USSAGE of Pasak Bumi as Herbal Medicine

        Since a few years ago Pasak Bumi was known as an aphrodisiac. In fact, according to Ir Nurliani Bermawie, Ph.D., a researcher at Research Institute of Spices and Aromatic Plants (IMACRI), Cimanggu, Bogor, since ancient tribal societies Banjar in South Kalimantan using Pasak Bumi as a tonic. According Nurliani, the efficacy of pasak bumi that most trusted is pasak bumi which from the interior of West Kalimantan's. This efficacy has been proved by Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Johari. Saad, Ph.D., who conducted research in several male and female rats. According to the study, male rats were given extract of the earth peg showed more aggressive behavior toward female rats. This was reinforced researcher Dr H. H Ang from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Science Malaysia.

          Ethanolic extract contained in the pasak bumi to increase the amount of male hormone testosterone. Ethanolic stimulate the working of chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which could help the formation of testosterone.

            The roots of the pasak bumi apart as well as potent aphrodisiac for malaria disease that destroys red blood cells is caused by plasmodium that lives in mosquitoes anopeles female. Kuasinoid compound on pasak bumi roots can paralyze falcifarum plasmodium. In addition to the root kuasinoid pasak bumi  also contains

 erikomanon a powerful compound to treat malaria.

Apart from being an aphrodisiac and anti-malarial, pasak bumi to prevent the attack of cancer. Kuasinoid and alkaloid compounds contained in the pasak bumi proved to inhibit cancer cell growth according to a study conducted by Abdul Razak Mohd Ali from the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia. As many as 8 alkaloid found in the roots of pasak bumi, one 9-methoxycanthin 6 which serves as an anticancer breast.

Research conducted by the Department pf Pharmacognocy, Tokyo College of Pharmacy & the Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo University, Japan. found that compound antileukimia from pasak bumi s. Besides aphrodisiac, anticancer, antimalarial, and antileukimia, pegs the earth is also useful to boost immunity to HIV sufferers.