Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Piper crocatum

Red betel is one type of medicinal plants, can grow well in the highlands and the lowlands, usually red betel do not like with plenty of water
 
Red betel (Piper crocatum) included in the family Piperaceae, growing vine with heart-like leaf shape and stemmed, who grew up alternating from stem and leaf appearance is silvery and shiny red. In the red betel leaf contains chemical compounds that phytoplankton-alkoloid, saponins, tannins and flavonoids. Empirically red betel can cure many diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hepatitis, kidney stones, lower cholesterol, prevent stroke, gout, cancer, hypertension, inflammation of the liver, inflammation of the prostate, eye inflammation, vaginal discharge, ulcers, fatigue, joint pain and refine skin. Results of preclinical tests in mice with the extract up to a dose of 20 g / kg body weight, safe to eat and not toxic. Even so to get optimal results, it should be combined with red betel other herbs.
  
In general, if we use red betel properly, in accordance with aturanya it does not cause negative effects to the female reproductive organs. On the contrary, red betel is used to reduce the discharge and maintain female organs because one of the properties of red betel is as antiseptic, by boiling 7-10 red betel leaves, then use the cooking water to rinse the female organs.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Planting medicinal plants

Planting medicinal plants is very important in the yard for family health as well as ornamental plants , if we can take care ...