These plants come from Europe and Western Asia, then spread widely through Malaysia. This Plant is used as a medicine since more than 2,000 years ago. In Indonesia, Leunca widely consumed as fresh vegetables or vegetables.
Fruit leunca small round shaped, is believed to have efficacy for various diseases. As with other vegetable Eggplant easily found, has a number of benefits. Traditionally, the Fruit and leaves of this plant has been used as a headache medicine in Mexico. In the land of China, is used to reduce inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, as well as anti-diarrheal. In India, used to cure hydrophobia. In addition to its use as a traditional herb, some scientific studies show, leunca have anti ulcerogenic activity associated with the stomach, central nervous system, and as an anti-neoplastic agent and has a cytoprotective role against renal cell damage.
Efficacy or benefit of a tiny fruit is green or purple and are in them can treat various skin diseases, such as herpes, ulcers etc. Besides fruit leunca could also be a natural cure for cancer and efficacious because the fruit contains a compound solasonine, solasodine, solamargine, and solanine. Compounds that can inhibit the growth of cancer cells that uncontrollably. Solasodine have the effect of eliminating pain (analgesic), heat reduction, anti-inflammatory, and antishok. Solamargine and solasonine has an antibacterial effect, while solanine as antimitotic. The compounds that can overcome the problems of cancer, namely breast cancer, cervical, stomach and respiratory tract.
Other properties of small eggplant that often engulfed this is as an anti-arthritic. Traditional medicine in Nigeria, believes that eggplant can cure or at least reduce certain rheumatic attack, even treat gout. Not only in Nigeria, in Korea, as the country 'maniac' ginseng, eggplant-terongan believed to have miracle to treat some diseases. The dried leaves, including the fruit, can be used to treat lumbago, rheumatism, stiff hips, and other pain. Empirically, this plant is even capable of treating measles or chickenpox, alcohol dependence, gastritis, and burn scars. Solanaceae family of plants contain compounds that can increase blood flow to the penis, thus increasing erection. Compounds which contained almost all kinds of eggplant-terongan can improve blood circulation. But on the other hand, some studies show negative effects leunca plants that can reduce sperm count, thereby disrupting fertility, especially for man do not woman.... hehe....
