Orthosiphon stamineus Benth

Local name: kumis kucing; Songot koceng; Remujung; Sesaseyan

Description of plants: Plants trunked wet, up to 1.5 m tall, oval-shaped leaves, white flowers like a cat's whiskers, the stem is square shaped and easy to break

Habitat: Grows wild in the fields, on the banks of the river and in places where the land is slightly damp to a height of 700 m above sea level, there is also planted as an ornamental plant

The plant is used: All parts of plant

Chemical Ingredients: Genkosid orthosifonin; Substance fat; Essential oils, fatty oils; Saponin; Sapofonin; potassium salt

Benefits: Anti-inflammatory; Diuretics

Simplesia Name: Herba Orthosiphonis


Traditional recipe:


Difficult urination
Leaf fresh cat whiskers quarter handheld; Water 1 cup, Boiling up to get the liquid 1 / 2 cup, drunk every day 2 times and every time I drink 1 / 2 cup


Kidney stones
6 g Herba cat's whiskers; Herba meniran 7 trees, water 110 ml, Made by infusion, drink 2 times a day, every time I drink 100 ml

Diabetes, cat whiskers Leaves 20 strands; Sambiloto 20 strands; water 110 ml, Made by infusion, drink 1 time a day, 100 ml

Lumbago
Leaves 1 handful fresh cat's whiskers; papaya bark of 4 cm2; water 110 ml, Made by infusion, drink 1 time a day 100 ml