Betel leaves

Dental health has traditionally been closely associated with betel leaves for Indonesia is certainly know that betel leaf does have many benefits especially in the field of oral health. Betel leaf for dental benefits is no doubt, and until now the grandparents are still using betel leaf to clean the teeth (this is my experience kampong hehehe, maybe when my grandmother and grandfather modern betel leaf was not using anymore). Some areas use betel leaf as a means of ritual, and certainly the betel leaf is a medicinal plant which is very popular.
Description of plants
These vines can reach a height of 15 m. Betel stem greenish brown, round, segmented and is the root of the discharge. Single leaves are heart-shaped, pointed, growing alternately, stemmed, and the savory odor when crushed. Length about 5-8 cm and width 2-5 cm. Its flower-shaped bead of compound and there is a protective leaf ± 1 mm elliptical. In the male grain length of about 1.5 - 3 cm and contained two short stamens being on female grain length of about 1.5 - 6 cm where there is the stigma of three to five pieces of white and yellowish green. The fruit is round-shaped fruit buni grayish green. Roots riding, round and golden brown.
Ingredients and benefits
Essential oil of betel leaf oil contains fly (betIephenol), sesquiterpenes, starch, diatase, sugar and tannin and chavicol substances that have the power to turn off germs, antioxidants and fungicides, anti-fungal. Betel efficacious eliminate body odor caused by bacteria and fungi. Betel leaf is also holding the bleeding, heal wounds on the skin, and gastrointestinal disorders. It also is wrinkled, remove phlegm, saliva shed, hemostatic, and stop the bleeding.
Usefulness: Cough Sprue Bronchitis Pimple Whitish Toothache due to holes (leaves) Scarlet fever Bad breath Irregular menstruation Asthma Sore throat (leaf and oil) Swollen gum (sap)

External Use Eczema Burn Scabby (pyodermi) Leg Ringworm Ulcer Nosebleed Sore eyes Bleeding gums Reduced milk production Eliminate itching

Information
Usually for a bloody nose medicine, used 2 pieces of fresh leaves of Piper betle, washed, rolled and then inserted into the nose Iubang.

Warning
Chewing betel leaves too many vulnerable and in a long time been associated with mouth and throat cancer squamous cell carcinoma.