Ongzi's Stamps: herbs & spcies

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Malaysia 2018 Medicinal Plants 4

60sen Jering / Dogfruit ( Archidendron jiringa )

Different parts of the jering tree are used in traditional medicine in South East Asia. The seeds are eaten raw to purify the blood or to cure dysentery. Pounded leaves are used as treatment for chest pain, mitigate gum pain, and tooth ache. Burnt old leaves are used to relieve itchiness. Powdered burnt young leaves are applied to cults and woulds.

80sen Putat / Freshwater Mangrove ( Barringtonia asiatica )

Various parts of the tree are used in folkloric medicine in its native area of habitation. In the Philippines, the leaves are heated and applied externally for stomach-ache. In the Bismarck archipelago, the fresh fruit is scraped and applied topically to sores. The dried fruit is ground and mixed with water and taken for coughs, infl uenza, sore throats and bronchitis. Externally it is applied to wounds and a swollen spleen. In Australia, the aborigines used the plant to alleviate headache. In Fiji, a decoction of the leaves is used to treat hernia and a bark decoction used for constipation and epilepsy.

RM1 Engkalak / Butter Fruit ( Litsea garciae )

Leaves, bark and wood chips have been used in traditional medicine especially in Sarawak. The Iban used the lightly burned bark to cure caterpillar stings. The Selako used a pounded poultice of the leaves or young shoots together with fennel seed and shallot to treat skin diseases and infections of the palms and skin, and to treat for skin burns. The leaves are warmed and poultice against beri-beri by the Kayan. The Kelabit used the warmed scrapings of the root bark as a poultice for sprains. The Iban use a poultice of pounded bark for boils and decoction of the bark is taken for blood in stools. Young leaves or bark is pounded and poultice to extract pus from boils. Equal portion of the bark and durian bark is pounded and used as antidote on snakebite wounds. The Penan pounds the bark, warm and poulticed it for muscular pains and sprained ankles and knees.

Miniature Sheet RM3 Petai / Bitter Bean ( Parkia speciosa )

Seeds have hypoglycemic properties, traditionally used as folk remedy to lower blood sugar and treat diabetes, as well as kidney pain and colic. Also eaten to expel stomach gas. Seed pulp applied to wounds and ulcers.