TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG)

is a kind of plant that its roots are used as a mixture of drugs / herbs. TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG). TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) there in Burma, Cambodia, Indochina, and spread to the island of Java. Besides planted in the yard or on plantations, TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) is also found growing wild in the teak forests, grasslands, or in a field at an altitude of 400-750 m above sea level. It has a high annual herb 1-2 m, quasi-trunked composed of a collection of leaf midrib, green or dark brown. Leaves single, long stemmed, 2-9 strands. Leaf blade circular shape extending to lanceolate, the tip and the base tapering, flat edge, bone pinnate, dark green color with the left side - right there is a kind of mother leaves bones elongate ribbon colored dark red or violet, the length of 31-84 cm, width 10 -18 cm. Its flower-shaped bead of compound interest that clusters come out directly from the rhizome, stem length 20-25 cm, flowers bloom in sequence from the pockets of the great patron leaves, the base of the leaf guards are white, the tip protector leaves reddish purple. Crown of yellow flowers. roots quite large and is a stem tuber. Rhizome also ramify. If the old rhizome split, it appears blue-black circle on the outside. Rhizome of TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) have flavor. Propagation by rhizome are old enough or family separation.
TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) rhizome contain essential oils, tannins, kurkumol, curcumenol, isokurkumenol, kurzerenon, kurdion, kurkumalakton, germakron, a, ß, g-elemene, linderazulene, curcumin, demethyoxykurkumin, bisdemethyoxykurkumin.

Curable Disease:
Rhizome very bitter, sharp, and cold nature. Efficacious laxative fart (carminative), peluruh sputum, increased appetite (stomakik), anthelmintic, and cleaning the blood after childbirth or after menstruation.

Pharmacological effect and result : The results of investigation of the influence of TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) rhizome against worms askaris pig in vitro and the contraction of the small intestine (jejunum) separate guinea pig in vitro as follows. Askaris rhizome can kill pigs like piperasin citrate. Supernatant rhizome can suppress the amplitude of spontaneous contractions of rabbit intestine (FX.S.Dirdjosudjono, Taroeno, Sudjiman, et al., Section of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy Section of Pharmacology, FF UGM). Based on the research power to kill worms (anthelmintic) rhizome of TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) on worms askaris pig in vitro, it turns out the most powerful anthelmintic asirinya oil compared with the juice or infusion of TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) (Taroeno, Kun Sumardiyah S., and Sugiyanto, Pharmaceutical Biology Section, FF GMU .) The research done stew rhizome anthelmintic activity against Ascaridia galli TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) in vitro. Apparently, stewed sliced TEMU HITAM (TEMU IRENG) to kill worms within 7-17 hours, the dosage stew grated within 11-20 hours, and powder preparations within 11-25 hours. Volatile oil content of the largest in the dosage slices (Endah Eny Riayati, Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University, 1989. Advisors: Drs. Sudarto, Apt. And Dra. Sri Sumarni, SU). Maximum levels of volatile oil present in the rhizome is not germinate and remove the stem / leaves. Levels of essential oils grown in Hortus Medicus Tawangmangu during the growing range 0.25% -0.50% (A. Indrawati, Supardi, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University, 1979).