Panic attacks come in many shapes and sizes.  They can last a few seconds or several days.  The attack can have a sudden onset or build over several hours. Panic or anxiety attacks happen to at least one out of every three people. Panic attacks are a fairly common occurrence that happen to many people, no matter what their state of health, whether they are old or young, male or female.

The main ingredient of an attack, or the root cause, is stress. So by reducing the amount of stress in your life, you can control how many panic attacks happen to you.  Take regular exercises and if appropriate go on a diet. Exercise helps not only your body to calm down, but it has a relaxing effect on the mind as well. It will also help if you avoid consuming too much caffeine or alcohol.

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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.

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