Syawal Fasting And Herbal Drinks CanLOW Liver Work

Illustration of fasting. (Between/Harvard Health)

JAKARTA - General Chairperson of the Indonesian Traditional Medicine and Herbal Medicine Development Doctors Association (PDPOTJI) Dr (Cand.) Dr. Inggrid Tania, MSI said Muslims can fast in Syawal month and drink regular herbs to remove fat and relieve liver work.

"The most important thing when Eid is that it is smart to regulate (eating patterns) so they don't overeat high-fat foods," he told Antara, Monday.

The fast of Syawal is enlivened for six days in the month of Syawal, starting from the 2nd of Syawal or the day after the Eid prayer.

In addition to fasting Syawal, Inggrid also said that people can also try herbal drinks before eating high-fat foods such as opor dishes, sugars that are usually served during Lebaran, such as green tea plus cardamom, green tea plus ginger or other variety of drinks such as turmeric, temlawak, nutmeg and vanila extracts. "(Herbal) it will actually help the body to renormalize fat levels in the blood, so that later it will prevent bad cholesterol due to us eating high-fat foods," explained Inggrid.

This Herbal, he continued, can be consumed to replace other sweet drinks that will actually increase inflammation or inflammation in the body.

Those who are diagnosed with high cholesterol can also drink herbal ingredients to lower their cholesterol, for example lowering total cholesterol, cholesterol-low-density lipoprotein (LDL), increasing cholesterol either high-density lipoprotein (HDL).

Inggrid mentions a number of herbs, including green tea, turmeric, ginger, temulawak, key meeting, kencur, then spices such as cloves, nutmegs, black pepper, kakulaga, flower or Lawang flower, garlic, then samanaoto and habbatubulauda or black jinten seeds, can be used to lower cholesterol.

But he reminded, these herbs must be consumed regularly and people need to keep their diet regulated. "It doesn't mean just drink herbs and just eat them, it's too high in fat," he said.