Medicinal Plant of Cocks Comb

Cocks Comb
Celosia argentea LINN.

Commonly known as Borroco, Bayam Kucing. Cocks Comb and its seeds are widely used in Indian folk medicine for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of an alcoholic extract of Celosia argentea seeds ( ACAS) on blood glucose and body weight in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. ACAS was found to reduce the increase of blood glucose in alloxan-induced diabetic rats (27.8% at 250mg/kg and 38.8% at 500mg/kg body weight).

Chronic administration of ACAS significantly (p<0.01) reduced the blood glucose in alloxan-induced diabetic rats for two weeks. Also the extract prevented a decrease in body weight in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. These results suggest that the ACAS possesses anti-diabetic activity in alloxan-induced diabetic rats.

Followed way for using Cocks Comb as herbal treatment:

Keratitis
12 grams Celosia’s seeds addition with chicken liver as necessary
Was boiled then eat

Hypertension
30 grams seeds was boiled with 1 glass of water become ½ glasses
Was drunk that boiled for two times

Vomit up blood
30 – 60 grams fresh flowers addition with meal as necessary
Cooking as soup and eating

Leucorrhea
Boiled 60 grams fresh flowers addition with 60 grams meal as necessary
Drunk boiled water and eating that meal

Eye cleaning
Boiled Celosia’s flower then screening with paper screen.


Important
Has some contradiction for Glaucoma sufferer

Medical plant - Polygonum Chinense

Polygonum Chinense

As Polygonaceae families this genus primarily grows in northern temperate regions. They vary widely from prostrate herbaceous annual plants under 5 cm high, others erect herbaceous perennial plants growing to 3–4 m tall, and yet others perennial woody vines growing to 20–30 m high in trees; several are also aquatic, growing as floating plants in ponds.

The smooth-edged leaves vary greatly in shape between species, and can be narrow lanceolate, oval, broad triangular, heart shaped or arrowhead shaped; they range from 1–30 cm long. The stems are often reddish or red-speckled. The flowers are small, pink, white, or greenish, forming in summer in dense clusters from the leaf joints or stem apices.

Herb for treatment:

Enteritis, Dyspepsia, Tonsillitis, Bronchitis, Diphtheria, Cough

• 30 – 60 grams fresh herbs or 15 – 30 drying herbs was boiled with 5 glasses become 2 glasses of water
• Drunk for 2 times (morning and afternoon) for 5 – 10 days continuously

Leucorrhea

• Mixed 30 – 60 grams fresh herbs and 3 – 5 Celosia flowers
• Boiled with 2 glasses of water become ½ glass.
• Drunk before eat twice a day

Abscess

• 30 – 60 grams fresh herbs boiled with water as necessary.
• Drunk at least ½ glasses and boiled left using for washed the abscess

Diarrhea

• Boiled fresh herbs as necessary
• Mixed with honey then drunk

Composition:
Polygonum Chinense root contains sakuchirin

For more descripton see this Polygonum Chinense