Cakar Ayam (Selaginella doederleinii Hieron.)

Plant Selaginella including division Pteridophyta. Plant ferns, in Indonesia named Cakar Ayam because its shape resembles a chicken leg, while in China named Shi shang be. This plant normally grows wild on the edges of streams, wet rocks, cliffs, cliff, and places a cool, wet from a height of 400-750 meters above sea level. Chicken Claw has habitus herb, creeping, slightly upright, height 15-35 cm. Stem round, clay, branches, without secondary growth and brownish white.

The leaves are small, single, arranged in lines along the trunk, face, 1-2 mm long, smooth and length 4-5 mm, width 2 mm, oblong shape, tapered tip, flat base, the upper leaf color dark green, the Under light green. Leaves arranged on either side of the main trunk to the branch, which resembles a chicken claw with scales. Sporangium reduced in the armpit leaves and white. Root fibers, emerging from a leafy stems and blackish brown.

This plant contains alkaloids, saponins, and phytosterol. Etanolik extracts contain components lignans, fenilpropanon and biflavonoid.

This plant is efficacious to eliminate hot and humid, blood flow, antitoksik, antineoplasma, stop bleeding (hemostatis) and eliminate swelling. In addition, Selaginella efficacious for treating Chorioepithelioma, choriocarcinoma, nasopharynx cancer, lung cancer, respiratory infections, bronchitis, pneumonia (pneumonia), tonsillitis, cough, hoarse, ulceration, hepatitis, cholecystitis, cirrhosis (Shrinking liver), abdominal edema (ascites), acute urinary tract infections, broken bones (fractures), and rheumatic.