Foreword often planted red or kept as ornamental plants. His crops are included in this interesting family piperaceae seen eye. But usage is not a interesting and eye beautify a page or garden. Red betel also have a great benefit, both to health and beauty.
Have been used since, red betel use of our ancestors to heal various diseases. In Java, for example, betel is used to cure a red pile, keputihan, and eliminate mouth odor. Gynecology alkaloid is considered to function as antimikroba. In China, betel is used to cause to fall wind, stop the cough, reducing inflammation, and eliminate itching. While in India, betel leaves are aromatic and warm, a entiseptik and increase sexual passion.
Betel plant species and have many diverse types, such as betel ivory, green betel, betel black, yellow, betel, betel, and red. Red betel (Piper crocatum) included in the family piperaceae. Plant this vine to grow in the fence or tree. Characteristic of red betel stem is rounded, green
purple and not useful. Leaf shape bertangkai heart upon the heart and taper.
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. If grown in shade, leaves will be broad. Red a beautiful immediately visible when the leaves behind. Stem is to grow fat. But when exposed to a lot of sunlight, stem dry up quickly. Conversely, if too much is water, the root and stem rot. That distinguish it with the betel leaf green is when in tear, akan out mucus. As betel green, red betel any sense of bitter bitter. However smell her more fragrant than the green betel.shiny and leaves the surface uneven. Size of the fertile leaves 10 cm and 5 cm. When held, leaves feel thick, and rigid (not flexible).
According to dr Prapti Utami, consultant and book author, the empirical red betel can cure diabetes miilitus disease, preventing hepatitis, kidney stones, lower cholesterol, prevent liver, prostat inflammation, eye inflammation, keputihan, ulcer, fatigue, painful joints, skin and refine . That's because it contains a number of red betel active compound, such as flavonoid and polevenolad of antioxidants, antidiabetik, antikanker, antiseptic and antiinflamasi.
While the compound alkoloid nature antineoplastik who have also hindered the effective growth of cancer cells. Alkaloid is organic material that contain nitrogen as part of the system heterosiklik.
As already said, betel red 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. Foreword red in the form of herbal tea can also treat acid fiber, diabetes, ulcer, and fatigue. This was tested by Herbal Clinic Center in Yogyakarta. Patients cured of diabetes because consume betel red herbal tea.
Gynecology other chemicals found in the betel leaf oil atsiri is red, hidroksikavicol, kavicol, kavibetol, allylprokatekol, karvakrol, eugenol, pcymene, cineole, caryofelen, kadimen estragol, terpenena, and fenil propada. Karvakrol a disinfectant, antijamur, so that drugs can be used as antiseptic for the mouth and the smell keputihan. Eugenol can reduce pain, overcome illness and tanin stomach. 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. Foreword red can be used in the form of fresh, simplisia, capsule or extract.
