Cruel Shard
(Strobilanthes Crispus BI.)

Tribe: Acanthaceae
Simplisia Name: Sericocalycis Folium (leaf nasty glass).

Description
Cruel shard grow wild in the forest, the river, the cliffs, and is often planted as a hedge in the yard or garden. This plant is from r Madagascar to Indonesia, which grows at an altitude of 50 m to 1200 m above sea level.
This bush plant height 0,5-1 m. Stem segments were, round, branching, rough haired, and green. Branches that touch the ground the roots will come out so they can be separated from the parent plant. Leaves single, short-stemmed, with the location of face. Leaf blade length or nearly ellipse, jagged edge, the tip pointed, base tapering, both rough surfaces, bone pinnate, 9-18 cm long. 3-8 cm wide, and green. Compound interest, gathered in the solid grains. Funnel-shaped flower, divided 5, 1.5-2 cm long, hair, and yellow. Spindle-shaped fruit contains 2-4 seeds. Seeds round, flat, little brown.
Propagation by seed, stem cuttings or old enough branch.

The Nature and Benefits
Seed leaf glass Facilitate merit urine (diuretic), and laxatives.

Chemical Ingredients
Leaves glass vile containing saponin, flavonoids, glycosides, sterols, terpen groups, fats, and minerals (potassium with high levels of acid, silicates, sodium, calcium). Potassium is a strong diuretic and can dissolve the rock salt formed from calcium oxalate and calcium carbonate in the gall bladder, bladder, and kidney. Silicate acid can stimulate the stomach so people sick gastric (gastritis) can not take these herbs stew.

Part used
Part used as medicine is the leaf.

How to Use
For drugs taken, boiled fresh leaves 25-50 g.
For external use only, minced fresh leaves to taste until smooth. Put on the wounds caused by snake bites, venomous animals, and other insects.