8 Benefits of Bajakah Wood for Health, Traditional Kalimantan Medicine Claimed to Cure Cancer

Kapanlagi.com - The benefits of bajakah wood began to be known by the public after three students from SMAN 2 Palangkaraya won gold medals at the World Invention Creativity Olimpic (WICO) event held in Seoul, South Korea. Research on the benefits of bajakah wood as a cancer medicine started from the knowledge of one of the students, Yazid, about alternative treatment using bajakah that his grandmother underwent when suffering from breast cancer.

Bajakah is a wild plant that grows in the interior of Central Kalimantan. When it went viral a few years ago, many people were interested in the benefits of bajakah wood and then hunted for it. The hunters came from various regions outside of Kalimantan. The people of Kalimantan themselves have long known the benefits of bajakah wood as a traditional medicine for various diseases.

For KLovers who are interested in bajakah wood, here are some of its benefits.

1. Relieve Muscle Aches

Benefits of Kayu Bajakah (Credit: Freepik)

The first benefit of kayu bajakah is that it can relieve muscle aches. The surrounding community has believed in the benefits of kayu bajakah for generations.

Someone who often feels muscle aches due to work or other activities is advised to drink boiled water or tea from kayu bajakah. By consuming this kayu bajakah water, the feeling of muscle aches can be reduced, and the body will feel lighter.

2. Cancer Treatment

This particular benefit of kayu bajakah caused a sensation in Indonesian society. Previously, this was not known by the public until research conducted by students of SMAN 2 Palangkaraya showed that kayu bajakah could be used to treat cancer.

The research on kayu bajakah applied to the bodies of white mice by the Laboratory of Lambung Mangkurat University showed the disappearance of tumor cells within 2 weeks.

Although this research yielded positive results, the Indonesian Ministry of Health clarified that further research is still needed to determine the benefits of kayu bajakah as a cancer treatment in humans. This is due to the limitations of previous studies that only showed positive effects of kayu bajakah on animals.

3. Prevent Premature Aging

Benefits of Bajakah Wood (Credit: Freepik)

The benefits of bajakah wood that also need to be noted is its use to prevent premature aging. Antioxidants are important compounds needed to maintain skin health. Consuming foods and drinks with high antioxidants will prevent wrinkled skin, making the skin firmer and smoother.

4. Maintaining Immunity

Another benefit of bajakah wood is maintaining immunity or the immune system. This benefit is obtained thanks to its high antioxidant content. This will certainly be very useful for the body to ward off diseases.

To obtain its benefits, you can try brewing bajakah wood tea regularly every day, especially in the morning when the stomach is still empty.

5. Accelerating Wound Healing

The Benefits of Bajakah Wood as an Accelerator for Wound Healing (Credit: Freepik)

Bajakah wood is also believed to accelerate wound healing and can stop bleeding in wounds. The benefits of this bajakah wood are inseparable from the compounds of saponin and tannin that are present in it. These compounds are known to stimulate the formation of new blood vessels in wounds.

This is certainly very useful to support the wound healing process. Therefore, the use of ointments with bajakah wood extract or drops of boiled bajakah wood can be an option for treating wounds.

6. Antioxidant

Another benefit of bajakah wood is its ability to counteract free radicals. Free radicals are damaged cells that can cause health problems. When the body has excessive levels of free radicals, it can cause damage to other cells, and can become a source of disease.

Bajakah wood contains phenolic compounds known to have very strong antioxidant activity. It is these compounds that are believed to counteract free radicals in the body.

In addition to countering the effects of free radicals, antioxidants also have other important roles for the body, such as for the treatment of degenerative diseases such as diabetes, liver damage, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.

7. Relieve Dysentery

The benefits of bajakah wood can be felt when you experience dysentery. The surrounding community believes that the benefits of bajakah wood can also be used as a remedy for dysentery, or infection in the intestines that causes diarrhea.

Healing dysentery in the digestive tract is considered to be faster with the presence of antibacterial content in bajakah wood.

8. Preventing Bacterial Infections

Benefits of Bajakah Wood Can Prevent Infections (Credit: Freepik)

A study suggests that bajakah wood extract can also be used to prevent bacterial infections, especially Escherichia coli bacteria. The benefits of bajakah wood are also believed to come from its natural compounds, such as flavonoids, saponins, tannins, and polyphenols.

Those are some of the benefits of bajakah wood that are useful for health. In addition to knowing this, KLovers also need to know that bajakah wood is a wild plant that is difficult to cultivate. Wisdom in hunting bajakah wood is highly necessary.

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