Jamu Recipes for Scabies
PATHO-PHYSIOLOGY: Scabies is a contagious skin disease that is caused by a mite calledSarcoptes scabiei. The female mite burrows into the skin and deposit eggs and feces, causing the incredible itching and red lesions. Although it is believed that scabies is a problem of the unclean and poor, it is actually quite common at all socioeconomic classes.
INDICATIONS: Symptoms of scabies: intensely itchy rash with red patches generally located between the fingers, around the wrist, and on the elbows, navel, nipples, lower abdomen, and genitals. The face and scalp are rarely affected; pencil thin lesions that mark where the scabies mites have burrowed into the skin, visible in only about 25% of cases; itching that is most severe at night; scabs that tend to form over scratches areas
Recipe # 1
INGREDIENTS:
Plantain leaves (Plantago major - folia, daun urat) – ¼ handful
Green chiretta leaves (Andrographis paniculata, folia, daun sambiloto) – 1 handful
PREPARATION AND DOSAGE:
Decoction: Clean wash the 2 ingredients and boil in 500 ml of pure water. Let it boil until left to ½ of the initial volume. Drink this decoction ½ glass 2 times a day.
Decoction: Clean wash the 2 ingredients and boil in 500 ml of pure water. Let it boil until left to ½ of the initial volume. Drink this decoction ½ glass 2 times a day.
Recipe # 2
INGREDIENTS:
Indian privet leaves (Vitex trifolia, folia, daun legundi) – 1 handful
PREPARATION AND DOSAGE:
Decoction: Clean wash the leaves and boil in 1½ glasses of pure water, and let it boil until left to ½ glass. Keep the decoction for a night, and start taking it the following day 2 tablespoonfuls 2 times a day.
Decoction: Clean wash the leaves and boil in 1½ glasses of pure water, and let it boil until left to ½ glass. Keep the decoction for a night, and start taking it the following day 2 tablespoonfuls 2 times a day.
Recipe # 3
INGREDIENTS:
Firefly shrub (Pluchea indica, daun beluntas) – 1 handful
Cassia alata – leaves (daun ketepeng cina) – 5 leaves
Coconut oil (Oleum cocos nutifera, minyak kelapa) – adequate amount
Firefly shrub (Pluchea indica, daun beluntas) – 1 handful
Cassia alata – leaves (daun ketepeng cina) – 5 leaves
Coconut oil (Oleum cocos nutifera, minyak kelapa) – adequate amount
PREPARATION AND DOSAGE:
Topical: Clean wash the shrub and leaves, and then squeeze it in an adequate amount of coconut oil. Apply the ointment onto the affected area 2 times a day
Topical: Clean wash the shrub and leaves, and then squeeze it in an adequate amount of coconut oil. Apply the ointment onto the affected area 2 times a day
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IMPORTANT NOTE
The recipes and techniques mentioned in this page are not meant to replace diagnosis and treatment of a medical practitioner. Before using any of these recipes, the author recommends to consult a physician. All the recipes has been used without any side effects and are considered safe. However, since some people have more sensitive skin or digestive system than others, and since the user’s actual recipe preparation is beyond the control of the author, the author accept no liability with regard to the use of recipes or techniques contained in this page
