Betel

(Piper betle, Linn.)

Synonym:
Chavica auriculata Miq. Artanthe hixagona.

Family:
Piperaceae

Description:
Betel (Piper betle), including types of vines and leaning on another tree. The plant is capable of reaching tens length meters. The shape resembles a flat leaves and stems heart rather long. Surface of green leaves and smooth, while the green trunk tembelek (slightly brownish green) and rough surface of skin and wrinkled. Besides betel leaf ingredients for drugs are still frequently used by mothers older generation for completeness 'nginang' (Java). Usually completeness for 'nginang' is betel leaf, betel, areca nut, gambier, and cardamom.

Local Name:
Bethel (France), Bethel, Betelhe, Vitele (Portugal); Box (Indonesia), Tell, Sedah (Java), Seureuh (Sunda); Ju jiang (China).;


Curable Disease:
Eye pain, eczema, bad breath, itchy skin, eliminate acne; Bleeding gums, Nosebleed, bronchitis, cough, Sprue, Luka; Keputihan, Heart disease, syphilis, Allergy / biduren, diarrhea, tooth pain;

Utilization:
1. Reduce excessive milk products
Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf and coconut oil to taste.
Method: betel leaf smeared with coconut oil, then
baked with fire.
How to use: in a state embedded in the still warm
around the breasts.

2. Whitish
Ingredients: 7 to 10 pieces of betel leaf.
Method: boiled with 2.5 liters of water to boiling.
How to use: betel leaf boiled water is in a state
still warm used for washing / cleaning around
genitals repeatedly.

3. Heart Pain
Ingredients: 3 pieces of betel leaf, 7 pairs of cubeb seeds, 3 cloves garlic
red, white 1 tablespoon cumin.
How to make: all of these ingredients until finely ground,
plus 5 tablespoons of hot water, left a few minutes, then
squeezed and filtered.
How to use: 1 drink 2 times a day and carried out
regularly.

4. Syphilis
Ingredients: 25 to 30 pieces of betel leaf with the stem; 0.25 kg of sugar
sugar and salt to taste.
Method: boil all these ingredients together with 2 liters
water until boiling, then filtered.
How to use: 1 drink 3 times a day continuously.

5. Allergy / biduren
Ingredients: 6 pieces of betel leaf, 1 slice of ginger yellow, 1.5 tablespoons
eucalyptus oil.
How to make: all these ingredients together ground
until smooth.
How to use: applied / rubbed on the body
the itching.

6. Diarrhea
Ingredients: 4 - 6 pieces of betel leaves, seeds 6 pepper, 1 tablespoon oil
coconut.
How to make: all these ingredients together ground
until smooth.
How to use: rub on the tummy.

7. Stop bleeding gums
Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boiling
How to use: after a cold used to gargle, repeat
on a regular basis until healed.

8. Stop the bleeding nose (mimisen = Java)
Ingredients: 1 sheet of betel leaf.
Method: betel leaf rolled with a little push-button
so get out the oil.
How to use: used to obstruct the nasal
bleeding / mimisen.

9. Cavities pain
a. Ingredients: 1 sheet of betel leaf.
Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boiling
How to use: after a cold used to gargle,
repeated regularly until healed.

b. Ingredients: 2 pieces of crushed betel leaf, 0.5 teaspoon salt
How to make: brewed with 1 cup hot water, stirring until
soluble salt, allow to cool
How to use: used to rinse his mouth.

10. Bronchitis
Ingredients: 7 pieces of betel leaves and 1 piece of rock candy.
Method: shredded betel leaves, then boiled with sugar
stone with 2 cups water to boil down to 1 cup,
and filtered
How to use: drink 3 times daily 3 tablespoons

11. Coughing
a. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boiling
How to use: after a cold used to gargle, repeat
on a regular basis until healed.
b. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boiling
How to use: after a cold used to gargle, repeat
on a regular basis until healed.

c. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf, 3 leaves Widoro policeman and
honey to taste.
Method: betel leaves sliced, then boiled with
Widoro leaves with 2 cups water to boiling
How to use: after a cold used to gargle, repeat
on a regular basis until healed.

d. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boiling
How to use: after a cold used to gargle, repeat
on a regular basis until healed.

12. Pain Eye
Ingredients: 2 - 3 glue


Composition:
Betel leaves contain various chemical compounds needed to make traditional medicine