MELADA PAHIT-BRUCEA JAVANICA , NATURAL REMEDY FOR ENLARGED PROSTATE

NATURAL REMEDY FOR PROSTATE AND DIABETIC PROBLEMS./HERBA UNTUK MASALAH PROSTAT DAN KENCING MANIS

Nama Malaysia (Malaysian name): Melada Pahit, Embalau padang, kusum, mempahit, lada pahit.
Nama Indonesia (Indonesian name): Kuwalot, malur, tambara marica

Negara asal (Origin): Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Indo China, Southern China, Taiwan, Molluccas, New Guinea and Northwestern Australia

Tinggi pokok (Tree Height): 10 meter- jarang (seldom) 3 meter- biasanya (usually)

Daun (Leaves): Berbentuk telur dan tepi bergigi (Egg shape and serrate)

Bahan aktif(Active ingredient)

    * Brucamarin (alkaloid)

Khasiat perubatan (Medicinal value)

    * Darah tinggi, (High blood pressure)

    * Kencing manis, (Diabetes)

    * Prostate (prostate problem)

    * Ghout (Arthritis)

    * Bisul (carbuncle)

    * Ghout (Gout)

    * Malaria

    * Sakit kepala (migraine)

    * Sakit sendi, (Joints)

    * Kebas,(Numbness)

    * Lenguh (Muscle pain)

    * Lelah, (asthmatic)

    * Resdung (sinus)

    * Cirit-birit. (Amoebic dysentery)

    * Anti- kanser (Anti-cancer)

    * Batu karang. (Gallstones)

    * Melancarkan haid (Menstruation pain- emanagong)

    * Jerawat (Acne)

    * Daun dan kapur digunakan untuk sakit kulit pada binatang (Leaves and unslaked lime as a cure for mange in animal- K.Heyne,Nutt.Plant.Ned. Ind.of 1927 page 871)

Pokok ini terkenal dikampung sebagai ubat bisul, kebanyakan orang orang pantai timur tahu bahawa orang yang bepenyakit bisul akan sembuh selepas memakan buah melada pahit.

Pada zaman dahulu kaum wanita yang berpenyakit payudara bernanah (sekarang dipanggil kanser payudara) akan diberi makan buah melada pahit disebelah pagi dan malam. Zaman sekarang kebanyakkan orang telah meninggalkan terus ubat peninggalan nenek moyang kita ini.(English: Brucea javanica well known in rural areas as carbuncle medicine and it is proven very effective. Before the arrival of modern medicine women with breast cancer will be asked to eat the fruits in the morning and evening to cure the disease. Sadly, nowadays the tree has been forgotten and people depend solely on modern medicine)

Bapa saya ada penyakit kencing manis dan dia makan 5 biji pagi dan malam dari pokok yang ditanam dibelakang rumah, dia tidak pernah makan ubat moden yang banyak mempunyai kesan sampingan. Bapa saya sangat aktif dan sihat dan tiada siapa tahu pun dia ada sakit kencing manis (English: My father had diabetes and he always take five fruits in the morning and evening, he never takes modern medicine and he is very active and healthy despite of his age)

Mengikut bapa saya, sebelum zaman british, dahulu tidak ada orang kena potong kaki kerana kencing manis, mereka semua makan ubat tradisional yang tumbuh liar di kampong halaman.(English: According to my father, before the British came with modern medicine, people with diabetes and their leg been amputated is unheard off. They take traditional medicine from plants that grows wild in their village)

Pada tahun 1900 Dr Mouget dari Perancis telah bejaya menyembuhkan 871 dari 879 pesakit ' dysentery 'dengan mengunakan melada pahit di sebabkan orang orang cina mengunakannya.(English: In1900, a French doctor, Dr Mouget of Saigon had reported that he had cured 871 out of 879 cases of dysentery by using Brucea, because the Chinese used it.)

 
Java Brucea - (melada pahit)

Java Brucea (Melada Pahit) is a woody herb that thrives in direct sunlight. Like the Catharanthus Roseus, Java Brucea has been traditionally used to combat and/or control hypertension, joint pain, numbness, lethargy, asthma, sinusitis and diarrheoa. Additionally, this herb has also proved in addressing cancer kidney/gall stones. and 

These uses of Catharanthus Roseus and Java Brucea is supported by the Biological Sciences Institute of Universiti Malaya. The Research Institute of Taiwan has also categorically confirmed that these herbs destroy bacteria that causes ameobic dysentry. The efficacy of these herbs has also been endorsed by the German pharmaceutical giant, Merck since 1901. Currently, research is under way in Thailand and Hong Kong attempting to isolate and extract the active anti-cancer ingredients found in Java Brucea.