Feb 17, 2011
Four Year Old Lempoyang ( zingiber zerumbet )
These are four to five year old lempoyang from our farm. You can call Suria if you wish to purchase them:
Farm manager, Haji Razaly with a bunch of 4 year old lempoyang rhizomes
Younger rhizomes (above picture) similar to those sold in the markets are used by us for replanting. Older rhizomes are used by us for health supplementation purposes.
Here's a research paper on the anti-inflammatory effect of lempoyang :
http://www.ukm.my/rsenr3/rsenr1/P516-520.pdf
The aqueous extract is as effective as reference NSAIDs.
We use the lempoyang as part of our anti-inflammation diet at a dosage of 5 to 10 grams twice a week.
Here's a Bernama report on the effects of lempoyang on cervical cancer:
http://web3.bernama.com/education/newsr.php?id=557690
Readers of this blog please note that the report refers to laboratory results on laboratory animals. Results on humans may differ significantly. Extracts from many plants of the ginger family have been found to have cytotoxic effects on cancer cells in the laboratory but these does not necessarily translate to a cure.
17:35 Posted in Useful Plants | Permalink | Comments (2) | Tags: lempoyang, zingiber zerumbet, cervical cancer
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Rhizomes are one of herbal medicines. Herbal medicines can be a substitute to medicines that are found on drugstores. Some of medical drugs are made also from herbal plants. Various scientists also conducted experiments and observation on herbal plants because it is the cheapest material that can be found to produce prescriptive drugs.
Posted by: xxxx | Feb 25, 2011
Wow! It looks weird but behinds the looks is very useful and helpful to us. Good herbal for all.
Posted by: Slender Pops | Mar 31, 2011
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