ASHITABA PLANT ( Gynura Procumbens) Philippines

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ASHITABA PLANT

Plant Information

Common Asian Names: Paetumpung (Thailand), Mollucan Spinach, Sambung Nyawa 'extending life' (Malaysia), Daun Dewa (Indonesia), Akar Sebiak, Kelemai Merah, "NAN FEI YE" "Bai Bing Ca" (Chinese).

Scientific Name: Gynura procumbens

United States: Green Harmony, Longevity Spinach, Cholesterol Spinach

Description:

• Perennial

• Growing 10 – 25 cm tall.

• Young stems are green, turning light purple with green spots.

• New shoots and branches appear frequently at base and leaf nodes.

• Fleshy branches can be trimmed and pinched regularly to grow as a low bush, or staked on trellis.

Culinary Uses:

• Leaf vegetable - Incredible taste, perfect addition to any salad, or stand alone salad.

• Young leaves/ shoots can be eaten fresh by itself/ included in rice dishes/ mixed in with salads (like lettuce or spinach).

• Fresh Juice or Smoothie

• Cook with butter /add to a casserole /soup/ stir-fried (fry garlic in a little oil and then saute the leaves and young shoots in oyster sauce)/ sauteed lightly like one would spinach.

• Tea. Parts Used: • Leaves, shoots.

• Keep in the fridge.

Medicinal Folk Medicine Uses.

It is said that:

• Lowers blood sugar (diabetes), cholesterol (lipid, serum, triglyceride levels).

• Topical inflammation, rheumatism, viral ailments, diarrhea, dysentery, febrifuges, hypertension, urinary tract infection, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic.

• Anti-cancer: Inhibition effect on growth of cancer cells.

• Contains Asparaginase, kind of enzyme to inhibit protein syntheses by hydrolyzing asparagines (amino acid which is very essentially, needed by cancer/tumor cells) into aspartic acid and ammonia, so the cancer cells/tumor cells will stop growing and die.

• Poultice: relieves rheumatic and general body-pains.

Many countries throughout Asia have multiple folk medicine uses for this miraculous herb.

SOURCE: http://www.green-harmony.com/about_the_herb.html