Kacip Fatimah as anti-ageing agent

Labisa Pumila, commonly known as Kacip Fatimah is the female version of Tongkat Ali. Kacip Fatimah is a small woody and leafy plant that grows and can be found widely in the shade of forest floors. The leaves are about 20 centimetres long, and they are traditionally used as a kind of tea by women who experience a loss of libido.
Herbal Uses
Extract from these herbs are usually ground into powder substances and are made into capsules and pills. A concoction made from boiling the plant in water is given to women in labour to hasten delivery of their babies. After childbirth, it may still be consumed by mothers to regain their strength. In other medicinal preparations, it can treat gonorrhoea, dysentery and eliminate excessive gas in the body.
Traditionally, it is used for enhancing vitality, overcome tiredness and help to tone vaginal muscles for women. Kacip Fatimah, the women’s tongkat ali has been used for generations in Borneo in maintaining the figure, health and vitality of women. Kacip fatimah is the female Tongkat Ali and for centuries -it has been used in Borneo to restore womenhood.
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Kacip Fatimah in the news
From TheStar
Researchers unlock herb’s anti-ageing secret
Compiled by LEE YUK PENG, V.P. SUJATA and A. RAMAN
UNIVERSITI Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and South Korean researchers have found an anti-ageing agent in the traditional herb kacip fatimah which stimulates the production of collagen and acts as an anti-oxidant, reported Kosmo!
The research conducted by UTM’s Faculty of Chemical Engineering professor Dr Mohamad Roji Sarmidi and South Korea’s Dongguk University’s Chemistry and Bio- chemical Department professor Dr Chan Seo-par showed that the herb could make the skin fairer.
UTM vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Zaini Ujang said extracts from the kacip fatimah leaves could also curb the production of melanin, which darkens the skin as well as reduces sunburn.
Kacip fatimah, better known for boosting women’s health, has now been found to be effective in skin care, he said, adding that Dongguk University was chosen because it had a research laboratory to conduct tests that was not available in Malaysia.