The Miracle of Janggut Adam Herb

Last week I had the meeting with the Professor from the University about the research project they did on the Tacca integrifolia. I have attached the article. It was quite interesting to hear about the research. Nevertheless there is still room for continues research. The "toxic" substance which they found in the plant and which destroyed the human cells. This test was done on cancerous cells only. The cells were destroyed, which is good.

I refer to your email dated 18 Nov 2008.

Presently, there is no licensing requirement for the importand sale of herbal products like TACCA INTEGRIFOLIA in seeds (raw medicinalherbs) and in powders or capsules (finished dosage form). However, as a dealer, you must ensure that your products comply with therequirements as stated on the website of the Health Sciences Authority at thefollowing address:http://www.hsa.gov.sg/publish/hsaportal/en/health_products_regulation/complementary_medicines/traditional_medicines.html

As medicinal products can affect the health of consumers, it isthe responsibility of manufacturers and dealers to ensure the safety andquality of their products. Moreover, it is imperative that they also possessadequate knowledge on the products dealt by them. 

Why use herbal remedies?

When confronted by ill health, human beings have always sought medicines from the natural world, in particular from plants. Today, we have the opportunity to combine traditional knowledge of herbal medicine with the clarity that scientific research can provide.

Herbal remedies can be safely used to:

• Treat common acute problems, for example coughs, headaches, and skin rashes.

• Treat chronic problems, for example mild depression, arthritis, and varicose veins.

• Prevent illness.

• Enhance health.

The genus Tacca consists of long-lived, short stemmed, rhizomatous or tuberous herbaceous plants. All but one species occur in Asia. Four species of Asian Tacca have attractive, entire leaves, vertical growth habit, and strange whisker-like (filiform) bracts below the flowers that can hang down for as much as 1 foot in length. It is these structures and their accompanying cluster of luridly colored flowers that has given rise to the sobriquet "batflower" for these marvelous tropical plants. Cloaking the flowers from above are several broad and showy bracts, expanding like bat wings. Tacca chantrieri was the first of these species to make a splash in the horticultural world.

In this species not only are the flowers and filiform bracts dark maroon, but so are the broad bracts that rise up above and behind the flowers. For many years this has been the only batflower grown in the United States and Europe. A handful of nurseries in Florida regularly list this species as a novelty.