Black meeting is a plant that can live in the wild in the forests of teak, especially in Java from a height of 400-1750 meters above sea level and this plant likes fertile soil. Wide lancet-shaped leaves with thin strands of leaf, green leaf color to dark purplish brown. Flowers out of the armpit side of leaves or stems. Flowers covered by 2-3 midrib, 20-50 cm long flower stems and flower crown until creamy pink.
This plant produces large rhizomes, tubers and is evenly branched stems.
Black meeting had a different name in each region of origin: Intersection ireng Java (Java), koneng hideung (Sunda), temo groaned (Madura), Sumatra: Intersection of items, Intersection groaned (Malay), black meeting (Minangkabau); Sulawesi: Intersection lotong (Bugis), Intersection leteng (Makassar); Nusa Tenggara: Intersection ireng (Bali).
Efficacy of black meeting include:
* Fertile womb
* Worms
* Hemorrhoid
* Menstrual pain
* Peranakan down
* Clean up blood after delivery
* Cough
* Increased stamina
* Increase appetite
* Urine, blood found overallocted
* Neutralize toxins in the body
* Skin diseases such as scab, scabies, ulcers
* Asthma
* Sprue
* Etc.
Utilization of black meeting to prevent and solve problems:
Enrich content:
25 gram of black meeting, 25 grams temu dribbles, 20 grams kencur boiled with 600 cc of water to the remaining 200 cc and then filtered and drunk.
Dysmenorrhea:
25 gram of black meeting, 20 grams kencur, 20 grams of turmeric, tamarind 2 segment boiled with 600 cc of water until the remaining 200 cc, then filtered and drunk while warm.
Cleaning the blood after delivery:
25 Gram Intersection boiled with enough water until the remaining 200 cc and then filtered and drunk while warm. Cough
25 gram of black meeting, 5 g cumin, 25 grams kencur, 5 grams pulosari, 5 grams of fennel, and drink the water.
Neutralize toxins in the body:
25 gram of black meeting, 30 grams takokak boiled with 600 cc of water to the remaining 200 cc and then filtered and drunk while warm.
Worms:
25 gram of black meeting, 15 grams of bangle, 5 pieces of betel leaf, coriander seeds 5 grains, 4 grams of nut seeds and boil with 600 cc of water until the remaining 200 cc, then filtered and drunk.
Do it regularly as directed 2 times a day. Moderate to severe disease still advisable to consult a doctor.
[Prof HM Hembing Wijayakusuma, expert
trasidional medicine and acupuncture,
Chairman of the Association of Traditional Healing
& Acupuncture se-Indonesia
