Lagerstroemia

(Lagerstroemia speciosa Pers.)

Synonym:
L. reginae Roxb., L. flos-reginae Retz., L. loudoni T. & B., Adanzbea glabra Lamk.

Family:
Lythraceae.

Description:
Lagerstroemia can be found in the teak forests, both on land and in the arid forest soil trunked a heterogeneous high. Sometimes, Lagerstroemia trees planted as ornamental or shade trees at the curb. In Java, Lagerstroemia can grow to a height of 800 m above sea level. In addition, Lagerstroemia found at a height much below 300 m. Tree, 10-30 m. high Round stems, branching from the base, light brown. Leaves single, short-stemmed. Strand leaves oval, elliptical, or elongated, thick like leather, 9-28 cm long, lebar4-12 cm, dark green. Purple compound interest, arranged in panicles 10-50 cm long, leaves out of the armpit or the end of twigs. The fruit boxes, until a round ball-shaped lengthwise, 2-3,5 cm long, 3-7 bears, young fruit is green, after cooking to brown. Large seed size, flat, winged-shaped tip of a knife, blackish brown. . Lagerstroemia can be propagated by seeds.

Local Name:
Sumatra LOCAL NAME: Lagerstroemia (Malays), kuwal Lagerstroemia, Lagerstroemia bener (Lampung), Lagerstroemia tekuyung (Palembang). Java: Lagerstroemia (Sunda), ketangi, Laban, wungu (Central Java), bhungor, wungur (Madura). NAME Simplisia Lagerstroemiae speciosae Cement (Lagerstroemia seeds), Lagerstroemiae speciosae Cortex (bark of Lagerstroemia), Lagerstroemiae speciosae Folium (leaf Bungur).


Curable Disease:
Lagerstroemia bark extract at a concentration 1-3 g / ml showed antibacterial power of Eschericlzio coli Shigello sonznei clan. For comparison, used chloramphenicol base (Heriyanto, Faculty of Pharmacy WIDMAN, 1992). Lagerstroemia leaf infusion (white flowers) 10% and 20% with a dose of 5 ml / kg bb can lower blood glucose levels rabbits. Intravenous dose of 40% with the same does not increase hypoglycemic effect. As a control, distilled water is used. How to test with oral glucose tolerance method (Pramitasari Putu, FF Faculty, 1992).

Utilization:
PART USED
The part used is the seeds, leaves, and bark.

INDICATION
Lagerstroemia seeds used to treat: high blood pressure.
Bark is used for treatment: diarrhea, dysentery, and urinating blood.
Leaves used for treatment: bladder stones, diabetes, and • high blood pressure.

HOW TO USE
For drugs taken, boiled bark of two fingers, then rebusannya drinking water.
For external use, can be used to treat eczema seeds.

EXAMPLE OF USE IN THE COMMUNITY
Eczema
5 g Gongseng ripe seed, and then mashed up into a fine powder. Into the powder, add 1 / 2 teaspoon coconut oil, then stir until smooth. For treatment, apply the mixture on the affected skin eczema.

Diarrhea
Wash the bark of 2 fingers clean, then mash until smooth. Add 1 / 2 cup cooking water, then stir until smooth. Furthermore, strain and filter drinking water well.

Diabetes
8 Wash the fresh leaves of Lagerstroemia clean, then boiled in three cups of water until the remaining one cup. After chilling filtered, then drink while in the morning.

Acute dysentery, infectious hepatitis
Wash the roots and 15 g 15 g small Lagerstroemia leaves, then boiled in three cups of water until the remaining one cup. Once cool, strain the water and for rebusannya into two parts for two drinks, morning and evening. Every time drinking 1 / 2 cup, honey can be added to taste.

Ulcer, sore
Drain the roots or flowers small Bungur sufficiently, then milled until smooth. Add enough white wine to form a thick porridge, then apply to the part of the sick and. dressing with a bandage. To drug intake, 30 g of roots boiled in three cups of water until the remaining one cup. Once cool, strain and filter drinking water, twice a day, each 1 / 2 cup.

Composition:
Leaves contain saponin, flavonoida, and tannins. Leaves contain decinine, decamine, lagerstroemine, lagerine, dihydroverticillatine, and decodine. Roots contain sitosterol, 3.3 ',4-tri-o-methylellagic acid.