Guidelines for The Use of Herbal Medicines in Family Health Care

GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF HERBAL MEDICINES IN FAMILY HEALTH CARE

Piper retrofractum Vahl.

Family : Piperaceace

Indonesian name : cabe jawa, lada panjang

English name : long pepper, Javanese

pepper

Other names : bi ba (Chinese), pipli (Hindi),

thippli (Sri Lankan), phrik-hang

(Thai)

Chemical constituents : piperine, chavicine, palmitic

acid, piplartine, piper

longuminine

Part of plant used : ripe fruit

Use : common cold, toothache,

colic, dyspepsia, diarrhoea

Plant propagation : stem cutting, seeds

Psidium guajava Linn.

Family : Myrtaceae

Indonesian name : jambu biji

English name : guava

Other names : fan shi liu (Chinese), kuliabas

(Malaysia), mar-la-kar

(Myanmar)

Chemical constituents : leaf contains tannin, fatty oil,

gum, carotene

Part of plant used : young leaf

Use : anti-diarrhoea

Plant propagation : stem cutting