Ceremai

(Phyllanthus acidus [L.] Skeels.)

Synonym:
= P.distichus Muell. Arg. = P.cicca Muell. Arg., = Cicca disticha, Linn. = C.nodiflora.

Family:
Euphorbiaccae

Description:
This tree comes from India, the land can turnbuh mild to severe and resistant to lack or excess of water. Ceremai many people in the yard planting, the fields and other places up to an altitude of 1,000 m above sea level. Small tree, to 10 m tall, sometimes more. Branches many, thick bark. Leaves single, short-stemmed, arranged in series such as stem form compound leaves. Round leaves the egg until the ellipse, the tip pointed, base obtuse to rounded, flat edge, pertulangan pinnate, smooth hair is not long, 2 to 7 cm, width 1.5 to 4 cm, light green. Shaft when the fall will leave a real mark on the branch. Perbungaan a bunch length from 1.5 to 12 cm, out along the branches, the petals form a star,, a pink crown. There are female and male flowers on one stem. Buah.batu fruit, round and flat, sloping from 6 to 8, length 1.25 to 1.5 cm, width from 1.75 to 2.5 cm, pale yellow color, seed 4-6, sour taste. flat round seeds rnuda brown. The young leaves can be eaten as a vegetable. Young fruit can be cooked with vegetables for cooking because it gives menyedapkan sour taste. Ripe fruit can be eaten immediately after kneaded with salt water to reduce sepat and sour taste, eaten sweets or jam made. Propagation by seed or grafting.

Local Name:
Careme, CERME (Sunda), CERME (Java). careme (Madura); Ceremoi (Aceh), CERME, ceramai, camin-camin (Sumatra).; Carmen, cermen (Bali), sarume (Bima). lumpias aoyok, tili; Lombituko bolaano, caramele, carameng (Sulawesi),; Ceremin (Ternate), selemele, selumelek (Bread).; Salmele, cermele (East).;


Curable Disease:
Cough with phlegm, deal with loss, nausea, cancer, sprue; asthma, skin problems, constipation, nausea, stomach due to dirty;

Utilization:
PART USED:
Leaf, root bark, and seeds.

INDICATIONS:
Leaf believed to produce:
- Cough with phlegm,
- Deal with loss,
- Nausea,
- Cancer, and
- Sprue.

Skin roots efficacious to overcome:
- Asthma and
- Sick skin.

Nutritious seeds to overcome:
- Constipation and
- Nausea due to stomach dirty.

HOW TO USE:
1. Constipation
a. Prepare Ceremai seed as much as 3 / 4 teaspoon, washed and then ground
until smooth. Brewed with 1 / 2 cup hot water. As
still warm, add 1 tablespoon of honey, stirring until
equitable and drink at once. Apply 2 times a day.

b. Prepare the fresh leaves of Ceremai 3 g, washed and crushed
smooth. Brewed with 1 / 2 cup hot water, then cooled. Results
seduhan taken at the same time with the dregs.

2. Asthma:
Prepare beans as much Ceremai 6 seeds, red onion 2 eggs, roots
kara (Dolichos lablab) 1 / 4 cell, longan fruit (Nephelium
longanum; Euphoria longana) 8 eggs, washed and crushed
necessary. The materials are then boiled with 2 cups water
net sampai.tersisa 1 1 / 2 cup. After chilling filtered, then
drunk with sugar water to taste. 2 times a day, each one
3 / 4 cup.

3. Cancer:
Prepare the leaves of young Ceremai of 1 / 4 cell
starfruit leaves 1 / 3 cell, lote upas 1 / 2 finger, gadung china 1 / 2
finger, 3 finger palm sugar, washed and cut into pieces as needed.
The material was then braised with 3 clean water glass until
left approximately 3 / 4 sections. After chilling filtered, ready for
drunk. 3 times a day, each one quite 3 / 4 cup.

4. Slimming body:
Drinking water Ceremai leaf stew. This drug works strong, do not
using dalamjangka long time.

NOTE: The liquid poisonous roots. Should not use the root Ceremai for treatment.

Composition:
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND EFFECTS pharmacological: Leaf Ceremai distinctive aromatic smell, no taste. CHEMICAL KANDUNGAN: Leaves, bark, and wood Ceremai contain saponin, flavonoida, tannins, and polyphenols. Roots contain saponin, galus acid, tannin substances, and toxic substances (toxic). While fruit contains vitamin C.