Pegaga is mostly found at Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Madagascar and southern region of US and Africa. It easily grows on the warm ground, low and wet areas of both hemispheres, especially abundant in the swampy areas of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka up to an altitude of approximately 700 meters.

Traditionally pegaga is put inside the Malay meal. It is so delicious eating with salads and vegetable. You can find this kind of meal at malay restaurant especially at Malaysia and Indonesia until now. The fragrant leaves can act as an appetizer. We can either eat it raw or cook it as part of a soup. The local people believe that pegaga will help to promote wound healing.

On scientific name pegaga is called Centella asiatica. It is a polymorphous, creeping plant, rooting at nodes, with sometimes significant tap root, cylindrical and glabrous stems. This plant, dried and crushed, has been used in the treatment of leprosy, bronchitis, asthma, syphilis, and as a wound healing agent.

For Indian however, it traditionally regard this plant as a potent brain tonic and shows remarkable properties in terms of treating senile decay and loss of memory, whilst it is also alleged to enhance verbal articulation. In China, pegaga frequently appear as a traditional medication for the treatments of cold, urinary tract infections, dysentery, tonsillitis, pleurisy, jaundice, injuries, sunstroke, hepatitis and even as an antidote for arsenic poisoning, toxic mushroom and as an external poultice for snake bites, scabies, traumatic injuries, and herpes zoster.

So pegaga is also helping you on:

· Improve memory and brain function.

· Improve blood circulation.

· Treat skin disorders.

· Improve vitality and general well being.

· Help to purify blood.

· Complement treatment for high blood pressure, burns, scars, periodontal disease, stress, arthritis and rheumatism.

· Helps to combat stress, improve reflexes, and increase mental and physical power

· Reduce high blood pressure, senility, slow down ageing process

It is not only a meal but good for your health.

Tags: Asthma, bronchitis, eprosy, Pegaga, Skin., Stress, syphilis

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