Eclipta Prostrata
(Eclipta prostrata L.)

Tribe: Asteraceae (Compositae)
Crude Name: Herba Ecliptae.

Description
Eclipta prostrata is a wild plant that can be found in the open, like on the edge of the road, terrain, and the edge of the gutter. This plant can grow from the coastline to a height of 1500 m above sea level.
Many-stemmed, erect, sometimes lying on the base, the height can reach 80 cm. Round stems brownish-green, white-haired little rough. Single short-stemmed leaves. Strands of elongated oval-shaped leaves, the tip and base of the pointy, jagged edges smooth or nearly flat, bone pinnate. Both leaf surfaces hairy, touching a bit rough, 2-3,5 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, green. Compound interest, white, small. Fruit elongate, ppih, hard, and hairless.
This plant is an important medicinal plant, either in treatment or chinnese Ayurvedic herbal medicines for kidney and liver tonics.
Leaves can be eaten as a vegetable.

Nature and Usefulness
Eclipta prostrata taste sweet, sour, is a little cold, astringent. This herb into liver and kidney meridians. Nutritious healthy liver and kidney, blood cool so stop the bleeding, fever reliever, antibacterial, anti toxic, and tonic on the circulatory, nervous system and digestive tract.

Chemical content
Eclipta prostata contains isoflavonoid, phytosterol, and triterpenoids Saponins, such as nicotine, α terthienyl, terthienylmethanol α, α-formyl-α terthienyl, 2 - (blind-1-3-dynyl) -5 - (but-3-en-1 -ynyl) thiophene, 5 - (3-butene-1-ynyl) -2, 2'-5'-bithinenyl-methyl acetate, wedelolactone, and tannins. Thiophene derivatives nutritious destroy worms from the digestive tract.

Portion used
The entire plant above ground (aerial parts), then dried to the boiling water, brewed (drip), made of oil, powder (powder), and tinctures.
Harvested when plants are flowering.

How to use
Junior fashion drinking, 30-120 g cooked or fresh herbs as dried 5-10 g.
For external use, wash fresh herbs, ground up halis. Apply on the sore spot, and then bandaged.