A glimpse of Mahkota Dewa as herbal medicine

 ***Hello everyone who Loves Natural Medicine***. Indonesia is famous for its richness of plants. An area with a tropical climate has various types of spices and Indonesia was once controlled by the Dutch because of the natural abundance available. In the mid-15-16 AD, the Indonesian people have been practicing traditional medicine from various types of plants. In general, the spice mixture is made for stew. sometimes also made for topical medication in certain health conditions. Mahkota Dewa (***Phaleria macrocarpa***)is one type of herbal plant that is known to have many benefits and has been used by many people. the plant is very easy to grow and does not have to have special land. people here plant as a complement to the beauty of the garden. The crown has a red fruit at a glance similar to an apple. Since hundreds of years mahkota dewa is believed to be able to treat certain diseases. actually the plant contains poison. but please note that almost all parts of this plant can be used as traditional medicine. The plant mahkota dewa is the part most widely used for medicine is the fruit. Some of the health benefits of Mahkota Dewa include: 1. Relieve menstrual pain. 2. Controlling Insulin. 3. Prevent contraindications from chemotherapy drugs. 4. Control blood pressure.  The mahkota dewa fruit has a green color when young and when the fruit is ripe it will turn red, the red fruit is dried and then made for herbal drinks. Of course there are several stages of processing from drying to boiling. ***  Fruit mahkota dewa looks fresh and young and can be recognized because it is still green. ***  ***  ***  The flower Mahkota Dewa is yellowish white. many flowers like coffee flowers. ***  ***  ### Do not carelessly consume mahkota dewa. > ***Consuming the plant directly can cause swollen, sprue, numb at tongue, fever, even unconscious. Although the plant can conquere various diseases, from diabetes mellitus, hemorrhoid, impotency to cancer, but research on the plant is still limited. A research was conducted to find out antioxidant activities at a parts of mahkota dewa plant by free radical scavenging method (DPPH)***.^{[smujo.id](https://smujo.id/biodiv/article/view/456)} *** | Camera | SM-A515F| | --- | --- | | Flash used | No | | Focal length | 4.60 mm| | Exposure time | 1/210 s| | Aperture |2,0 f| | ISO | 32 |