Khasiat Gamat – Bahan Terapeutik & Suplimen Kesihatan

Gamat atau lebih dikenali dengan nama Timun Laut Emas, merupakan sejenis spesis laut yang amat terkenal di kalangan masyarakat Pulau Langkawi sebagai bahan penyembuh penyakit dan luka dalam perusahaan ubat-ubatan tradisional sejak 500 tahun lalu. Organisma laut yang sensitive kepada cahaya dan sukar ditemui ini dikenali dengan nama saintifiknya Stichopus Horrens mempunyai keupayaan penyembuhan yang menakjubkan!

Ia terkenal di kalangan pesakit yang baru saja menjalani pembedahan atau wanita yang baru melahirkan anak. Ia boleh diminum atau disapukan dalam kuantiti yang sedikit (10ml). Ia dapat menyembuhkan dalaman luka dengan cepat selain menjadikan kulit lebih lembut, tegang dan halus. Kajian saintifik menunjukkan gamat mempunyai kandungan protein, kondrotin dan serat elastin yang tinggi.

Serai Wangi

SEKALI pandang, daun serai seperti lalang. Yang membezakan ialah aroma, perisa dan khasiatnya. Pokok serai adalah sejenis tumbuhan meliar, namun ada juga yang ditanam di kebun dan halaman rumah.Mengikut istilah saintifik, serai pilihan itu dikenali sebagai `lemon grass’. Ia berbeza dengan serai perubatan dalam penjagaan kesihatan dikenali serai wangi atau `citronella’.

Dalam masyarakat Melayu, serai sering digunakan untuk menambah perisa dalam makanan bagi menambah kelazatannya. Bagi tujuan perubatan tradisional pula, ada tiga bahagian utama boleh dimanfaatkan iaitu akar, batang dan daunnya.Khasiat serai wangi tidak terkira. Ia mampu melegakan kesakitan otot, bertindak sebagai anti septik dan digunakan secara aktif dalam dunia perubatan dan pembersihan tradisional sejak turun temurun.

Minyak serai wangi juga digunakan dalam rawatan aroma terapi yang didapati
berkesan menaikkan semangat dan mengembalikan kesegaran minda.

Bagi kebanyakan wanita dulu, selepas melahirkan anak, bidan biasanya memandikan mereka dengan air serai wangi. Ia bertujuan menghilangkan bau hanyir selepas bersalin, bau badan serta meningkatkan kesegaran badan.

Kepentingan serai wangi:

• Mengandungi pelbagai jenis minyak yang diperlukan tubuh badan manusia.
• Ada beberapa campuran seperti citral, limonena dan methyl heptonen.
• Haruman dan aroma yang terhasil daripada pokok serai ini sebenarnya disebabkan oleh limonena dan campuran citral yang terkandung di dalamnya.
• Dua jenis bahan kimia lain daripada pokok serai iaitu campuran Cymbopogonol dan Cymbopogon.
• Spesies lain digunakan dalam industri minyak wangi adalah Cymbopogon martini (disuling menjadi minyak palmarosa) dan Rumput Citronella (Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt) dari mana minyak citronella didapati.
• Citratus digunakan untuk herba perubatan dan wangi-wangian.
• Lilin atau gaharu yang dicampur minyak citronella pekat boleh digunakan sebagai penghalau nyamuk.

Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy had been known as one of essential oil that helps to ease stress especially in massage all over the world.

Aromatherapy actually is the controlled use of natural oils in the process of physical and emotional healing. It uses essential oils from trees, flowers, fruits, roots, berries and especially Herbs to treat emotional disorders such as stress, apprehension as well as other ailments and to encourage physical, mental and emotional wellness. Commonly the oils massaged into the skin in diluted form and even the oils placed in baths or just applied on and around body.

Author: Syed Al- Firdaus

Herbs in General

“Plants seed by God for human beneficiaries…”The above phrase strongly recommend us that the benefits that human can get in the cycle of the nature. These days, we can see that more and more people are looking for a source of high quality herbal products. Most people are aware that organically grown food is free from exposure to harmful chemicals, but that is only one small part of what organic is about.

As herbal medicine grows in popularity, people worldwide are rediscovering the benefits of buying local food. It is definitely fresher than anything in the supermarket and that means it is tastier and more nutritious for health care. It is also economical and good for your local economy by buying directly from farmers and helps them stay in business.

Many of the herbs we carry are raised organically or wild crafted; others are blended by certified herbalists. Nevertheless these nutritious plants are a bit difficult to find products, especially in urban areas.

From: Syed Al- Firdaus

Herbs for Human Health ~ Acupunture (therapy)

Acupuncture and acupressure are two non-drug therapies used as supplement or replacement to modern medicine. Its ease of practice had attract people to explore this method. Herbs, acupuncture, aromatherapy and massage therapy can all work as treatments to create a healthy body for both man and woman.

As we already known that herbs or herbal plants could provide nutritious and vitamins for human health, but not forgetting the benefits come from herbs through therapy ; Acupunture, acupressure, aromatherapy, touch and massage therapy.

Acupuncture is a method that originated in China over 5000 years ago. It is a holistic practice that believe to release blocked energy or “chi” in living beings. These energy lines circulate through 12 invisible energy lines known as meridians of the body. Each meridian is associated with a different organ system in your body so the needle insertions in each of these meridians reduce the respective disease on respective organs associated with that meridian point.

This method had attract crowd to explores the use of alternative medicine or herbal plants in order to improve human health.

From: Syed Al- Firdaus