January 02, 2012

Binahong or also known by the name Dheng San Chi for the people of China, is a plant used as medicine. It is also an obligatory food for Vietnamese. Binahong grows wild in the wilderness of Vietnam forests. When the invasion of US troops in the Vietnam war, Vietnamese soldiers used Binahong to help them gained their stamina in the fight against the US army. In other words, Binahong helped Vietnam win the war against US.

This plant is very quick to heal the wounds either by eat it or smear directly over the wound. Binahong are named in Bahasa Indonesia, Latin name Bassela Rubra Linn (Eng: Heartleaf Maderavine Madevine) of species Anredera cordifolia. Binahong or Anredera cordifolia is thought to originally come from South America.

Here in Indonesia, Binahong is used to cure some diseases. Some leaves are just chewed, or boiled with a glass of water, and then drink along with the waste.

Diseases that can be cured:

Acne: 8 leaves taken daily

Asthma: 7 leaves taken daily

Bleeding Gums: 4 leaves taken daily

Burns: 10 leaves taken daily

Concussion: 10 leaves taken daily

Diabetes: 11 leaves taken daily

Dysentery: 10 leaves taken daily

Eczema: 10 to 15 leaves taken daily

Expires Surgical: 20 leaves taken daily

Fractures : 10 to 20 leaves taken daily

Keeping Stamina: 1 leaf every day

Inflammation of The Kidney: 7 pieces of leaves taken daily

Inflammation of The Lung: 10 leaves taken daily

Menstrual Irregularities: 3 leaves taken daily

Swollen Intestine: 3 leaves taken daily

Tuberculosis: 10 leaves taken daily

Note: In such cases of heavy disease, it may take from 1 until 6 month for curing the disease.

Binahong is also useful for curing cancer. How? Dried up the leaf, then boiled and drink it every day. However, the tuber can also be dried, then finely ground, then put in a capsule and drink 3 times a day.

Thanks to this binahong leaf, which had made my son's skin burn healed fast. I described this on my previous post.

Source : Binahong sebagai obat kencing manis, sesak nafas, darah rendah, radang ginjal, muntah-muntah, gegar otak ringan.

Tunjungan Plasa, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Dec 18, 2009

My son Michael once experienced a stage 4 burns on his right arm, right ear to the eyebrow. His age was 13 months at the time. It happened, when my mother was going to make a tea. When she was going to take a tea strainer, my mother did not notice that Michael was behind her. Suddenly, he pulled the glass which filled with hot water and tea.

Michael’s right arm

Michael’s right ear
Michael had his skin burn at Feb 13, 2009

My frantic mother and wife, immediately brought Michael to the bathroom. They gave his injuries with toothpaste. That was a wrong action, which was supposed to dip him, into the bathtub filled with water, to reduce the burning sensation on his skin. My panic mother and wife took Michael to the hospital. But in the ER, the doctor was handled severely. It maked my wife was unable to watch Michael's pain. He was crying out loud in the ER.

The doctor action was only skinning Michael's swollen skin, that filled with water due to reaction of burning sensation. Doctor then only prescribed Burnazin ointment.

I considered Michael suffered to be stage 4 burns after 2 months later. My wife friend's daughter also suffered stage 4 burns which was also prescribed the same ointment. But the different was her fate. She was only managed to survive for 2 weeks in hospital. She was suffered 40% burns in all her body. From stomach below to the feet. Her reproductive organ suffered skin burns. Her age was 11 days older than Michael.

I was still at work that when the incident happened. The next day, my friend advised me to smear it with Binahong leaves. He gave me about 5 Binahong leaves. I washed Binahong leaves with water, finely crushed, and stored it in the fridge. Burnazin ointment prescription runs out after 2 days of use, but Michael's burn skin still watery, and looked like a fresh beef.

I replaced the ointment with Binahong leaf, which I kept in the fridge. I spread the leaves on Michael's skin, morning and evening, covered it with bandages. Miraculously Michael's burn skin dried instantly after 2 days using Binahong. His wound skin turned into dark color.

Because Michael burns were dry, and no longer covered them with bandages. I then bought Bioplacenton ointment at a pharmacy. I used Bioplacenton until Michael no longer felt the heat on his wound. But now 3 years later, there is a tatoo that marks his arm.

Two weeks later