BETEL LEAF

BETEL LEAF

The Betel Leaf is an aromatic, anti-bacterial, stimulant herb, with a spicy, clove-like flavor.

Chewing the leaves of the herb while increasing the flow of saliva, also, protects against intestinal parasites.

Red betel leaf (Piper crocatum) is one potentially efficacious medicinal plants to cure various types of diseases, including heart disease and diabetes

Benefits and Efficacy of Betel Leaves:

• Cooling as well as analgesic properties.
• Useful in providing relief for headaches.
• Useful remedy for boils. The leaf is warmed up till it is soft and coated with castor oil and placed over the inflammation part. Every few hours one must replace it. After some applications the boil will rupture and will empty the purulent matter in it. This application can be done at night and removed in the morning.
• Beneficial in treating nervous pains.
• Helpful in treating nervous exhaustion as well as debility.
• The juice of the some betel leaves and a teaspoonful of honey can be used as a tonic. One can have it twice in a day.
• Betel leaves have diuretic properties.
• Mix its juice with diluted milk and sweeten it a bit for easing urination.
• The leaves are useful in pulmonary affection in old age and childhood.
• Soak the leaves in mustard oil and warm it and apply them on the chest to get relief from cough and to make breathing easy.
• Effective in treating sore throat.
• Helpful in treating inflammation such as orchitis (inflammation of testes) and arthritis.
• Leaves are useful in healing of wounds. Apply the extracted juice of some leaves on the affected part. Then wrap the betel leaf over the wound and bandage it. The wound will heal within 2 days with the help of single application.
• Helps secretion of milk in breasts during lactation. One has to apply leaves smeared with oil on the breast.
• Relieves one of ear aches.
• Some components prevalent in betel leaves may help in diabetes.

Here are some examples of the efficacy of betel leaf herb for several diseases.

1. Cough
Prepare 15 Pieces Of Betel Leaf And Three Glasses Of Water. Wash The Leaves And Boiled Up Into Three Remaining Quarters. Drink With Honey.

2. Bronchitis
Boil Seven Betel Leaves Were Washed With A Piece Of Rock Sugar In Two Cups Water. Wait Until The Remaining Into A Glass. Drink Three Times a Day Each Third Glass.

3. Ulcer
Take A Taste Of Betel Leaves And Wash Clean. After That Milled Into Powder And Applied To Boils And Surroundings. Balut and Replace Two Meals A Day.

4. Itchy And Red Eye
Provide 5-6 Young And Fresh Betel Leaves Boiled With A Glass Of Water To Boiling. Wait Until Cool And Use To Wash The Eye With A Glass Eye Wash Three Times A Day Until Healed.

5. Ulceration And Rashes
Boil 20 Betel Leaves To Boiling. Use The Cooking Water Is Still Warm To Wash Sores And Itching.

6. Stopping Bleeding Gums

Boil Four Betel Leaves In Two Cups Of Water. Use To Rinse.

7. Pimple

Take 7-10 Betel Leaves, Washed And Finely Crushed. Pour In Two Cups Of Hot Water. Use This Water To Wash Your Face. Do It 2-3 Times A Day.