Kina plant is a plant that has the shape of a large shrub or small tree. This plant comes from the tropical regions of South America. Quinine can reach a height of 5-15 meters. Kina plant has a characteristic bitter skin. Bark contains a variety of alkaloids. Of all the alkaloid compounds best known are quinine or antipyretic compound that serves as an antidote to fever and is often used in the treatment of malaria. Quinine bark is also used to stimulate spending saliva and gastric juice.
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Kina plant is cross-pollinated plants and hetezigot. Kina meaning that the plants in the process of pollination, the plant is getting pollen from other plants that differ genotip.Oleh because it was the result of pollination with seeds of this plant are extremely diverse. There are 38 species of trees Kina can be found. Of the many producers quinine, which is cultivated in plantations are just cinchona officinalis and cinchona pubescens.
In trading types is often referred to as Kina. But apart from that type there are also other types utilized by humans, namely Cinchona Kalisaya or local name Kina Kalisaya. Kina of this type typically grows wild in the forest moist and mossy forests in the Andes mountains. This plant grows at an altitude of 1050 meters to 1500 meters above sea level.
The plant thrives on mountain slopes where rainfall is about 2000 mm in a year and it happens constantly evenly throughout the year. Besides this plant growing area must have humid climates and temperatures ranging from 12-21 degrees Celsius. These plants spread to Indonesia and India. Kina plant is currently difficult to obtain because it is rare in the market. It can only be obtained in the form of herbal medicine.
Many countries are already process into herbal remedies, such as Africa, America, Europe and sell them to the world market. Asian continent was now beginning the process into herbal medicine and sell it. In addition to the treatment plant Kina has many functions. The following will be mentioned many of the functions of the plant Kina.
1.As a remedy for heart disease
2.As a cure for malaria
3.For Tamiflu on bird flu
4.Drugs for muscle spasms
5.For a biopesticide or pesticide plant. Kina plants to prevent insect and fungal attack.
6.For cosmetic ingredients. Quinine bark can be boiled and boiled water to drink. This will cause your 7.skin free from fungal diseases. Quinine extract is also used in lotions used for the skin to stimulate 8.hair growth and treating varicose veins.
9.For good chemical reagent in the process some of the beverage industry
10.To help the treatment of animals
11.Treating hemorrhoids and leg cramps
12.Treating the common cold, mild influenza and swine flu.
13.Treating cancer of the mouth and throat
14.Treating enlarged spleen
15.Used as an extract for the pain-reducing lotion in the eye, disinfectant and astringent.
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That's the benefit we can get from plants Kina. For those of you who already know, you do not have to worry about treatment for malaria. You simply utilize Kina plant if the plant is around you. That way you do not need to find a doctor and spend that much.
That's useful if you have knowledge about plants Kina and other treatment plants around you. For those of you who do not know about the following Kina poho will be elaborated on the characteristics that plants Kina Kalisaya:
Skin feels bitter
The layout of the leaves face, round and oval egg breech, 8-15 cm long and 3-6 cm wide. Blond bottom surface is smooth as velvet, long leaf stalk penumpunya 1-1.5 cm longer than the stalk and when it is open Stipule will fall.
Flowers: flower panicles, interest groups gathered at each end of the inflorescence, velvety smooth hair. Group of tubular flowers and teeth on the top. Star-shaped flower, fragrance, has a length of 9 mm tube. Strands inside the crowns of bright-red and short hair tightly. Long stamens half of the tube.
Fruit reddish and shaped like an egg
Seeds oblong ellipse-shaped and wingless.
That the characteristics of the plant Kina, if you find a plant that looks like the above it is likely that the plant is Kina and can be utilized. However, the use of Quinine proved to have side effects other than the benefits. Excessive use will lead to an overdose. Here are some of the side effects of the use of Quinine.
1.ringing in the ears
2.Headache
3.Nausea
4.Diarrhea
5Impaired vision
6.Bleeding and allergic reactions
Thus the effects of excessive use of Quinine. It's important to utilize and find out about the benefits and side effects of the use of plants that we will make the drug. Thus the redeeming Kina as effectively as possible without doing excessive. Similarly, an article about the benefits of Kina, hopefully bermanfaaat.
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