With Kompri very common in Europe and western Asia, growing in wet soil or edge of the gutter berumpput. In Indonesia ordinary kompri grown in pots or in gardens as a medicinal plant. Herbaceous, clump forming, high 20-50 cm. Sernu trunked plants. Single leaf, oval, tapered tip and base, flat edge, surface rough-haired, long 27-50 cm, width from 4.5 to 14 cm, pertulangan pinnate, alternate at the base of the stem to grow roots form a rosette, the color green.

Tonsil drug Traditional - Compound interest, form a funnel, yellowish white. Round fruit, each fruit contains 4 seeds. Seeds round, small, hard, and black. Young leaves can be eaten as a vegetable. Propagation by root separation.

Local name:
Kompri, komring (Java).; K'ang fu li (China), comfrey, knitbone (UK).;

Curable Disease:
Rheumatism, stiff, diarrhea, typhoid, heartburn, breast cancer,: Inflammation of the airways (bronchitis), bruises, ulcers,; Diabetes (diabetes mellitus), broken bones (fractures); high blood pressure (hypertension) , rheumatic gout, colitis,; breasts swollen breast, stomach upset,; cough with phlegm, tonsillitis (tonsilis), menstrual blood of many,; blood urine, saliva bleed, and bleeding hemorrhoids.;

Tonsil drug Traditional
Utilization:

PART USED: Leaves and roots.

INDICATIONS:
Nutritious leaves to address:
- Rheumatism, stiff,
- Diarrhea,
- Typhoid,
- Heartburn, inflammation of the airways (bronchitis), diabetes (DM),
- High blood pressure, and
- Breast cancer.

Address the root of merit:
- Bruises, ulcers, sores in the lungs,
- Broken bones (fractures),
- Rheumatic gout,
- Because the dam breast engorgement,
- Inflammation of the intestines, stomach upset,
- Cough with phlegm, inflamed tonsils (tonsillitis), inflammation of the airways
(Bronchitis),
- A feeling of fullness in the chest,
- Bleeding: a lot of menstrual blood, blood urine, bloody saliva, and
bleeding hemorrhoids.

HOW TO USE:
20-30 g of fresh root boiled, and drunk. For external use only, finely ground fresh leaves to heal wounds, eczema, and bruises. The roots are mixed with finely ground limestone to heal wounds bemanah, leg ulcers, large ulcers, hemorrhoids, gangrene, gout arthritis, and tumors.


EXAMPLE OF USE:
A. Rheumatism:
A total of 15 g of fresh young leaves are washed and cut into small pieces.
Eat as lalab.

2. Rheumatic gout:
Kompri fresh roots are washed and ground smooth taste. Place
on the part of the body.

3. Bruises, ulcers, sores in the lungs:
Kompri root of 1 thumb fresh chopped and boiled
with 1 cup water or wine. After chilling filtered, then
divided for 2 times drinks, morning and afternoon is just as much.

4. Full feeling in the chest
Kompri roots as much as 20 g of fresh washed and chopped
as needed. Boil 3 cups of water until remaining 1 glass.
After chilling filtered, divided for 2 times drinks, morning and afternoon.

5. Broken bones, cuts, new wounds:
Kompri root finely ground fresh taste. Put on the
broken bones or cuts, and then bandaged.

6. Breast swelling, bleeding hemorrhoids:
Kompri root finely ground fresh taste. Put on hemorrhoids
bloody or swollen breasts.

7. Tonsillitis, bronchitis, cough with phlegm:
Kompri fresh roots as much as 25 g of washed and cut into pieces
as needed. Boil 2 cups water until remaining 1 glass.
After chilling filtered, divided into two equally much. Drinking in the morning and
afternoon.

8. Stopping the bleeding:
Kompri fresh roots as much as 20 g finely ground. Air feelings
plus a little wine, a drink.

NOTE:
- Use of excessive lead poisoning, especially damage
the liver.
- Better use of kompri to treatment is limited to
more research on medicinal plants is completed.
Recent research has revealed that the plant kompri
which are carcinogenic (can cause cancer).
- For external use only, use the leaves as a cure for kompri
healing wounds and broken bones are not problematic.

Composition:
CHEMISTRY CONTENT: Leaf contains symphytine kompri, echimidine, anadoline, al-kaloid pyrrolizidine (PAS), tannins, essential oils, allantoin, and vitamins (B 1, B2, C and E). Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are known to cause liver damage, called hepatic Veno-occlusive disease (HVOD). While the roots contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids with a larger number of leaves. Farkologis effects and Outcomes Research: lnfus kompri leaves 20% with doses of 25 and 40 ml / kg bw has the effect of lowering blood sugar levels comparable to male white mice klorpropamida suspension of 22.5 mg / kg bw. (Amrizal M., Department of Pharmacy, Faculty, UNAND, 1988).