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- Medical Video: Sambong Leaves: Benefits and Uses
- 1. Helps treat breast cancer
- 2. Good for diabetics
- 3. Overcoming inflammation
- 4. Can treat kidney stones
- 5. Maintain brain health
Medical Video: Sambong Leaves: Benefits and Uses
Bay leaf is a type of kitchen spice that is often used in various Indonesian specialties. Not only makes the dish fragrant, it turns out the leaves have other benefits for the health of the body. What are the benefits of bay leaves?
1. Helps treat breast cancer
One study says that bay leaves play a good role in the treatment of breast cancer. This study states that extracts from the leaves help a breast cancer sufferer to speed up cancer cells die and get killed. Experts conclude this can happen because these leaves have a considerable amount of antioxidants, so it can help overcome free radicals that make cancer cells easily grow and develop in the body.
2. Good for diabetics
The study conducted in 2009 proved that diabetic patients who take capsules containing 1-3 grams of bay leaf extract have well-controlled blood sugar levels. Not only that, patients in the study proved to have a better amount of blood cholesterol compared to diabetic patients who did not consume bay leaf extract.
The substance of polyphenols - a kind of antioxidant - contained in leaf extracts is believed by researchers who can reduce the amount of blood sugar in diabetics. This substance is also able to increase good cholesterol levels in the blood, thus preventing complications of heart disease which often attacks patients with diabetes.
3. Overcoming inflammation
Although this study was conducted in mice, but in this study the experts managed to find that bay leaves play an important role in wound healing and inflammation. This leaf extract successfully reduces inflammation and accelerates the wound to dryness. Even so, this benefit still needs further research in humans.
4. Can treat kidney stones
Bay leaf extract can help treat kidney stones. This statement comes from a study conducted in 2014 in Iran. In this study, respondents were given several types of herbal plants, including bay leaves and then seen the effect on kidney stones they experienced. The leaves are considered capable of breaking down the crystal stones that accumulate in the kidneys.
5. Maintain brain health
In ancient medicine, bay leaves were used to treat seizures. Recently a research conducted also stated this. This research was conducted in mice and it was proven that leaf extract was able to treat seizure symptoms in these mice. Even so, indeed more research is needed in humans regarding the ability of the leaves to overcome epilepsy or seizures.
