Kh'merican Backyard Gardening. Vegetables and Herbs

Centella erecta.

Spiral ginger,  ត្រថុក  (CheiloCostus speciosus). A culinary /medicinal plant that is well-love among Asian communities. Serves as a table condiment in an herb platter as you please.  I grow g reen and red stem varieties. In folks medicine, the leave and rhizome are use to treat cough, fever, painful urination, and cystitis. In  China it is used to treat nephritis, edema, cirrhosis of the liver, ascites, urinary incontinence, urticaria. In India it is used to treat fever, skin diseases, and snakebites. And indonesia used to treat eye diseases.  In addition, the rhizome of spiral ginger is also used as a medicine for clearing, tonic, filtering blood, treating asthma, treating cough, anti-fungal, laxative effect, eliminating worms. In industry, sugarcane is used as raw material to extract diosgenin to sell synthetic corticosteroids and contraceptives. It has a sour, bitter, spicy, and cold taste. With the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, diuretic, emphys...

Gynura pseudochina is grown in eastern Nigeria for its mucilaginous leaves, which are used in soups and sauces. In folklore medicine, it is said that folks in northern Nigeria have cultivated and used it as a medicinal plant to treat fever. Fresh leaves are used for their demulcent property, and leaf sap is applied to sore eyes. In Asia the leaves are used to treat skin irritation caused by insect bits, pimples, bruises, to cure scabies and erysipelas. Leaves, stems and roots are variably credited with haemostatic, antipyretic and vulnerary activity. Plant parts are used to regulate menses, to treat breast tumours, herpes infections and sore throats. As an ornamental Gynura pseudochina is grown in pots. Gynura pseudochina var. hispida commonly called Sambung Nyawa Batik. It is a semi-succulent, perennial herbaceous plant. The leaves has been used in traditional medicine to treat skin irritation caused by insect bites/stings, pimples and bruises. The leaves also can be cooked and used i...