An article on the Vinmec Hospital website states that, according to Oriental medicine, the uses of the betel leaf plant are to warm the stomach, dispel cold, lower the qi, relieve pain, relieve backache, leg pain, and treat persistent runny nose, vomiting, bloating, and indigestion.
Piper lolot leaves are used to treat rheumatism, cold, dampness, and numbness in the limbs. They are used to treat digestive disorders, diarrhea, flatulence, vomiting, kidney disease, bone and joint pain, headaches, toothaches, and sweating.
In folk medicine, people often use piper lolot leaves alone or in combination with other medicinal herbs such as scratch grass roots, river bone leaves, grapefruit roots... to boil water to drink or soak hands and feet to treat bone and joint pain, excessive sweating of hands and feet, chest and abdominal pain due to cold, boils, headaches, toothaches.
So what diseases can be cured by drinking betel leaf tea?
Drinking boiled betel leaves can cure some diseases.
What diseases can be cured by drinking betel leaf tea?
Stomach-ache
The use of betel leaves helps improve stomach pain. You can take about 20g of fresh betel leaves and wash them thoroughly. Then put them in a pot and cook with 300ml of water until there is 100ml left. Then turn off the stove, divide into 2 parts and use it all during the day.
Dyshidrosis
To treat dyshidrosis on the hands, you can make a remedy from the betel leaf plant as follows:
Take about 30g of betel leaves, wash them, crush them, squeeze out the juice and drink it all during the day.
For the residue, add about 3 cups of water and boil it, then use the betel leaf water to soak and wash the affected skin area while applying the residue to the wound. Do this twice a day, after about a week you will see an improvement in symptoms.
Treatment of bone and joint pain
The use of piper lolot in treating bone and joint pain is applied in the following remedy:
Take about 30g of fresh betel leaves and boil them with 2 bowls of water until half a bowl remains, then turn off the stove and drink after dinner. Maintain this continuously and regularly for about 10 times to relieve the symptoms.
Treatment of sweaty hands and feet
Take 30g of chopped betel leaves and roast them until golden brown. Then put them in a pot and boil with 3 bowls of water until there is 1 bowl left, then turn off the stove, divide it into 2 doses, drink it all in 2 doses, maintain continuous and regular use for 1 week, then rest for about 4 days and continue with the next 1-week cycle.
Treatment of orchitis
Prepare ingredients: 12g of betel leaves, 10g of tangerine peel, 6g of Chinese clematis root, 21g of ginger, 5g of astragalus root, 6g of cornus officinalis, 12g of lychee, 12g of atractylodes macrocephala, 10g of poria and 4g of licorice.
Cook all the herbs with 600ml of water until there is 200ml left, then turn off the stove, divide the mixture and drink it all during the day.
Treatment of edema due to kidney failure
Preparation: 20g of piper lolot leaves, 10g of plantain, 10g of Solanum procumbens, 10g of nettle root, 10g of mulberry leaves and 10g of beak root. Boil all the herbs with 500ml of water until there is 150ml left, then turn off the stove, then drink all of it during the day.
You should apply continuously for 3-5 days to improve symptoms.
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