Monday, May 12, 2008

Sea Cucumber Soap and Senduduk

Product name: SEA CUCUMBER SOAP, DAUN GELENGGANG, LADIES SOAP
Local name : Senduduk
Scientific name : Stichopus horrens
Common name : Sea Cucumber
Local name : Gamat

Sea Cucumber and Senduduk Soap, beneficial for vanishing or reducing skin scarring, burn and also as a local anti septic.

The Malay word gamat means sea cucumber and it refers to medicinal remedies made from any of several species of the animal. The golden sea cucumber (Stichopus horrens) is commonly used. Gamat is usually the dried, powdered bodies of sea cucumbers made into a lotion or other topical salve. It is sometimes mixed into clay and applied as a facial mask, or put in tea and consumed for stomach complaints. Users believe that a solution of sea cucumbers can heal cuts, skin eruptions, and ulcers, and claim that it has a beneficial effect on the immune system.
Sea cucumbers in the waters of Malaysia have been over-harvested to supply consumers of the folk remedy, and as a result the animal and its products are becoming scarce. Efforts to restock the fishery have not generally been successful. Recently, a sea cucumber aquaculture operation was opened on the shores of several Malaysian islands to increase the gamat supply.
- Wikipedia,
Gelenggang
The attractive shrub is named for its flower buds which grow in a column and look like fat yellow candles each complete with a flame! The leaves fold together at night. It was introduced to other tropical areas from the Americas and is now widely considered a weed. Mangrove and wetland wildlife atSungei Buloh Nature Park Main features: Grows up to 3m.
Leaves: Simple pinnate.
Flowers: Buds covered with orange bracts which fall off when the flower opens.
Fruits: Black pod with two broad wings; seeds small square and rattle in the pod when ripe.
Status in Singapore: Introduced, common weed in wastelands.
World distribution: Native to tropical Americas.
Classification: Family Leguminosae. Traditional medicinal uses: Leaves or sap are used to treat fungal infections such as ringworm. They contain a fungicide, chrysophanic acid. Because of its anti-fungal properties, it is a common ingredient in soaps, shampoos and lotions in the Philippines. The effectiveness of this plant against skin diseases is confirmed by modern scientific studies.
Other chemicals contained in the plant includes saponin which acts as a laxative and expels intestinal parasites. In Africa, the boiled leaves are used to treat high-blood pressure. In South America, besides skin diseases, it is also used to treat a wide range of ailments from stomach problems, fever, asthma to snake bite and venereal diseases (syphilis, gonorrhoea).
Senduduk
Height : A shrub up to 2 meter. Distinguish Features : Attractive purple flowers. Dark purplish edible fruit. Found : On wasteland and roadside. Commercial: Unknown
Use For : Piles 1. Use roots of the shrub. 2. Cut the roots into small pieces. 3. Boil the cut roots with a pot of water until 1/3 of a pot. 4. Drink the concoction.5. Take about 3 times a week.6. You should see some result.7. Continue until cure.
Use For : High blood pressue and diabetes 1. Eat the young shoot as ulam. Other uses: 1. Lady's white discharge. 2. Herbal bath. 3. Diarrhea.

The combination of these two substances combine with antiseptics makes this new soap a handy and effective usage for ladies,
available at RM 2.80 or USD 0.87 WHICH IS REALLY A GOOD DEAL! for 125GRAM

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