benefits of leaves gynura procumbens (leaves of life)

Full Review (longevity spinach) or Gynura Procumbens/ leaves of life

Gynura procumbens is one of the typical medicinal plants of Indonesia, this herbaceous plants thrive in tropical temperatures, has a green color with the characteristics the shape is exactly like elongated eggs, In the area of origin of this herb is used daunya as a medicinal plant to overcome various health problems, such as for healing and treating various diseases, this plant has 4 content of highly  efficacious compounds to treat various diseases, including:
  • tannins
  • steroids
  • triterpenoid
  • saponins
There are also some others who call this plant with Longevity spinach, just the same and still, it proves that this medicinal plant is multi-benefits and very famous in various parts of the world, it's just the mention his name alone is different.

Leaves of life, herbal plants a thousand benefits are found in many islands of Java (west jawa, east java, central java), Sumatra and the island of Bali, Sundanese call it daun sambung nyawa, while the Javanese call it "sambung nyowo" which means is age enhancer (extend life), there is also a call that roots sebiak. Utilization of gynura plants not only on the leaves alone, the roots, stems, and tubers are also equally efficacious for treatment. 

Has numerous pharmacological studies to examine the content and benefits of leaf life (gynura procumbens leaves), and it's not just in Indonesia alone, Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia also participate in researching this herb plant, from the results of these studies yield the certainty that this plant has tremendous benefits in overcoming various diseases, such as  :
  • treat lymphatic pain
  • reduce body heat
  • kidney pain, skin diseases
  • high cholesterol
  • inflammation of the nape
  • diabetes melitus
  • lower blood pressure
  • contains flavonoid compounds
  • antineoplastic
  • to improve liver function
  • cough
  • stroke
  • antimicrobial
  • stomach disorders
  • sinusitis
  • antikarsinogeik
  • lower blood sugar levels
  • cytotoxic to cancer cells
  • inflammation of the vocal cords
  • hypertension
  • heart disease

How to make herbs from gynura procumbens leaves (leaf of life or spinach longevity)

Treat coughs, prevent cancer, lower blood pressure (hypertension), overcome high cholesterol problems, dysentery, kidneys, treat diabetes, natural stroke drugs, stop bleeding, overcome blood vomiting, etc  :

  • First, picking 5-10 pieces of leaves of life (gynura procumbens leaves)
  • clean it, wash it with water until the dust and dust is gone
  • next, boiled with 2 cups water, to be 1 cup water when ripe
  • do not use frying pan made from natural or direct iron, because this leaf is corrosive (use a pan made of clay or covered with marble etc.)
  • minuam herbal ingredients leaves 2x a day of life

To overcome the ulcers in the legs, arms and other body parts, do the following :

picking up multiple leaves of life
then is mashed until smooth, and paste on the body part contained boils

To overcome the itching, insect bites and snake bites, which need to be used is the leaves and tubers of this plant, other additives are turmeric, the way as follows  :
  • peeled turmeric
  • pounded tubers, leaves and turmeric until really soft
  • next, stick it to the part where the insect bites, or the snake bite and the bandage with the cloth
Benefits of herbs "leaf of life for hypertension"

There are some facts revealed from the results of leaf of life, this herbal plant is very effective to normalize blood pressure efficiently and is the best alternative treatment, why? because by consuming leaves of life, either used as vegetables in food, or on the stew will very quickly treat high blood pressure, it is because the content of flavonoids work optimally overcome this disease.

Benefits of longevity spinach plant stems

besides leaves and tubers, it turns gynura procumbens rod is also very useful for treating diseases, including   :

  • healing kidney disease
  • throat infections
  • stop bleeding naturally
  • launching menstrual cycle
  • dysentery
  • decrease the heat of fever

How to make a herb from a longevity spinach plant stem


  1. - provide long-life spin tree trunks
  2. - cut into pieces 2-3 cm
  3. - wash thoroughly
  4. - boiled with 2 cups water (400cc)
  5. - simmer to 200cc (1 cup)
  6. - drink this herb 2x a day on a regular basis until healed

Complete content of gynura procumbens leaves
  • galactoside
  • flavonoid compounds
  • kaempferol
  • sterol unsaturated
  • p-hydroxy benzoic acid
  • neohesperidocide
  • triterpen
  • sterol glycosides
  • polyphenols
  • caffeine acid
  • glucoside
  • polyphenols
  • rhamnosyl
  • kumarc acid 
  • essential oil
  • chlorogenic acid
  • vanilic acid, 
  • quercetin
Why can leaves of life to treat itching, rash, inflammation of the skin and other skin problems, either because of insect animals, or because of bacteria??

The answer is because the content of essential oils and other compounds, it is the content that serves as a natural remedy that effectively overcome the disease and problems on the skin, such as ulcers

Do not be surprised if this herb has a lot of efficasious and benefits, consume the leaves of life 2 times a day, this will help prevent the growth of cancer cells, tumors, lowering cholesterol quickly, normalize blood pressure, overcome inflammation, diabetes, cough and various other health problems mentioned earlier.

how to use it is up to you, whether it is boiled, extracted, made tea, made potions and others, but now you no longer need to bother looking for this herbal medicine, because it is a lot of processed drugs in the form of capsules made from gynura leaves or leaves of life.

The greatness of the life-leaf (gynura leaf) not only here, this leaf has antiangiogenik effect, so this plant has potential as antimetastasis, anti-invasion. 

You need to know

What do you need to know ?? well, you should know the side effects of excessive consumption of leaves of life (gynura procumbens), side effects that you should be aware of  :

  • the main, is not recommended for patients or people with low blood disease, life-leaf contents are very effective in treating high blood pressure (hypertension), but if for people for low blood pressure it would be the opposite, making it worse, because the effectiveness of life-leaf contents are very effective lowering blood pressure.
  • not recommended for pregnant women,
  • there are also some people who experience side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness and sensation of heat in the body. However, these effects generally occur only in early consumption.
How to plant longevity spinach

For those of you who want to have this plant is very easy, the process of penenaman does not require many ways, just need to do stem cuttings, and the next process submitted to nature, you just need to water it.

Advice, you must know  :

Eat longevity spinach regularly, it will keep you healthy and avoid various diseases, the saying says "prevention is better than cure" by periodically drinking a healthy long life spinach concoction is not an obstacle, and no need for expensive medicinal and treatments, as a traditional medicinal plant, gynura or longevity spinach plants have been used since time immemorial, and this treatment is inherited from generation to generation by elders. That's a review of gynura procumbens, its content and its benefits, Thank you for visiting.

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3 comments

very effective for severe coughing, I used them for almost three years already.

When you are consistent in your daily intake like salad, it helps for constipation and many more.

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