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All diabetic medications, discharge from the tamarind tree
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Tamarind. Photo: vuonrauquaantam. |
Dr. Vo Van Chi, author dictionary Vietnam said herb tamarind tree scientific name is Tamarindus indica L., leguminous Fabaceae. Me is the kind of big trees, high up to 20 m. Branches bearing leaves, flowers and fruits. Even-pinnate compound leaves consisting of 10 to 12 pairs of leaflets with asymmetric stem, cone concave. Inflorescences at the top of small branches from 8 to 12 flowers. United has 2 bracts yellow, stick together into the tip and deciduous, 4 white sepals, three petals red ribbed gold. Term results, grow hanging down, slightly flat, straight, often contain from 3 to 5 seeds dark brown, smooth. Fruit pulp or sour rice.
This is the ancient tropical plants, grown in India. Me also grown in popularity Vietnam. In northern flowering from November to January, with effect from May 5 to 7. South flowering from May 4 to 6, with effect from May 9 to 12.
Oriental medicine used as medicine throughout tamarind including fruits, seeds, leaves, bark and twigs, wood. Citrus, cool, heat effect, the energy, help digestion, laxative, anti-septic patients blood, pain and vomiting jaundice liver, bile disorders. Seeds helps deworming. Wood me have a laxative effect, diuretic. Tamarind shell collecting dues. Leaf helps detoxify. Tamarind decoction has a diuretic effect. Tamarind helps antibacterial.
Pharmacological composition analysis showed tamarind leaves contain 16 to 18% organic acids. Including D-tartaric acid, L-malic, citric, sugar, pectin, protein, fat, vitamins B, C, inorganic substances such as calcium, potassium, phosphorus. There are also oil limonene, 4-ol-terpinen, Neral, alpha-terpineol, geranial, geraniol, methyl salicylate, safrole, beta-ionon, y-ionon, ethyl cinnamate, beta-sitosterol and tamarindienal. Seeds contain proteins, lipids and polysaccharides. Leaves contain orientin, isoorientin, vitexin and isovitexin (glucosid).
Dr. Vo Van Chi introduces some medicine from tamarind fruit and nuts as follows:
- Diabetes: Take a ripe tamarind kg seeds put cast iron pan filled with sufficient water for nine modules, continue to cook for shallow water, then dry so fragrant yellow. Allow to cool, spread the dough smooth. Each taking 10 g with boiled water. 3 times a day before meals.
- Pregnancy fed rice or HG: Eating jam tamarind or tamarind drink excellent.
- Gas damaged: kernel of me, gum juniper tree resin, water early causality. Each equal amounts dried, pulverized. Each taking 10 g, 2 times, continuously for 30 to 40 days.
