betel (sirih)

Betel

(Piper betle, Linn.)

synonyms:

Chavica auriculata Miq. Artanthe hixagona.

Family:

Piperaceae

Description:

Betel (Piper betle) including types of vines and leaning on another tree. The plant is able to reach tens of meters in length. Shape resembles a flattened leaves and stems rather lengthy heart. The surface of green leaf and slippery, while the trunk is green tembelek (brownish green) and the rough surface of the skin and wrinkles. Betel leaves in addition to the need of medicines are still frequently used by mothers of the older generation for completeness 'nginang' (Java). Typically completeness for 'nginang' is betel leaf, betel leaf, areca nut, gambier, and cardamom.

Curable Disease:
Eye pain, eczema, bad breath, itchy skin, eliminate acne; Bleeding gums, nosebleeds, bronchitis, cough, Sprue, Luka; Whitish, Heart disease, syphilis, Allergy / biduren, diarrhea, toothache.

utilization:

1. Reducing 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 still warm taped
    around the breasts.

2. Whitish
    Ingredients: 7-10 pieces of betel leaf.
    Method: boiled with 2.5 liters of water to boiling.
    How to use: these betel leaf boiled water in a state
    still warm used to wash / clean the surrounding
    genitals repeatedly.

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

4. Syphilis
    Ingredients: 25-30 pieces of betel leaves along the stem; 0.25 kg of sugar
    sugar and salt to taste.
    How to make: all the ingredients are boiled together with 2 liters
    water until boiling, then filtered.
    How to use: drink 3 times 1 day continuously.

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

6. Diarrhea
    Ingredients: 4-6 pieces of betel leaf, 6 seed pepper, 1 tablespoon oil
    coconut.
    How to make: all ingredients are mashed together
    until smooth.
    How to use: rubbed on the abdomen.

7. Stop bleeding gums
    Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
    Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boil
    How to use: after a cold used to rinse, repeat
    regularly until healed.

8. Stop the bleeding nose (mimisen = Java)
    Ingredients: 1 sheet of betel leaf.
    Method: betel leaf rolled up with a pressed-press slightly
    oil to come out.
    How to use: used to clog the nose
    bloody / mimisen.

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

    b. Ingredients: 2 pieces of crushed betel leaf, salt 0.5 tablespoon
       Method: brewed with 1 cup hot water, stirring until
       soluble salt, let it cool
       How to use: used for rinsing the mouth.

10. Bronchitis
     Ingredients: 7 pieces of betel leaf, and 1 piece of rock sugar.
     Method: betel leaf chopped, 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. Cough
      a. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
         Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boil
         How to use: after a cold used to rinse, repeat
         regularly until healed.
      b. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
         Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boil
         How to use: after a cold used to rinse, repeat
         regularly until healed.

      c. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf, 3 leaves widoro upas and
         honey to taste.
         Method: betel leaf sliced, then boiled with
         widoro leaves with 2 cups water to boil
         How to use: after a cold used to rinse, repeat
         regularly until healed.

      d. Ingredients: 4 pieces of betel leaf.
         Method: boiled with 2 cups water to boil
         How to use: after a cold used to rinse, repeat
         regularly until healed.

12. Sore Eyes
      Ingredients: 2-3 pieces

composition:
Betel leaves contain a range of chemical compounds needed to make a traditional herb