Cycadis
(Cycas revoluta Thunb.)

Tribe: Cycadaceae
Simplisia name: Cycadis Folium , Cycadis Cement.

Description

Cycadis planted as an ornamental plant in gardens and palm-like. Originated from Japan.
Shrubs, 1-2 m tall, stems are not branching, woody, elliptical with the petiole base to stay, coarse brown. Leaves compound, pinnate, composed at the end of the rod to form vertebra rod, with length 0.5-2 m. Children line up leaves, 9-18 cm long, thick, hard, dark green. Uni-sexual flowers. Male flowers are arranged in a cone with a length of 30-70 cm, 8-15 cm in diameter, yellow-brown. Female flower-shaped half ball. Seeds oval, flattened, hard, 4 cm long, red-brown.
Stems are edible, contain much starch (starch). Cycadis seeds can be roasted and eaten. It's just not too much because a little toxic.

The nature and Benefits
Cycadis leaves taste sweet, sour, is a little warm, slightly toxic, and in the liver and stomach meridians. cycadis leaves to stop bleeding efficacious (memostatis), anti-inflammatory, pain relief (analgesic), and blood flow.
Flowers sweet taste, is slightly warm, slightly toxic, potent analgesics, spermatorea, destroy the frozen blood, and blood flow.
Seeds taste bitter, neutral, astringent, toxic, efficacious lowering blood pressure (hipotensif), and Facilitate mucus (expectorant).
antirematik nutritious roots and blood flow.

Chemical Ingredients
Leaves contain cycasin 0,027-0,061% (toxic and useful for anticancer), sotetsuflavone, hinokiflavone, amentoflavone, starch in the trunk of 44.50% mengadung proteins, fats, sugars, etc..
Seeds contain 0,2-0,3% neocycasin A, B, C, D, E, F, G, cryptoxanthine, zeaxanthine.
Flowers contain saponins, flavonoids, tannins, proteins, and sugars.
Fruit contains cycasin 0.086%.

Part used
Plant parts used as medicine are the leaves, flowers, seeds, and roots. The use of fresh or dried.

How to Use
For drugs taken, 9-15 g of boiled leaves, seeds and roots of 10-15 g. Can also Simplisia was dried and finely ground into powder for brewed or affixed to the wound.