Purwoceng, Viagra From Java

 
Purwoceng is a traditional medicinal plant known efficacious as a medicine mighty men. Therefore, Purwoceng also got called 'Viagra Java'. Why is this so?
Purwoceng original Latin name was Pimpinella pruacan, but later revised to Pimpinella alpina. These plants are found in the Alps in Switzerland, at an altitude of 2000-3000 meters above sea level. Regarding the growing Purwoceng in Indonesia previously known to grow wild in the Dieng area at an altitude of 2000-3000 m above sea level. However, according to the Agency for Forestry Research and Development (1987), the distribution of plants in Indonesia Purwoceng now includes Central Java, East Java and West Java.
Wahyuni ​​et al. (1997) stated that Purwoceng can grow out of their habitat in Gunung Putri as West Java and able to produce seed for conservation materials. Potential crop Purwoceng quite large, but is still constrained by the scarcity of seed supply and limited land suitable for these plants (Yuhono 2004). In addition to the Dieng, Purwoceng also grows in the mountains Iyang, East Java (known as suripandak brother). At Mount Tengger named gebangan depok. Despite the name Latin name change, the researchers had the same conclusion that Purwoceng including medicinal plants.
What Are the Benefits of Purwoceng?Eni Hayani and May Sukmasari never explained, the whole plant Purwoceng can be used as a traditional medicine, especially the roots. Its roots have diuretic properties and is used as aprosidiak (Agency for Forestry Research and Development 1987), the efficacy of a drug that may enhance or increase stamina. In general, plants or plant is efficacious as aprosidiak containing compounds derived saponins, alkaloids, tannins and other compounds are efficacious as reinforcing the body and improve blood circulation. In Indonesia, herbs or medicinal plants used as aprosidiak more only based on trust and experience (Hernani and Yuliani 1991).
The use of medicinal plants in the field of medicine, in principle, be based on the principles of therapy such as the use of modern medicine. Therefore, the information content of the active compounds of medicinal plants is absolutely necessary. Generally rare medicinal plants have a single compound material, making it difficult to ascertain which one berkasiat active ingredient for the treatment of certain diseases. For example, the efficacy of plant roots Purwoceng (Pimpinella alpina) are known from the experiences of developed into berkasiat image as an aphrodisiac, apparently a derivative of a compound containing sterols, saponins and alkaloids (Caropeboka and Lubis, 1985).
Sidik, et al. (1985) said that the root Purwoceng compounds containing coumarin derivatives used in the industry of modern medicine, but not for aphrodisiacs but for anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-cancer. Hernani and Yuliani (1990) says that the active ingredient Purwoceng most lies in the roots.
Plants Purwoceng have aphrodisiac ingredients that are increasingly in demand led to its existence. At first, the plant is used by residents of Purwoceng Dieng plateau (region of origin) just for health maintenance or improvement of health. However, in line with research developments and issues exhaled, this plant develops into a commodity that is very "salable" as an aphrodisiac ingredients, even now been popularized by the local community and farmer groups as "Viagra Java".
The existence of an increasingly rare plants caused asides driven by rapid demand, as well as the acquisition takes time. On the basis of scarcity and issues happened aprodisiak the price is now very high.