This plant is better known as the leaf of hooves and Antanan. Centella Asiatica grows wild in plantations, rice field, fields and roadsides.
The people of west Java used this plant to fresh vegetables. It contains several compounds such as isothankuniside,thankuniside, asiaticoside, madasiatic acid, brahmoside, brahmic acid, brahmoside, madecassoside, vellarine, hydrocotylin, carotenoids, centelloside, meso-inositol, and mineral salts such as calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and iron.
The benefits of Pegagan leaf can be used for skin medication (colloid), improve blood circulation and neurological disorders.
Based on research in Dr. General Hospital Soetomo, Pegagan leaf can be used to lower blood pressure, and the decrease is not too drastic, making it suitable for elderly patients.
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