Crape Myrtle is a Southeast Asian folk medicine, commonly known as “Barnabas”. The leaves contain Corosolic Afid, a plant acid, which is a natural triterpenoid compound. Crape myrrh is native to tropical Asia and can be found in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. In recent years, it has been commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant in South China.
India uses its root as an astringent, and Malaysia uses leaves to compress malaria, foot fractures and so on; In the Philippines, tea beverage made from its leaves is widely used in the treatment and prevention of diabetes, known as the “natural plant insulin”, effective oral without side effects, can reduce weight but not affect appetite. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Barnabas leaf has hypoglycemic, antioxidant and antifungal activities, and its main activity is hypoglycemic activity, which has been widely reported in the literature.
Barnabas preparation has obvious oral effect, little toxic side effects, easy to use and other advantages, the treatment of diabetes is comparable to insulin injection. In addition, Corosolic Afid is also a strong natural antioxidant, which can effectively remove free radicals in the human body and has a good inhibitory effect on cancer.