Chicken scratch (Selaginella doederleinii Hieron) called differently in different places, such as Solo Grass, pine mountain fan, and some shang shi (China). Plant is widely grown in Indonesia. Most grow on the cliff cliff and places a cool, shady.
This plant is trunked upright with a height of about 15-35 centimeters, and root out the ramifications. The leaves are small with about 4-5 inches long and two millimeters wide. The shape is oblong, pointed tip, flat base, the upper leaf color dark green and light green bottom. Scribble leaf arranged in the left and right main stem up to the ramifications, which resembles a chicken claw with scales.
Meniran powerful scientifically proven to increase endurance, in addition to treat hepatitis diseases, respiratory disorders, diabetes, jaundice, and diarrhea.
To process meniran into drugs, said Dr. Setiawan Dalimartha, Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Doctors Association of Traditional Eastern Health Development (PDPKT), the herbs used are fresh or that has been dried with aerated.
How to use simple, for drugs taken, boiled herbs meniran 15-30 grams 30-60 grams of dried or fresh herbs. Then, drink boiled water.
Alternatively, mashed fresh herbs meniran, then squeeze. The collected water drunk. For external use, wash fresh herbs, then milled until smooth. Put these ingredients into a sick place, and then bandaged.
