Secang

Latin name: Caesalpia sappan L.
Family: Caesalpiniaceae
Description:
This plant enjoys the open to a height of 1,000 m above sea level., Like in the rocky mountain area but not too cold. Cup grows wild and sometimes planted as a hedge or a border garden. Shrubs or small trees, 5-10 m tall, stems and thorny branches paste that looks crooked and lying scattered, round stems, brownish-green color. Double pinnate compound leaves, 25-40 cm long, leaflets 10-20 pairs number is located opposite. Children not stemmed leaves, oval shaped, the base rompang, rounded edges, flat edge and almost parallel, 10-25 mm long, 3-11 mm wide, green color. The flowers are shaped panicles of compound interest, out of the end of the shaft with 10-40 cm long, corolla tube shape, the color yellow. The fruit pods, 8-10 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, beak-like tip contains 3-4 seeds, black color when ripe. Rounded grains elongated, length 15-18 mm, width 8-1 1 mm, 5-7 mm thick, brownish yellow color. Timber harvests can be done from the age of 1-2 years. The wood when boiled gives red light ivory, can be used for painting, gives color to woven material, cakes, drinks or as ink. Propagation by seed or stem cuttings.
Local names:
Cup (Sunda), the wooden cup, soga Java (Java).
Curable Disease:
Diarrhea, dysentery, blood stone (TBC), wounds, syphilis, dirty blood, vomiting blood, dysentery, bleeding wounds, bruises bleeding; malaria, tetanus, tumors, inflammation of the mucous membranes of the eye.
PART USED:
Wood. Her skin removed, cut into pieces and dried.
PURPOSE:
- Diarrhea, dysentery.
- Coughing up blood in tuberculosis.
- Vomiting of blood, dysentery, bleeding wounds, bloody bruises.
- Luka in.
- Syphilis, dirty blood, inflammation of the mucous membranes of the eye.
- Malaria.
- Treatment after birth.
- Tetanus.
- Swelling (tumor),
- Pain due to impaired blood circulation and Ci.

USAGE:To drink: 3-9 g, boiled.External use: Wood boiled water to wash the wound, bleeding wound or used to merambang inflamed eyes.
HOW TO USE:1. Blood purifier:Plus wood scrapings and coriander leaves Trawas, boiled.
2. Diarrhea / diarrhea:5 g of wood cut into small pieces and boiled with 2 cups waterfor 15 minutes. After chilling filtered, divided into 2 parts.Drinking in the morning and evening.
3. Coughing up blood in tuberculosis:1 1/2 finger wooden cup washed and cut into pieces as needed,boiled with 4 cups water until remaining 2 1/4 cups, Aftercold filtered drinking. Day 3 x 3/4 cups.
4. Inflammation of the mucous lining of the eye:2 fingers wooden cup washed and cut into pieces as needed, boiledwith 3 cups water until the remaining 1 1/2 cups. After the coldfiltered, the water is used for merambang eye sore.
5. Dysentery:1 finger wooden cup washed and cut into pieces as needed, boiledwith 3 cups of water until remaining 1 1/2 cups. After the coldfiltered and drunk with honey as necessary. Day 2 x 3/4 cups.
Composition:CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological: Snakeskin is odorless. Stop the bleeding, blood purifier, pengelat, detoxifying and antiseptic. CHEMICAL CONTENT: Wood: Gallic acid, tannins, resins, resorsin, brasilin, brasilein, d-alpha-phellandrene, oscimene, essential oils. Leaves: 0.16% -0.20% essential oil that smells good and almost colorless.
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