Acmella Oleracea
Acmella Oleracea (Phak Krad Hua Wean): What is it?
Perhaps known as Spilanthes or Para Cress, a powerful medicinal herb found in Asia and South America. This member of the Asteraceae has been used for centuries as a topical treatment, as well as an antidote and pain management for wounds and infection. Acmella Oleracea is an upright or prostrate perennial plant. The plant is often cultivated as an annual for its edible leaves in parts of the tropics. It is also grown widely as an ornamental because of the attractive colorful heads. Raw Acmella leaves and flower heads have a pungent taste which causes numbing of the mouth when chewed and induce the production of saliva.
Acmella Oleracea: What it does?
- Natural Anti-Wrinkle Effect (Wrinkle Removal injections -Like Effect)
What the plant does is provide Wrinkle Removal properties just like those medical injections, but without any toxicity. It functions by inhibiting contractions in Subcutaneous muscles, notably those of the face which is considered to be responsible for expression line. This, therefore results to a reduction of wrinkles leading to a significantly smoother skin.
So far, there are no known serious side-effects of Acmella Oleracea extract.
- Acmella Oleracea Use for Pain Relief and Anti-Inflammatory.
Thanks to the presence of anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities contained in Spilanthol, Acmella Oleracea is greatly effective in reducing inflammation that affects muscle pain by influencing the central nervous system which leads to an anesthesia-like effect. The active compound Spilanthol found in Acmella Oleracea also plays an immense role in inhibiting inflammation by decreasing COX 2 enzyme, an enzyme responsible for inflammation and pain. For this reason, whether in folk or modern medical practices, Acmella Oleracea is considered to be a powerful herb that gives rapid and effective results in healing pain condition.
- Other Benefits of Acmella Oleracea
Unlike any other plant, therapeutic potentials of Acmella Oleracea extends far beyond the bar. Spilanthol, a main compound found in Acmella Oleracea is responsible for the local anesthetic properties of the plant that not only offers extraordinary local anesthetic effect for pain relief, muscle pain, toothache, headache or menstrual cramps, it also possess other potent effects, such as anti-bacterial and antifungal agents that can effectively treat different diseases ranging from severe sepsis, malarial infections, rheumatism or even paralysis.
In traditional medicine, each part of Acmella Oleracea (leaves, branches, inflorescences and fruits) is all used extensively to treat these illnesses below;
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Constipation
- Blood Disorder
- Adaptogens
- Reducing Wrinkles
- Speeding healing of Ulcers
- Gum infections
- Inflammation
- Stomatitis
- Wound Healing
- Stammering
Acmella Oleracea: Chemical Composition
– Spilanthol
