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Garlic (Allium sativum) is an annual herb that has  height of about 60 cm. This plant is widely planted in the fields in mountain areas receive enough sunshine.

Content of Chemistry and Chemical Properties of Garlic
Garlic contains volatile oil, which is anti bacterial and antiseptic. The content of allicin and aliin associated with anti-cholesterol power. This power to prevent coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and others. Stem tuber contains substances:
1. Calcium: is calm making it suitable for the prevention of hypertension.
2. Saltivine: could accelerate the growth of cells and tissues and stimulates nerve cell structure.
3. Diallysulfide, alilpropil-disulfide: anti-worm.
4. Sulfur
5. Protein
6. Fat

7. Phosphorus

8. Iron

9. Vitamins A, B1 and C.

Benefits of Garlic
Garlic can be used for alternative medicine as follows:
a. Garlic Flu and Cough.
The content of sulfur contained in garlic make it a distinctive smell and taste that can enhance and accelerate the activities of mucous membranes in the respiratory tract, which helps relieve compression and mucus. Raw Garlic contains phytochemicals that may help kill bacteria and viruses that cause disease. In 1992, researchers from Brigham Young University in Utah reported that crushed garlic in oil to kill not only kill rhinivirus type 2 (umun cause flu), but also kill the 2 types of herpes (infectious skin disease) and some other common viruses.
. B. Garlic and Cholesterol
Now there are more than 12 studies published worldwide that ensure that the garlic in various forms can reduce cholesterol. Therefore, it can be concluded that garlic can cure high blood pressure, heart disease. One study, published in “The Journal of The Royal College of Physicians” by Silagy and Neil HAW CS in 1994 mentioned that garlic is an agent for reducing fat. The authors state that garlic supplements is an important part in healing high cholesterol. According to him, overall, a decrease of 12% of total cholesterol. This decrease occurred after 4 weeks of treatment.
c. Garlic and Cancer

Onions also have content to fight cancer, particularly stomach and colon cancer. Organosulfida contained in garlic help the liver process the toxic chemical compounds, including chemical compounds that cause cancer of some epidemiological studies show that people who consume lots of garlic lower risk of stomach cancer and colon. To ensure that you will get maximum results, researchers from Penn State University recommend to let the first piece of onion or a collision for at least 10 minutes, give it time to form onion-content compounds that help fight cancer.

Savor the other properties of garlic are as follows:
Inhibiting the deterioration of the brain and immune system
1. Helps prevent aging process. Inhibit cancer cell growth.
2. By eating garlic, cancer risk can be reduced.
4. Garlic is consumed regularly in a certain period of time can help lower cholesterol levels.
5. Anti-cholesterol in garlic called ajoene help prevent blood clotting.
6. Garlic can help relieve stress, anxiety, and depression.
7. Eating 2-3 cloves of garlic a day, will avoid the possibility of heart disease.

8. Cure high blood pressure

9. Relieve Ulcer

10. Lowering blood cholesterol

11. Increasing blood insulin for diabetics.

12. Disable the free radicals that disrupt the immune system

13. Useful as a poison antidote (detoxifier), which protects the body from various diseases.

14. Helping add your appetite when eaten raw

15. Maintain stamina

16. Contains antimicrobial, antithrombotic, hypolipidemic, antiarthritis, hypoglycemic, and also has antivitas as antitumor.

Aloe Vera (Latin: Aloe barbadensis Milleer) is a thorny plant that originated from dry regions on the African continent.  Aloe Vera plant has been known and used since thousands of years ago because of the efficacy and excellent benefits.

The historical record is there mention that the ancient Egyptians already know the benefits of aloe Vera as a medical plant since 1500 BC. Because the benefits of aloe Vera is so extraordinary, the ancient Egyptians called Aloe Vera plant as the plant of immortality.
There are at least five types of aloe Vera plants considered beneficial to health and is used for beauty products, namely Aloe Barbadensis Miller, Aloe Perryi Baker, Aloe Ferox, Aloe and Aloe Saponaria Arborescens.
Aloe Vera can be used directly without being processed to treat various health problems.
One of popular using of Aloe Vera is  for skin health and beauty.
By drinking two to four ounces, or even 1 / 2 cup aloe Vera juice every day will make your skin look clean and improve skin quality. Aloe Vera can enrich the material supply builders to produce and improve skin health.
Traditional recipes also noted, that by using the gel of Aloe Vera as a mask on the face, can help to solve your acne problem.
If the acne has appeared on your face, paste aloe Vera gel  on acne location every morning and evening. At first, your acne may look worse, but if therapy continued on a regular basis then the acne will disappear gradually.

Aloe  Vera can stimulate the growth of new cells in the skin. Aloe Vera gel contained lignin substances that can enter and seep into the pores of the skin. This will keep mucus fluid loss from the skin surface. So the skin does not dry fast, fresh and look younger.

Aloe Vera also has astringent properties as a neutralizing layer of fat that accumulate on the skin, while functioning as a killer bacteria P. acne cause of acne.

Noni Fruit or in Latin known as Morinda Tinctoria; Morinda Citrifolia, and also known as “Noni” by the people of Hawaii, has long been used as traditional herbal medicines or natural healing to cure various diseases. The most famous is the properties of noni, or Morinda is to help heal high blood pressure, lowering blood sugar and lowering cholesterol levels in the blood.
For the above three types of disease, the properties of noni has been medically proven through research and research conducted by Deputy Agroindustrial Technology and Biotechnology at the Research and Technology Development Agency of Indonesia (BPPT)
Traditionally, the noni plant are used in the form of fresh, juice or steeping, and a poultice. Roots for example, used to treat convulsions and tetanus, normalize blood pressure, fever medication, and tonic. Bark is used as a tonic, an antiseptic on the wound or swelling of the skin. The leaves are used as a remedy dysentery, intestinal cramps, dizziness, vomiting, and fever. While his men for drug peluruh urinary, bowel, colon, skin softener, cramps, asthma, respiratory disorders, and inflammation of the lining of the joints. Meanwhile, in a modern way, based on research results and research about the properties of noni, Western scientists have succeeded in identifying the noni contains active substances that are beneficial for health. Dr. Isabella Abbott for example, a botanist, in 1992 wrote, noni more and more people use to control diabetes, cancer and high blood pressure. Then in 1993, journals Center Letter reports that some researchers from Keio University and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Japan conducted research on 500 species of plants. They claim to have found anticancer substances in noni fruit. Seems rather popular survey conducted Dr. Neil Solomon of the 8000 users of noni juice, including 40 doctors and medical practitioners. Results show that, noni juice help heal a number of diseases. There are at least 22 types of diseases, including high blood pressure, cholesterol, stroke, cancer, gout, diabetes, sexual weakness, pain, depression, kidney disorders, and stress with 78% success rate. In addition, effective noni juice cure indigestion, obesity, allergies, insomnia, improve concentration power to sexual power. According to the research, in addition to containing nutrients, “the young girl” also contains active substances such as terpenoids, antibacterial, scolopetin, anticancer, xeronine, proxeronine, natural dyes, and acids. Nutrients the body needs a complete classified in noni. Terpenoids are important substances that function to form the body in the process of organic synthesis and recovery of body cells. While the antibacterial substances in noni among others antrakuninon, acubin, and alizarin. These substances include bacteria capable of causing deadly heart infections and dysentery.

If you interesting in natural healing or alternative herbal medicine,   you can try this noni fruit. Many people have been getting benefit from this fruit.

For best results the herbal diabetes mellitus?
A new study suggests that a traditional Indian herb treatment lowers blood sugar and insulin for diabetes, and today is prescription drugs. 39 healthy adults received Salacia oblonga grass extracts with promising results. Insulin and glucose levels up to 29 and 23% lower. The decline occurred when the subjects, the herbal extract (maximum dose 1,000 mg have been given).
Salacia oblonga is an herb native to India and Sri Lanka region. The researchers found that carbohydrates into glucose could bind to the intestinal enzyme to convert. If the fate of these enzymes, plants, the enzyme from the evaporator into glucose, then less glucose sugar in the blood. “The reduction of blood glucose reduces the complexity with disease risk in people with diabetes,” Hertzler said. “Moreover, poor adherence to treatment of diabetes are often the prejudices of these drugs take effect. Hertzler also noted that “showing, many studies that lowering blood glucose to a variety of risks of diabetes complications such as kidney disease and nerve and eye damage. Side effects leading herbal flatulence. The researchers measured the participants in the study of hydrogen and methane breath levels after a period of two days of each test. In addition, participants learn about the frequency and intensity of nausea, cramps or gas estimates. The search will continue, but the grass is hard to find in the United States. Some online vendors are available. This study was supported by Ohio State University (OSU) to conduct and support financed by Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories in Columbus. Finally , try herbal remedies, its safe

Acupressure is one of physiotherapy model from china that give pressure on certain points in our body. The pressure could be given by finger or by a special tool than is usually made from wood or metal. That is the different point between acupressure and  acupuncture , as well known that acupuncture use needle as the media.

In theory , a focus pressure in certain point of the body can make brain producing  endorphins. Endorphins play an important role in immune function, relieve pain, reduce stress and slow the aging process.

The studies have confirmed the benefits of acupressure compared with physical treatment. lower back pain researchers, the results are still very important and relevant. In February 2006, a randomized controlled trial was conducted at the National Taiwan University, Taipei.
129 patients with chronic low back pain received acupressure or physical therapy for 1 month. After treatment and at 6 months follow up,  The surveyor  found  the amazing result , the patient who get acupressure get more better condition with their back pain then the patient who get common physiotherapy.
Compared with physical therapy, acupressure was associated with a 89% reduction in significant disability and that improvement was maintained at 6 months follow up.

At the others study and experience, found that acupressure also usually used to maintain the beauty of face skin. Such as remove black shadow around the eye, reduce wrinkles on the face and so on.

Others disease that is said could be reduced by acupressure is “Stress” and its effect. This is maybe because the acupressure could make the patient become relax and enjoy.

Regarding acupressure point in our body, it is said around 365 point. But some therapist is like to use points at hand and foot area.

I hope can share more Detail point for acupressure in the next posting