Ant Lair, A Unique Traditional Medicine from South East Asia

Ant Lair

In South East Asia, ant lair can became very unique traditional medicine. Perhaps its sound weird at first, but the benefit of this medicine has been proved not only by experience but also by scientific methods.

Not all of ant lair can be consumed and worthy for medical purpose. There only two from five genus of ant from family rubiceae that usually consumed by Asians. These two genuses called Hydnophytum and Myrmecodia.

Curing Acne with Herbs

There are some traditional medicine recipe to cure acne by using few kind of herbs. Here are some of them:

Papaya Leaves

Papaya’s Leaves 

• Take 2-3 old papaya leaves, the dry it under the sun
• Mash the papaya leaves with water, then squeeze it to get the juice
• Rub the juice to the acne. Or you can use it to wash your face

Acnes and Why It Comes

Acne is sometimes really disturbing. Even though it’s not dangerous, but this little red spot in our cheek often reduce our confidence.

Acne itself is a condition when the pores are clogged and causing pus or ichors. The numbers of acne patients are were extremely large. Kligmann, an acne expert, said that there’s nobody in this world who trough their life time without acne in their skin.

What Is Traditional Medicine?

Traditional medicine is a kind of medicine which the ingredients were made from plants, animal, mineral, or combination of all. Those ingredients are processed traditionally, and have been used for generations to be used as medical purpose. The most popular form of traditional medicine is using herbs or medicinal plants.

Today, traditional medicine is becoming more popular because its availability and affordable price. Moreover, according to several researches, the side effect of traditional medicine is not as much as chemical medicine. Some of them even didn’t have any effect as long as it’s used appropriately.