Thrombocythemia Effect of Euphorbia Hirta Linn. (Tawa- Tawa) and Carica Papaya Linn. (Papaya) as Formulated Tea on Treating Sprague Dawley R. W. Dawley Rats

Abstract

The use of herbal-based medicine and medicinal plants to treat many diseases is growing worldwide as they have few or no adverse effects, and some of these plants are the Carica papaya Linn. and Euphorbia hirta Linn. The rats were divided randomly into three groups, and each group consists of three (3) rats. The tea preparation of Tawa-tawa the whole plant and Papaya leaves preparations were prepared by collecting, air-drying and, packaging. Each of the Tawa-tawa and Papaya tea preparations was divided into two doses (low and high). The negative control used distilled water. Prior for each treatment, the rats were acclimatized for one week and treated for three consecutive days. The results showed that the low dose of the Tawa-tawa the whole plant showed a significant increase in the platelet compared to the papaya leaves. Hence the Tawa-tawa the whole plant formulated tea showed the promising platelet production potential as manifested in the platelet count of the Sprague dawley R. W. Dawley rats. Keywords : Thrombocytopenic effect, Carica papaya Linn., Euphorbia hirta Linn., Sprague dawley rats