Red Betel Vine betel (Piper crocatum) often planted as ornamental plants. This plant is the member piperaceae familia. Red betel vine also have a great benefit, both to health and beauty.

Have been used since long ago, red betel used to heal various diseases. In Java, for example, betel vine is used to cure a red pile, fluor albus, and eliminate mouth odor. Gynecology alkaloid is considered to function as antimicrobial (Red Betel Herbal). In China, betel vine is used to shed flatus, stop the cough, reducing inflammation, and eliminate itching.

Betel plant species and have many diverse types, such as betel ivory, green betel, black betel, yellow betel, and red bete. Red betel (Piper crocatum) included in the family of piperaceae. This plant vine in the fence or tree. Leaf shape like love heart and taper. Leaf surface is shiny and not evenly distributed (Foreword Red Tea). Size of the fertile leaves 10 cm and 5 cm. When held, leaves feel thick, and rigid (not flexible).

Red betel tend to grow in the shade. For example, under a big shady tree. Can also grow in the fertile areas where the packed cool. That distinguish it with the green betel vine is when the leaf being shred, it will emit a mucus. Such as green betel, betel taste any bitter tart red (Red Tea). However the smell is more fragrant than the green betel.

According to dr Prapti Utami, consultant and book author, the empirical red betel can cure diabetes mellitus disease, preventing hepatitis, kidney stones, lower cholesterol, prevent liver, prostat inflammation, eye inflammation, fluor albus, ulcer, fatigue, painful joints, skin and refine (Red Tea). That’s because it contains a number of red betel active compound, such as flavonoid and polevenolad of antioxidants, anti diabetic, anticancer, antiseptic and anti inflammation.

As already said, red betel tea can be used to treat diabetes and reduce hypertension. Drink water stew with red betel each day, blood sugar will go down to the level of normal. Tea in the form of red betel. Red Betel Herbal also can treat gout, diabetes, ulcer, and fatigue. This was tested by Herbal Clinic Center in Yogyakarta. Patients cured of diabetes because consume Red betel Herbal tea.

Other chemicals substances that are found in the red betel leaf such as volatile oil (atsiri), hidroksicavicol, cavicol, cavibetol, allylprokatekol, carvacrol, eugenol, pcymene, cineole, caryofelen, cadimen estragol, terpenena, and fenil propada. Carvakrol a disinfectant, anti fungus, so that drugs can be used as antiseptic for the mouth odor and fluor albus. Eugenol can reduce pain, and tannin overcome stomach illness. Red betel widely used in clinics as herb Herbal Center or therapy for people who can not be cured with a chemical drug. Potential red betel plants as medicines is very large so that the multifunctional needs to be improved. Red Betel Herbal can be used in the form of fresh, simplisia, capsule or extract.

Source: lifestyle.okezone.com