Hia leaf comes from china and is often called the new china. These plants including perennials, smooth-haired, tall, can reach a height of 1 meter, pungent, much branched, grooved, and hairy. ovate-shaped leaves with edges that share menjari tapered tip, both smooth haired leaf surface. green leaf color, the bottom color is white and seated alternate. compound interest, small, hump-shaped light yellow color arranged in a series of duck-shaped panicles that grow, get out of the armpit leaves and stalk ends. This plant please soil sufficiently moist and rich humus soil up to a height of over 3000 meters above sea level. usually grows wild in the woods, in the fields, or in the yard.
China new leaf (leaves hia) has a lot of processed into moxa, ie by china new leaf (leaves hia) dried in the sun to dry, then finely ground. after it, rolled with paper shaped and sized like a cigar that can be made cone with a height of 1.5 to 2 cm. moxa cone can be coated with a slice of ginger or garlic and salt.
The content contained on the leaves hia (new china) include: oil evaporate, fernenol, dehydromatricaria esters, cineole, 1-quebrachitol.
Leaves hia (new china) is useful to overcome colon cancer, small intestine cancer, prevent and treat cancer, heart disease, overcoming asthma, shortness of breath, sore throat, digestive tract disorders, constipation, hemorrhoids, vaginal discharge, impotence, epilepsy, hypertension , excessive menstruation, menstrual pain, vomiting of blood, intestinal bleeding, wounds, nosebleeds, colds, cold hands and feet, nerve pain, back pain, muscle pains, rheumatism, skin diseases, itching, eczema, dysentery, restore power due to bleeding after childbirth, strengthens the womb, increase stamina, stop bleeding, weight loss, and others.
Here is a wonderful benefit of hia leaves (new china) in overcoming serious diseases, namely: