Uses of betel leaves

Betel leaves are not only used as daily food but can also be used as a very good medicine.

Here are some medicinal uses of betel leaves:

Cure bone and joint pain in cold weather

When the weather changes, bones and joints often have signs of pain that are very uncomfortable. We can use betel leaves to eliminate that discomfort.

How to use: Take 5-10g of dried betel leaves, boil 2 bowls of water to get half a bowl, drink after meals and drink while the medicine is still warm, each time you boil should only boil enough for one day's use. Each treatment should be done continuously for 10 days.

The second way is to take 30g of each of the following: betel leaves, roots of the pomelo tree, trumpet creeper, and scratch grass. They must all be fresh. Then slice them thinly, fry them until golden brown, boil them with 0.6 liters of water, and take 0.2 liters, divide it into 3 doses a day, continuously for 7 days.

Cure stomachache due to cold

Betel leaves are very effective in treating stomachaches caused by colds.

How to use: Take 20g fresh betel leaves, wash, boil to get water to drink, boil 0.3 liters to get 0.1 liters. Boil to drink during the day, 2 consecutive days, drink before dinner while the medicine is still warm.

Cure for excessive sweating of hands and feetn

How to use: 30g fresh betel leaves, wash, drain, put in 1 liter of water, boil for about 3 minutes, when boiling add a little salt, let it warm and use to soak both hands and both feet regularly before going to bed at night. Do this continuously for 5-7 days. Or 30g betel leaves, finely chopped, fried until golden brown and buried in the ground. Boil with 3 bowls of water until 1 bowl remains. Divide into 2 times, drink during the day. Drink for 7 consecutive days. After stopping taking the medicine for 4 to 5 days, continue drinking for another week.

Treatment of dyshidrosis on hands

How to use: Wash 30g fresh betel leaves, crush, squeeze to get 1 bowl of concentrated water, drink during the day. Put the residue in a pot with 3 bowls of water, boil for about 5 minutes then remove the residue and set aside. Use the water to wash the area with dyshidrosis, then dry it, apply the residue and bandage it. Do this 1-2 times a day, continuously for 5-7 days.

Treatment of edema due to kidney failure

How to use: 20g of piper lolot leaf, 10g of Solanum procumbens, crow's beak root, stinging nettle root, hairy fig leaf, and Plantago asiatica each. Boil with 500ml of water until 150ml remains, drink during the day. Drink after lunch while the medicine is still warm. Use for 3-5 days.

Cure for long-standing boils that do not heal

How to use: Piper lolot, lemon leaves, taro leaves, perilla, each 15g. How to make: First, take the inner bark of the lemon tree (remove the outer bark), dry it, crush it, sift the fine powder and sprinkle it on the wound, then wash the above medicinal herbs, crush them and apply them to the area with pimples and then bandage. Apply once a day. Apply for 3 days.

Cure swollen and painful knees

How to use: 20g each of piper lolot and mugwort (all used fresh), wash, crush, add vinegar, heat, apply, compress on the swollen and painful knee. Each treatment course is 10 days. Or piper lolot and roots of pomelo, trumpet vine, and scratch grass, 30g each, all used fresh, thinly sliced, fried until golden brown, boil with 600ml of water, until 200ml remains, divide into 3 times to drink during the day. Drink continuously for 7 days.

According to Vietnam Agriculture, not only do dishes made from betel leaves have medicinal properties, such as betel leaf soup cooked with meat or fish, they are nutritious dishes that help the elderly fight off certain diseases, especially reducing bone and joint pain, especially during the changing of seasons, from winter to autumn.

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