leaves as medicinal plants

leaf benefits for natural remedies and beauty treatments

From the results of research to prove that traditional medicine (herb) or natural ingredients more easily digested by the body. Another advantage of using herbal plants as a natural remedy is not too cause side effects, because it also some countries began to encourage and mass production of medicines from herbs.

As you know, Indonesia is one of the paradise places for plants, from 40.000 plants in the world, 30.000 type grow exist in Indonesia and in the identification that there are 940 types of herbs commonly used for daily treatment. 

The use of medicinal plants or herbs as an alternative medicine, ranging from roots, tubers, leaves, stems and other plant parts can be used, but few people know, and unfortunately not everyone can easily do the treatment with herbal ingredients, it's because not all countries or areas suitable for the growth of these medicinal plants.

many of us are already doing treatment but have not healed yet? Even some of the side effects experienced from chemical drugs are consumed, resulting in new diseases. Therefore herbal remedies become one of the very effective and recommended solutions.

One of the most commonly used and beneficial plant organs of the plant is its leaves, these are some examples of leaf utilization as an herbal remedy  :

  • betel leaf
  • soursop leaf
  • cincau (Cyclea barbata)
  • cat whiskers (Orthosiphon aristatus)
  • eucalyptus (Melaleuca leucadendra)
  • kucai (Allium tuberosum)
  • kemuning (Murraya paniculata)
  • god leaves (Gynura Segetum)
  • meniran (Phyllanthus niruri)
  • clover (Marsilea crenata)
  • suji (Dracaena angustifolia)
  • leaf cassia Angustifolia (Senna Leaves)
  • leaf sembung (Blumea balsamifera)
  • seruni (Chrysanthemum indicum)
  • srikaya (Annona squamosa)
  • leaf of life (Gynura procumbens)
  • leaf dadap serep (Erythrina variegata)
  • leaf god, beluntas china (Gynura pseudochina)
  • gout (Plumbago zeylanica)
  • basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
  • kembang soka, Siantan (Ixora chinensis)
  • breech flower (Gloriosa superba)
  • leaf tolod (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
  • wijayakusuma (Pisonia grandis)
  • Imperata (Imperata cylindrica)
  • red spinach leaves (Alternanthera ficoidea)
  • urang aring (Eclipta prostrata)
  • sambiloto (Andrographis paniculata)
  • sweet starfruit (Averrhoa carambola)
  • jatropha curcas (Jatropha curcas)
  • moringa
  • spinach leaf
  • chinese girlfriend leaves (Aglaia odorata)
  • leaves miana
  • cloves (Syzygium aromaticum, (Linn.) Merr.)
  • leaf distance tintir (Jatropha multifida)
  • leaf orange kingkit (Triphasia trifolia)
  • pare (Momordica charantia)
  • green tea leaves
  • red tea leaf
  • black tea leaves
  • lime leaf (Citrus aurantiifolia)
  • lime leaves (Citrus hystrix)
  • leaf pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius)
  • medicinal plants sisaga saga
  • bandotan (Ageratum conyzoides)
  • mount clover medicinal plant
  • pearl medicinal plants
note  : some names are terms or designations in Indonesia


The leaves on the medicinal plants I wrote above have different benefits, for example   :

  • benefits of betel leaf to overcome strep throat
  • the benefits of soursop leaves to overcome hypertension and diabetes
  • benefits of bay leaf for kidney disease
  • the benefits of pandanus fragrant leaves to cope with stress
  • the benefits of lemongrass leaves for detoxification
  • the benefits of moringa leaves to fight various cancers
  • the benefits of cat's whiskers to treat kidney stones
  • the benefits of green tea leaves for beauty treatments
  • benefits of citrus leaves to boost the immune system
  • benefits leaves of life for acne medicine and skin diseases such as herpes
  • benefits of black tea leaves to lower cholesterol levels
  • benefits of papaya leaf for digestion
  • the benefits of precatory bean leaves to overcome the tonsils
  • benefits of rosary pea to overcome the tonsils
  • the benefits of hibiscus leaves to overcome the dandruff of the crust
  • the benefits of basil leaves for blood circulation

That's some of the benefits of some leaf examples, all the above herbal leaves will be discussed in the article on this blog.