BETEL

(Piper betle L.)

Tribe: Piperaceae
Simplisia Name: Piperis Folium (betel leaf)


Description

Betel often planted in the yard or garden. In Java, this plant grows at an altitude of 60-300 m above sea level. Grow climbing or leaning on another tree, 5-15 m tall, weak stems, rough skin surface wrinkled, green-brown, with a segment or to place a large nodule roots out. thick leaves, stemmed, where the turns. Heart-shaped leaves, pointed toes, flat edge, curved leaves bones, 2,5-10 cm wide, 5-18 cm long, aromatic smell when crushed. Flowers arranged in drooping ears, long ears of 5-15 cm, its own at the end of branches or leaves the armpit. Fruit round, fleshy, continuous with a long round, and greenish-yellow to red when ripe. Seed round. There are several types of betel leaves, as leaves are dark green with a spicy taste stimulated, yellow leaves with red leaves bones called betel pigeon legs, and black betel grown specifically for the drug. Betel leaf chewed in the traditional societies with betel nut, betel, tobacco leaves (sometimes with lime juice) which caused a mild sensation and feeling more healthy body. Chewing betel leaves produce a red color in the saliva.

The nature and Benefits

Betel spicy taste, be warm, astringen, aromatic, and stimulant. Potent anti-inflammatory, anti-septic, anti-bacterial, stopping bleeding (hemostatis), cough suppressant, Facilitate fart, stimulates saliva solution, preventing worm infections, eliminate itching, and tranquilizers (sedatives central).

In Ayurvedic medicine, betel leaves efficacious aphrodisiac and nerve tonic. In China, leaves, roots, and nutritious fruit and mild tonic to calm the stomach.

Chemical Ingredients

Betel leaf oil contains essential 0,8-1,8% (consisting of chavikol, chavibetol (betel phenol), allypyrocatechol (hydroxychavikol), allypyrocatechol-mono and-diacetate, karvakrol, eugenol, eugenol methylether, p-cymene, cineole, caryophyllene , cadinene, estragol), terpenena, seskuiterpena, phenyl propane, tannins, diastase, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, sugars, starches, and amino acids.

Betel Chavikol causing distinctive smell and has anti-bacterial efficacy (the power to kill bacteria five times stronger than ordinary phenol) and imunomodulator.

Part used
Leaves, roots, fruits, and medicinal oils as well.

How to Use

For the obay in drinking, betel leaves boiled 9-15 g. Minced fresh leaves or until smooth. Squeeze and filter, and drink.

For external use, wash the fresh betel leaves, then boiled. Cooking water can be used to wash eczema, ulceration, genital to whitish, or used to gargle-gargle in bleeding gums and stop the bleeding after tooth extraction. It could also by grinding the fresh leaves until smooth, then stick on the sore place, such as to reduce breast milk production in the swelling, toothache, ulcers, burns, slash, and ringworm. If the suction, the liquid leaves can stop the bleeding nose (nosebleeds). Can also be used as ear drops in ear inflammation.