BROAD BAND AND TONGKAT ALI

The High Way!

What does a broad band and Tongkat Ali (Ali’s walking stick in English) have in common? Both of them are “performance” enchancer.

I got my broad band access today. Woo Hoo! Dang.. I am paying so much for blogging.

At the same time, a friend from Sepang, whose aunt runs a traditional herbal medicine research manufacture, asked me for a favor. I was told to go to the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) to collect the tongkat ali specimen.

Here’s a short description for Tongkat Ali:-

Eurycoma longifolia or Tongkat Ali is known as "Penawar Pahit", "Bedara Pahit", "Bedara Putih"," Lempudu Pahit" dan "Bidara Laut" is one of the plants that is known to contain high medicinal value. Being a small plant, it can grow to about 10 metres in height and can be found mainly in Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, from Indochina to Sumatera and Borneo. This medicinal plant has a narrow leaf, about 5-20cm length and 1.5 - 6cm in width. The leaves are less green at the below surface. The flowers are heterosexual. (meaning they can screw each other and have babies?) The part that is always used for medication is the root. The taproot (aerial root) is yellowish in colour and has bitter taste. Traditionally, the entire plants can be used for medicinal purposes. A recent study carried out by Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) showed that the leaves of Tongkat Ali contain anti-oxidant properties. More ..


Tongkat Ali


Long Root, the diameter of my dining table!

Sorry. I need some time to improve my photography skills.