2019通卡阿里-马来西亚国宝（1）：通卡阿里是什么？

There is a story circulating among the people in Southeast Asia. One of the local indigenous elders, Mehmetali, entered the primeval forest to hunt when Ali was 90 years old because he was lost and trapped. In hardship, he occasionally ate Dongge Ali and gained strength. Eventually, he experienced hardships and returned to the tribe with Dongge Ali. To the surprise of the local people, Ali, who had not seen him for several months, was much younger and his original illness had left him. Later Ali told his kin about the incident and led them to dig up Dongge Ali and eat it.

Eurycoma longifolia (commonly called tongkat ali or pasak bumi)  is a wild shrub plant that grows in the moist sandy soil of the primitive tropical rain forests in southeast Asia near the equator and generally matures for more than five years. The trees are 4-6 meters high, up to 12 meters high, 8-10 centimeters in diameter and up to 15 centimeters thick. The branches are almost forked and the leaves grow at the top in an umbrella shape. 

Its roots also do not bifurcate, the deepest into the ground up to 2 meters. The whole tree of Tongkat ali is a rare wild herb with extremely high medical value, especially the root. Its magical efficacy has a long history. It has been used as traditional medicine and tonic in the folk villages of southeast Asia for hundreds of years.

Tongkat Ali has long been adopted by indigenous people in Malaysia as a traditional health medicine. Scientific studies revealed that the formation of testosterone in human testicular cells was as high as 440%. Eurycomanone is the main active ingredient that enables Tongkat Ali to produce effects.

Tongkat ali is a wild shrub plant growing on forest slopes, generally distributed in Malaysia, southeast Asia and other tropical rainy countries. It is a kind of natural medicinal plant widely studied in recent years. Due to its special rarity and difficulty in artificial cultivation, tongkat ali has been listed as a national protected plant in Malaysia. Clinical trials have demonstrated that tongkat ali has multiple functions, especially in the treatment of gout. Its extract also has the effects of enhancing physical strength and vitality, antibacterial and antiulcer, antipyretic, especially for reducing three high, treating gout and diabetes. tongkat ali has always been known as Malay ginseng, as a postpartum tonic. It contains a variety of alkaloids, for the treatment of prostatitis, tuberculosis, fever, jaundice and dysentery and other diseases have better effect. tongkat ali is also known as "land warrior", "king of forest" and "medicine for all kinds of diseases", which can increase the production of testosterone, enhance fertility and promote the secondary development of human body, achieving the effect that can't be achieved by any medicine without any toxic and side effects. Convenient to eat, pure quality, obvious efficacy.