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Medicines

Medicines are chemicals that help cure infections and maintain health, and can come from natural or synthetic sources. Traditional medicines come from plants and animals, and specific parts like leaves and roots are used. Before being consumed, traditional medicines are usually boiled, crushed, or made into a paste. Some traditional medicines like ginseng, aloe vera, bitter gourd, and ginger are used to treat conditions like infections, pain, inflammation, and digestion issues.

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Medicines

Medicines are chemicals that help cure infections and maintain health, and can come from natural or synthetic sources. Traditional medicines come from plants and animals, and specific parts like leaves and roots are used. Before being consumed, traditional medicines are usually boiled, crushed, or made into a paste. Some traditional medicines like ginseng, aloe vera, bitter gourd, and ginger are used to treat conditions like infections, pain, inflammation, and digestion issues.

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MEDICINES

 Medicines are chemicals that help to cure infections and maintain our health and well being.  Medicines can be obtained from natural sources or synthetic chemicals.  Any chemical that is used as medicine is called a drug.  Medicines that are obtained from plants and animals are called traditional medicines.

Traditional medicines
 There is a wide range of traditional medicines. Each community has its own range of medicines to cure and maintain good health.  Usually, specific parts of plants like the leaves, flowers, roots, stems, seeds, bark, fruits and sap are used as traditional medicines.  Before being consumed, traditional medicines are usually boiled, crushed, ground or made into paste.  Traditional medicines are consumed in large quantities and over a longer period because the active ingredients are not concentrated.  Some traditional medicines are consumed as nutritious food and taken daily due to their mild effects.

Some traditional medicines and their uses


Traditional medicine Ginseng roots Aloe vera (lidah buaya) Bitter gourd Ginger Clove (bunga cengkih) Coconut Lime (limau) Garlic Papaya Turmeric (kunyit) Snake bile Quinine (from the bark of the cinchona tree) Uses Maintain the vitality and good health Sap of the leaves relieves pain from burns and cures skin allergies Fruits are usedf tu treat diabetes Reduces inflammation, improves blood circulation and digestion Relieves toothache Young coconut water reducesfever Helps digestion and improves complexion Reduces infection and hypertension Seeds are used to deworm dhildren. Sap is used to relieve skin rashes Treats pimples Treats asthma Treats malaria

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