Medical Natural Use of Betel Leaves (vetrilai)

Medical Natural Use of Betel Leaves

BETEL LEAVES

Betel leaf for health, for the backpacker like me.  
Health benefits for very large betel, the leaves contain an antiseptic substance in all its parts. Its leaves to treat a nosebleed, red eyes, discharge, erectile dysfunction, making a loud noise, and more.

Efficacy of betel leaf has been clinically tested. Until now the present, research is still being developed betel leaf. Here is a recipe from the Medicinal Plant Garden about, how the use of betel leaves to health.

Betal Leaf

Betel Leaves are valued both as a mild stimulant  and for its medicinal properties. Betel leaf is mostly consumed in Asia, and in the worldwide by some Asian emigrants, as betel quid or Paan, always with tobacco, in an addictive psycho-stimulating and euphoria-inducing formulation with adverse health effects. The betel leaf is predominantly consumed as betel quid orpaan, which is a mixture of  substances. 

Propagation is easy by root division or cuttings, preferably taken in spring or summer. Betel leaf requires a rich soil and prefers a semi-shade position. It makes a good under storey plant. Regular feeding and watering will keep it growing very lush. Although betel leaf is considered a tropical to subtropical plant, it will adapt to cold conditions if given a warm spot in winter, and could be grown in a large pot, and shifted to a cosy position in the cold months of the year.

Boils:

 The herb is also an effective remedy for boils. A leaf is gently warmed till it gets softened, and is then coated with a layer of castor oil. The oiled leaf is spread over the inflamed part. This leaf has to be replaced, every few hours. After a few applications, the boil will rupture draining all the purulent matter. The application can be made at night and removed in the morning.

Lumbago: 

A hot poultice of the leaves or their juice mixed with some bland oil such as refined coconut oil can be applied to the loins with beneficial results in lumbago.

Fungal

Further, the essential oil contained in the leaves possesses anti protozoan, antibacterial  and anti fungal properties. So, this oil kills or inhibits growth of dreadful bacteria causing typhoid, cholera, tuberculosis etc.  Chewing of betel leaves produce a sense of well-being, increased alertness, sweating, salivation, hot sensation and  energetic feeling with exhilaration. 

 It also increases the capacity of exercise physically, where as  mental functions works  more efficiently for a longer  duration, at the same time it may produce a kind of psychoactive effect causing a condition of mild addiction leading to habituation and withdrawal symptoms. Further, the leaves are very nutritive and contain substantial amount of vitamins and minerals.

 The betel leaves likewise  any other edible items will  also harmful particularly to the Teeth. Such harmful effects are exerted by the additional ingredients consumed along with the Betel leaves for making the quid more palatable and attractive.

 These include particularly, the tobacco or its  allied products, which really call for a word of caution. That’s why  the tobacco based quids may cause dental caries, alveolaris, oral sepsis,  palpitation, neurosis and even oral cancer also.

  

In Chinese pharmacology, betel is a plant that has a warm and spicy nature. Traditionally, they use betel leaves to shed fart, stop coughing, reduce inflammation and relieve itching. In the traditional medicine of India, the betel leaf is known as warm aromatic substances, antiseptics, and even enhances sex drive.

 

One ayurvedic school has suggested use of betel leaf in aches and pains, especially nervous in origin. It has analgesic and cooling properties. Consumingmasalapan after food or after energetic drinks gives relief from exhaustion, travel fatigue or mental tensions.

Applying betel leaf over forehead can give instant relief from headache. Betel leaf is a common household remedy used for arresting unwanted foul smell secretions and oozing. In trauma/contusion betel leaf can be a good solution though of a temporary nature