Traditional Herbs from Curcuma heyneana

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Prepare 100 g ginger ale, 100 g kencur, 100 g turmeric, 1 tsp cloves, 100 g rice flour, 2 pandan leaves.
Grate the galangal, turmeric, and ginger ginger, set aside. Blend. cloves and pandan leaves, combine all ingredients, mix well.
Body scrub for 2 weeks once.

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1 finger of ginger rhizome, 5 starfruit florets, 1 finger of cinnamon, 1 finger of kencur rhizome, 2 cloves of shallots, \u00bc handful of gotu kola, \u00bc saga leaves, \u00bc handful inggu leaves and \u00bc hold spoon leaves.
Wash all ingredients, cut into pieces, then boil in 5 glasses of clean water until remaining 2\u00bc glasses after cold, strain.
Drink 3 times\u00be glasses a day and add honey.

What is Curcuma heyneana Looks like??

Parts of Curcuma heyneana that could be used

Rhizome

Curcuma heyneana Distribution

Temu giring is a plant native to tropical areas such as Indonesia, the Philippines and India. Traditionally it has been used in skin care, body freshness, and is the main ingredient in making traditional herbal medicine by the Javanese people. Apart from that, temu giring has also been used as a spice in curry dishes and as a food coloring. The dried rhizomes are used to provide a spicy, bitter and warming taste.
Agroecology of Curcuma heyneana
Grows wild in yards and fields on damp soil with annual rainfall of 1,000-3,500 mm/year in lowland altitudes up to 900 m above sea level. Likes fertile soil, soil pH between 6-7, well-drained, and full light intensity will provide higher rhizome yields.
Morphology of Curcuma heyneana

Rhizome is a stem in the ground, grows in branches to form saplings and clumps.
Pseudo stem consists of leaf midrib, smooth green surface.
Single leaf, smooth surface, green midrib, lanceolate shape,\u00a0thin leaf blade , the leaf veins are visible and are light green.
Compound flowers, emerge from the\u00a0side of the false stem, the edge of the crown is red.\u00a0

Cultivation of Curcuma heyneana
Vegetative propagation (cuttings). Stem rhizome cuttings or branch rhizomes that sprout with 2-3 buds.

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Chemical Content of Curcuma heyneana
Flavonoids, essential oils, curcumin, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes (germacrone, dehydrocurdione, isocurcumenol, curcumenol, curcumanolides A and B, zerumbone, and oxycurcumenol), saponins, tannins.
Benefits of Curcuma heyneana
Anthelmintic (eradicates worms that live in the digestive tract), dysentery, irregular menstruation, skin medicine, antibacterial, overcomes fatigue, obesity, rheumatism, eliminates body odor, asthma medicine.
Simplisia of Curcuma heyneana

Wash the rhizomes thoroughly then chop the ingredients to facilitate the drying process.
Dry the ingredients in the sun or using an oven at 50\u00b0C until the water content reaches 10%.
Crush the simplicia until it becomes powder.\u00a0