Sirih Cina (Ketumpang Air )

      This is Chinese betel leave or in Malay it is known as Sirih Cina (Ketumpang Air). Scientific name is peperomia pellucida, commonly found in damp places that contains water. I frequently remove this weed plant when cleaning the house during childhood days. They grow like bushes around the house.

      Not many knew that it contains beneficial nutrients. Less common to be found now, except near paddy fields or water soaked soils near secondary jungles. The Chinese sinsei (TCM) shops sells the dried and powered leaves in grams.

     Chemical composition the leaves contain large quantities of essential amino acids, lysine, leucine and isoleucine, valine a modest amount, phenylalanine and threonine and also many other essential amino acids,  Apiol, 2, 4,5-trimethoxy styrene and 3 phytosterols campesterol, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol also have been found from this plant (Ghani, 2003).

Other nourishment as below:

1.Treating Gout joint pain

2.Controls acid juice of the stomach
3.Able to avoid infection of the eye

4.Cure and relieve diarrhea

5. Easing cough and fever  

6.Treat hemorrhoids

7.Flu Relief
8.Treat bladder infections

9.Treat Shingles

10.Alternative medicine for high blood pressure

11.Treating diabetes

Turns out it's a tree which we deem to be no use apparently has high nutrition and medicinal values.