Plants duck bill / Kalanchoe pinnata Pers

Duck bill in Latin is known by the name of Kalanchoe pinnata Pers. The leaves are quite thick, in addition contains a lot of water, also keeps a variety of chemicals that are beneficial to health.

A health site, the National Center for Biotechnology Information, said that bufadienolides contained in the bill has antitumor duck.

Research conducted by Supratman and his colleagues from the Applied Biochemistry Division, Osaka Prefecture University in Sakai, Japan, showed that the isolation of five bufadienolides of leaf duck bill has the effect of inhibiting the activation of early antigen Epstein-Barr virus (EBV-EA) in Raji cells that caused by the tumor.

Besides bufadienolides, duck bill which has slightly sour flavor, soft, and cool it also contains lemon acid, apple acid, vitamin C, alkaloids, flavonoids, quercetin-3-diarabinoside, and kaempferol-3-glucoside. Chemical constituents makes duck bill could be used for various treatments.

Duck bill in addition to antitumor also has anti-inflammatory properties, stop bleeding, reduce swelling, and accelerate wound healing. Chinese society is often used as an ingredient to a duck bill digestive problems, vomiting blood, and disorders of the ear or throat.

Later, the duck bill is also used to treat trauma injuries resulting from accidents, bruising, or bleeding. This is mainly due to the nature of the bill leaves the cold duck.

For asthma :
Community in the Bahamas often uses cool leaves, called duck bill, to cope with asthma or respiratory disorders. Then, the tea drunk duck bill to address a burning feeling in the chest. Tea is also as an antibacterial for bruises or wounds on the hands. Actually, the part that is often used as a medicinal herb is the leaf.

However, not a few concoctions that use the entire plant duck bill. Until now there has been a result of side effects reported using the duck bill.

Even so, some literature suggests to not use these herbs in people who have disorders of the digestive function. As in some people with sensitive skin, use of herbs directly on the skin can cause itching or cause blisters.
Therefore, if you want to use as herb medicine duck bill, you should consult beforehand with the herbalist.
Some practical herb duck bill of Ir Winarto, an expert on medicinal plants, the following could be an option to resolve some complaints.  

For external use :
Wound
Duck bill leaves to taste grated or ground. Add a little water and smeared on the body part injured. Replace every three hours.

Stomach churning
Some of the leaf blade dadap serep leaves pounded with some duck bill. Give a little water. Then the mixture was smeared on the belly.

Lowers fever
Pulverized leaf duck bill, then smeared on the forehead. Use twice daily.

Sores or bruising
Destroy 30-60 grams of leaves and then squeeze the duck bill. Add honey and drink. Time leaves affixed on the sick.

Inflammation of the outer ear
5-10 pulverized leaf duck bill, wring it out. The water is used as ear drops.

Tonsillitis
5-10 pulverized leaf duck bill. Take the water and use as a mouthwash.