Monday, December 17, 2012

Gum and Banana Trunk

 
If someone is injured will be damage to the skin, muscle, and even bone. The new wound is not treated immediately and left open, it will be a festering wound (lesion). It is caused by bacteria that infect the wound. The bacteria that often infects wounds such as Staphylococcus aureus.
 
Many people are looking for cheaper alternatives to turn to traditional medicine derived from nature. This is because traditional medicine has side effects that are relatively less compared to modern medicine. Even nature are believed efficacious for treating wounds one of which is the sap of the banana stem (Musa paradisiaca L.) were used as traditional medicine to heal wounds. Chemicals contained in the sap of the banana tree is a substance such as tannin in bananas is antiseptic.
 
While the banana trees are known to have active ingredients include saponins, anthraquinone, quinones that can relieve pain, stimulate the formation of new cells to the skin. The content of lignin in the trunk helps the skin permeation of compounds that can be used to treat bruises, burns, insect bites, and as an anti-inflammatory.

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