Medicinal herbs of Betel Leaf

Betel leaf which in Latin is called piper betle is a plant that is very easy to be encountered in the environment around us, its features vines with leaves resemble the shape of the heart or heart bright green, usually off a smell that odor if crushed daunya, its stems greenish brown. Since ancient times we have many parents who use betel leaf as an anti-biotic or just to simply chewed with betel nut, gambier and lime usually by grandmothers, Sundanese people used to call nyeupah. Native to Indonesia is also very strong with mystical elements where some of his spare menggunakakan within their traditional ceremonies.

Betel leaves contain volatile oil functions as an antiseptic to kill germs, as an anti-oxidant, and anti-mildew fungicides that betel leaf benefit our lives, so many beauty products that exploit the properties of betel leaves as the brand image.

Here are some of the properties and benefits of betel leaf:

Eliminates body odor and bad breath
Boil 4 to 6 pieces of betel leaf with 1 cup of water, strain and add a little sugar into the boiling water to taste sweet then drink warm, or can be gargled his mouth without sugar if you only intend to eliminate bad breath, or squeeze a piece of betel leaf mixed with a little lime and rub in the armpits if just want to eliminate the odor in the armpits.

Stopping the symptoms of thrush or a nosebleed
Roll 1 piece of betel leaf while holding that oil out and then inserted into the nose was bleeding.

Treat toothache and swollen gums
Gargle with betel leaf boiled water that has been mixed with salt to taste.

Eliminate vaginal discharge in women
Boil taste of betel leaves and then wash your female organs with the cooking water in a state of lukewarm unless your private areas resistant to hot water.

Eyewash red and itchy
Soak the betel leaf into water while squeezing enough, squeeze the water pour into a small dish that is wide enough and blink-blink your eyes in it.

In addition, as foreign drugs betel leaves are also useful for treating burns, ulcers, sores, rashes and boiled water can also be used as a face wash to prevent acne. When mixed with other traditional medicines such as turmeric, ginger, yellow, white wood could be efficacious to cure cough, bronchitis, fever, asthma, irregular menstruation, sore throat and more.