The Ants Nest: The "Weapon" from the Forest

The ant's nests (myrmecodia) currently are used as the medicine crop.

Often being found in the Papua forest grew clung to branches of trees.

Results of the last findings, at least have 10 species of the ants nest that grow in the Papua forest countryside.

Among them: Myrmecodia pendans, Myrmecodia joniensis, Myrmecodia erinacea, Myrmecodia alata, Myrmecodia tuberose, hydrophytes.

Although mostly is found in Papua, the ants nest not the endemic crop in that area. In the other islands in the Indonesian Archipelago the species of the ants nest could be found like in Sumatra, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and Ambon.

The size of ants nest are vary, depended on the variant of his species.

Usually the roots part of the ants nest experiences the process of being inflated in line with the increase in the age of the crop.

Its leaves also varied, some of them are unanimous oval, and the other ones are straight. However, in general the roots are oval with the dispersion of the thorn compiled to the certain pattern in its exterior.

The roots of this ants nest are special. Among the layer of the "fence" of its thorn usually is found also a kind of mushroom.

The layers in these roots have many cavities in the random structure.

These cavities are made use of by ants as his nest.

Possibly from here the name origin of the ants nest was received.

Base on many scientific studies that are carried out against the species of the ants nest, the kind that most popular is myrmecodia and hydrophytes. Although especially is occupied by the ants, it also has been reported that several insects including the amphibian and reptiles also life in the ants nest. Like the role of the mushroom, relations of the ants nest with the creature apart from ants not yet revealed and still being researched.

However its relationship with ants has been known.

This is one of the focuses of the ecology research and zoology that are linked with this kind of epiphyte. Because plants of the ants nest produced a kind of nectar that is contains glucose. This become main food ants that gathered together in the cavity part in its roots.
The ants nest is also very tolerant for the life of ants.

Because of its capacity adapt and maintain the warmth that is stable in its cavities. For example if air is too cold, the ants nest will increase the temperature of its roots so that maintain to in the normal condition.

While the benefit returned from ants against the ants nest definitely such as the protection "guarantee" towards the herbivore attack and the other predator.

The Benefit of the Health

Since long time ago these crops have been used by several ethnic groups in the Papua countryside as medicine. Usually being processed to overcome the disturbance of rheumatism and vein acid.

From various literature, the medical benefit research of the ant nest indeed really useful. It could be used to cure various illness sorts naturally and safely without causing the side-effect.
Several illnesses that could be cured are various kinds of cancer like: brain cancer, breasts cancer, nose cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, intestines cancer, cervical cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer and blood cancer (leukemia). However the ants nest is not yet proven could cure throat cancer and cavity cancer in the mouth.

Moreover the ants nest also effective to help recuperation of various heart disturbance illness, rheumatism, stroke, stomachache, the disturbance kidney and prostate illness, sore, expedited the mother's milk, launched the circulation of blood, in fact restored the sexual passion.
Also it useful for the migraine sufferer, enhances body immunity, and treats the Liver illness. The utilization as medicine could be done in a traditional manner and in extraction form and whim medicine.

The benefit of the medical treatment is received from the content in the ants nest compound. Like the active compound antioxidant, falconoid, glycoside, placebo.

The ants nest also proven could hinder the xantin oxidant enzyme that could trigger vein acid and the free radical. - (Compiled from various sources)