Khasiat Tanaman Anting-Anting (Acalypha indica. L)

Abstract

Indonesia adalah Negara yang memiliki sumber daya alam yang melimpah dan tersebar di berbagai penjuru pulau. Keanekaragaman hayati di Indonesia memiliki sekitar 30.000 spesies tanaman. Tanaman Herbal merupakan tumbuhan yang memiliki fungsi dalam pengobatan. Salah satu tanaman yang bisa digunakan sebagai obat yaitu tumbuhan Anting-anting (Acalypha indica. L). Tumbuhan anting-anting telah banyak digunakan secara turun-temurun sebagai obat disentri, diare, gangguan pencernaan, muntah darah, berak darah dan kencing darah, khususnya pada daun berkhasiat mengobati mimisan. Tumbuhan anting-anting memiliki rasa yang pahit. Akar pada tanaman anting-anting dapat digunakan untuk menurunkan kadar asam urat darah yang tinggi, meredakan nyeri pada rematik, pengobatan diabetes mellitus dan meredakan pegal linu.Kata kunci : anting-anting, Acalypha indica. L, herbal

Latent If Not Present: Arriving at and Departing from Lito Mayo

“…They group with the Philippine languages of Cebuano, Hiligaynon, and Tagalog where anting-anting encompasses worry and concession, and is synonymic to amuleto, agimat, and mutya, which could be anything thought to have power such as a fang of an animal, a pearl, shell, or fossilised fragment of a plant or flower. 12 It is from this enclave of meaning where Mayo's anting-anting can be understood to touch on the concepts of the ring or circle, oscillation, and weight, in connection to the close printmaking ploys of margin, reversal, and pressure. Moreover, anting-anting in Tagalog is a polysemy that terms an action such as galing (to recuperate), ingat (to care), kalinga (to protect), or a trait like maagimat (prudent).…”

“…And because the unspoken rules of anting-anting ordain that it is never to be shown off nor used for any evil means, its humility is expressed through a protectivism from the Spanish, the American, and all non-believers who trivialise its account, "so that its true meaning and intention are hidden from those who do not understand". 28 For Mayo, the cagey politics of reversal was deliberate, as demonstrated in an illustration of Marcela Agoncillo (Figure 7) for Profiles in Achievement, an anthology of the life stories of patriotic Filipinos for young readers. 29 Printed in monochrome, the choice of displaying the flag vertically-the darker shade of blue on the flag's left, red on the right-points the earned peace through revolution's triumph.…”

Analisis Sidik Jari Kromatografi Lapis Tipis Tanaman Anting-Anting (Acalypha indica L.)

“…Anting-anting (Acalypha indica L.) merupakan salah satu tanaman yang termasuk dalam genus Acalypha dengan ciri daun berbentuk belah ketupat, daun tunggal, berwarna hijau, berujung runcing, dan tepi bergerigi [3]. Tanaman ini telah dimanfaatkan oleh masyarakat sebagai obat herbal dengan berbagai khasiat diantaranya, obat disentri, diare, gangguan pencernaan, muntah darah, mimisan [4], antibakteri [5,6], antioksidan [7], antidiabetes [8], dan menurunkan kadar gula darah [9]. Anting-anting secara empiris juga dapat digunakan sebagai pengobatan antimalaria [8].…”