Traditional Herbs from Tradescantia spathacea

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Prepare 10-15 adam hawa leaves or 30-50 g of flower buds, 15 g of purple leaves, palm sugar to taste, 600 ml of water.
Clean the ingredients then boil everything until it boils and 300 ml of water remains ml. Strain.
Drink 2 times a day.

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Burn some fresh adam hawa leaves until withered, limp and soft.
Put the adam hawa leaves on the affected part while they are still warm, use a cloth to support the leaves so they don't come off.

What is Tradescantia spathacea Looks like??

Parts of Tradescantia spathacea that could be used

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Tradescantia spathacea Distribution

Native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Many are found around Mayan sites in Central America. In China, the flowers are used as a traditional medicine to treat dysentery, while in Yucatan, Guatemala and Belize they are used for beauty treatments. People also often plant this plant as an ornamental plant, and its flowers and leaves can reportedly be used to make tea.
Agroecology of Tradescantia spathacea
Adam eve is found growing in coastal forests, shrubs, hanging places, secondary forests, cultivated land, and disturbed areas, and likes tropical and sub-tropical areas with temperatures ranging from 14-27 °C. Grows well in well-drained soil including rocky soil, sand and limestone. Has wide adaptation to both low and highlands, hot, cold, dry or watery areas, and shade.
Morphology of Tradescantia spathacea

Fabrous roots, brown.
Stem rough, short, upright, brown, herbaceous, round shape, visible leaf scars, not branched.
Single leaf, sword, pointed leaf tip, flat leaf base hugging the stem , the edges of the leaves are flat, soft, smooth, the veins are parallel, the top of the leaf is green, the bottom is brownish-purple red.
Compound flowers, in the axils of the leaves, small, protected by two boat-like bracts, stamens cylindrical, white. Pistil yellow, triangular crown, three leaves, white.

Cultivation of Tradescantia spathacea
Vegetative (cuttings, root fragments) and generative (seeds) propagation.

Tradescantia spathacea, more details :

Chemical Content of Tradescantia spathacea
P-coumaroyl-delphinidin 3,5-diglucoside, flavonoids, anthocyanins, saponins, carotenoids, terpenoids, coumarinic and steroids.
Benefits of Tradescantia spathacea
Cough (whooping, phlegmy, dry), dysentery, diarrhea, fungal infections, measles, clearing the lungs and phlegm, treating nose bleeding, bloody stools (melena), rheumatism, constipation, anemia, swelling, wounds, antioxidants , antitumor, and antimutagenic.
Simplisia of Tradescantia spathacea

Wash the adam hawa leaves thoroughly.
Dry in the sun or oven at 40\u00b0C until the water content is 10%.
Store in a closed container.

Another Facts for Tradescantia spathacea :

Synonym of Tradescantia spathacea
Ephemerum bicolor Moench, Rhoeo discolor (L'Hér.) Hance� , Tradescantia discolor L'Hér.�
Habitus of Tradescantia spathacea
Bush. Annual herb, up to 0.5 m high
Habitat of Tradescantia spathacea