PEGAGA CENTELLA ASIATICA

• Other Authors: Deny Susanti (Editor), Muhammad Taher (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur International Islamic University Malaysia 2016
• Subjects: Umbelliferae > Therapeutic use; Hydrocotyle > Therapeutic use; Herbs > Therapeutic use
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 This plant and its preparation have been in use since ancient times especially in the Ayurvedic medical system of India and in the folk medicine of China and Madagascar. It is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the most important medicinal plant species to be conserved and cultivated. In Malaysia, although it has been used by our traditional healers in their herbal remedies, but its popularity is confined more as a traditional vegetable or an 'ulam' especially among the Malay communities rather than a medicinal plant.