Crude drug sample data base
※Click on the image to enlarge it.
Crude drug name | Market name | Akar Aren |
|---|---|---|
| Other names | Java: aren, lirang (Javanese), kawung, taren (Sundanese), aren (Madurese); Celebes: Inru (Bugis), waolo, waala (Gorontalo), Ambon: seho (Ternate), nau (South Halmahera), Sumatera: anau (Lampung) [201]. | |
| English name | Sugar palm, Arenga palm | |
| Original plant name | Arenga pinnata Merr., Sugar palm, Arenga palm | |
| Family name | Araceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | Republic of Indonesia, Akar sari | |
| Collection date | 1994/02/27 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu, et al. | |
| Identifier | Mangestuti Agil | |
| TMPW No. | 14179 | |
Scientific information data base
| Crude drug name | Indonesian name, English name | Aren, Sugar palm, Arenga palm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude drug image |
| ||||
| Original plant name | Arenga pinnata Merr. | ||||
| Family name | Araceae | ||||
| Used part | Roots | ||||
| Distribution area | The plant is widely cultivated throughout Indonesia, also grows wild in certain areas [201]. | ||||
| Description | The plant is a large single trunk palm, with long leaves. The trunk is covered in a black fibrous material. Leaf bases have long spines protecting them, pinnate (feather shaped). The fruit is subglobose, 7 cm diameter, green maturing black [231]. | ||||
| Specific actions | Diuretic. | ||||
| Frequency in use | Moderate. | ||||
| Common uses | Sweet sap harvested from the flowering stalk yielded a sugar and is fermented into an alcoholic beverage known locally as ''nira''. In Java, nira is popular and used to treat tuberculosis, dysentery, haemorrhoid/hemorrhoid, to improve bowel movement. 3 glasses of nira a day is used to treat mouth ulcer and showed good result. Some small local bakeries used nira as one of the ingredients in making bread. Sugar produced from sweet sap is known locally as ''gula aren'' (gula = sugar, aren = A. pinnata), it taste better than ''gula kelapa'' (gula = sugar, kelapa = coconut). Nira is a popular alcoholic drink among people in North Celebes and is famously called ''saguer''. The fruit is also used, though it must be prepared prior to consumption, as the juice and pulp are caustic. It is known locally as ''kolang kaling''. The palms are also used for obtaining sago (a type of grain) . Roots are soaked in water until the outer skin is peeled off and are used as plaited materials. [201, 231]. The black fibrous material which covers the trunk is used as rope and roof materials. Leaves are used in cigarettes and as rope materials [201, 231]. | ||||
| Chemical constituent | unknown | ||||
| Medical system | Indonesian medicine (Jamu) | ||||
| Traditional usage | Roots are used to expel kidney stones [201]. | ||||
| Formulation | 1) Kidney stones: 2 grams of roots of A. pinnata, 3 grams of leaves of Strobilanthes crispa, 3 grams of roots of Imperata cylindrica, 3 grams of the aboveground parts of Phyllanthus niruri are boiled in 120 ml of water to make a decoction. Drink 100 ml of the decoction at once. Repeat for another 14 days or until the stones are expelled. It can be followed by drinking the infusion of leaves of Orthosiphon stamineus and aboveground parts of Phyllanthus niruri as an herbal tea. | ||||
| References | Reference book Tips！ | [201] K. Heyne, Tumbuhan Berguna Indonesia, Vols. 1-4, 1987. Diedarkan Oleh Koperasi Karyawan Departemen Kehutanan, Jakarta, Indonesia. Vol. 1, pp 447-448. [231] Soedibyo, Mooryati: Alam Sumber Kesehatan: Manfaat dan Kegunaan (Natural resources for health. Benefits and uses). Balai Pustaka. 1998. pp 59-60. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/29 | ||||
