What Is Physalis Angulata?
By Yanti
Physalis Angulata
Physalis angulata or also is called ciplukan (Indonesia), morel berry (UK) is a herbaceous annual plants (annual) with a height of 0.1 to 1 m. This plant is a member of the nightshade family Solanaceae with dark-green leafy and rough oval.
Physalis angulata have fruit that can eat if it is cooked with sweet and sour taste. This ciplukan fruit looks like ball-shaped, length up to 14 mm, yellowish green color when young, but the color is brown when the old. The flowers are yellow.
Ciplukan generally grows wild along with other herbaceous plants among the bushes, orchards, road edge, the edge of forests and other open places illuminated by the sun. Physalis angulata is often used as traditional medicinal plants with dry leaves and roots prior
Chemical content in physalis angulata
Physalis angulata contain various types of active compounds include saponins, flavonoids, polyphenols, and fisalin, tannin, kriptoxantin, vitamin C, protein, crude fat by the major component of palmitic acid and stearic acid. And the roots contain alkaloids
Health benefits of physalis angulata
From the research that has been done can get information that Physalis angulata has a lot of health benefits for body. Some of them are as antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant
Ciplukan Fruit
Physalis angulata fruit can be used for treating various types of diseases e.g. epilepsy, jaundice, and can not urinate. The leaves are used to cure various kinds of other diseases such as abdominal pain, sores, ulcers, edema of water, sprains, fractures, gonorrhea, and strengthen the heart. Physalis angulata roots can be used to reduce fever and as deworming drugs
And below are some examples of treatment using the physalis angulata:
1. Influenza, bronchitis, mumps and swelling of the testicles (orchitis)
You do this by cutting the size of 3-4 cm ciplukan plant is dried, then wrapped to keep moist longer. Then take roughly as much as 9-15 grams for boiling. Once cooked the water is drunk as much as three times daily, or as needed
2. Lung disease.
Same as the number one way but when boiling as much as 3-5 glasses of water use, and Bring to the boil and then cool and strain it and drink as much as three times a day.
3. Diabetes
Same way as above but boils with 2 cups water and leave until remaining 1 glass. After chilling filtered, drinks at once in the morning and the pulp can be boiled once again to be drunk in the afternoon.
4. Ulcer
Take the leaves of physalis angulata several pieces and then wash and finely milled and then put on the sores and then bandaged, bandage dressing two times a day
5. Treat epilepsy
Take around 8 to 10 physalis angulata fruits and eaten every day
