Kale originated from India, and then spread to Malaysia, Burma, Indonesia, South China, Australia, and Africa. In China, kale known as weng cai. In Europe, kale called swamp cabbage, water convovulus, or water spinach. While in Indonesia, kale can be found in almost all regions.

Swamp Cabbage Latin name Ipomoea reptans. Kale into Convolvulaceae tribe or family-kangkungan kale. Watercress is a plant that grows quickly and deliver results within 4 to 6 weeks. In one season alone, watercress can grow to a length of 30 to 50 cm.

Kale creeping in mud and wet places, such as at the edge of time, the marshes, or floating on the water. Kale is generally found in the plains to 1,000 feet above sea level. Kale consists of two types, namely the so-called ground water spinach and kale kale chinese water that grows naturally in the rice fields, marshes, or ditches. The difference between kale and spinach ground water lies in flower color. Flowering kale water reddish white, while white flowering kale land. Other differences in the shapes of leaves and stems. Trunked water kale and leafy kale greater than onshore. Stem color is also different. (Info-sehat.com)

Watercress contained in the content of vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, hentriakontan, and sitosterol. Based on research, the ingredients contained by Watercress has benefits for treating various health disorders and as an antitoxin.

Here the use of kale plants for the treatment of:

1. Reduce menstrual
Ingredients: 1/2kg of fresh spinach leaves.
Usage: Leaves kale washed, finely crushed. Then, pour water 1/2 cup, next strain and pour 1 tablespoon of honey. Drink 1 a day at a time.

2. Nosebleed
Ingredients: A bunch of fresh spinach leaves.
Usage: Leaves kale washed, finely crushed. Add a little sugar, pour a glass of hot water. Once cool, strain and drink 2 times a day.

3. Headache
Ingredients: A bunch of fresh spinach leaves.
Usage: Fresh leaves boiled with 2 cups water to 1 cup. Drinking water is the stew.

4. Hemorrhoid
Ingredients: Handful of spinach roots.
Usage: Roots kale washed, boiled in 3 cups water until the remaining half. After a cold, drink 2 x 1/2 cups.

5. Insomnia
Ingredients: kale leaves.
Usage: Often eat sautéed kale without stems.

6. Toothache
Ingredients: Handful of spinach root, 1/2 teaspoon vinegar
Usage: Boil the roots of spinach with 1 cup water. Use boiled water once a day 1

7. Diuretic
Ingredients: Handful of spinach roots.
Usage: Roots boiled kale with 2 cups of water until remaining 1 glass.
1 drink boiled water once a day.

8. Dandruff
Ingredients: A bunch of kale leaves
Usage: Soak overnight kale leaves until the water is blue. Then, wash with water immersion. Do it every day.

9. Constipation, nausea for pregnant women
Ingredients: A bunch of kale leaves.
Usage: Eat kale vegetable stir.

10. Gumboil
Ingredients: 200 gr spinach roots.
Usage: Roots kale washed, then boiled with 200 cc of water and 200 cc vinegar. Once warm, boiled water used to rinse his mouth. Do it over and over again.

11. Horny
Material: latex kale.
Usage: The sap smeared thickened kale. Do it every day.

12. Itchy skin due to eczema
Ingredients: fresh spinach leaves to taste.
Usage: Leaves kale washed, then boiled with water about 5 minutes. Once warm, wear to wash the affected part. Do it every day.

13. Bitten by centipedes
Ingredients: kale leaves.
Usage: washed spinach leaves, add salt to taste.
Milled into powder, dab on the sore spot, and then wrapped.