GĐXH - Piper lolot is a traditional medicine that effectively and safely treats bone and joint pain in the cold season, and is chosen by many people.
Is it good for people with bone and joint pain to eat betel leaves?
Instead of using western medicine to relieve pain, many people are choosing to use traditional Vietnamese medicinal herbs to treat bone and joint pain in the cold season, including the betel leaf plant.
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Piper lolot is a familiar spice of Vietnamese people. All parts of the Piper lolot plant including leaves, stems, and roots are valuable medicinal herbs.
In folk medicine, using piper lolot leaves to treat bone and joint pain is a treatment experience that many people have successfully applied. The reason is that when the weather turns cold, the tendons and muscles will easily contract, the joint fluid will thicken, the joints will become stiff, painful, and difficult to move. Not to mention the nerve endings in the joints become sensitive, the patient will feel the pain more clearly. Poor blood circulation, not maintained regularly, causes bone and joint pain to rage in the winter. At this time, natural prevention and control solutions such as using piper lolot leaves are sought by many people.
According to modern research, 100g of betel leaves contain 39 calories, 86.5g of water, 4.3g of protein, 2.5g of fiber, 260mg of calcium, 980mg of phosphorus, 4.1mg of iron and 34mg of vitamin C. The roots of betel leaves contain benzyl acetate and the leaves and stems contain alkaloids and beta-caryophylene.
According to modern research results, betel leaves have quite good antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects. Therefore, using betel leaves to deal with rheumatism and bone and joint pain is considered an extremely effective solution.
3 remedies for bone and joint pain from betel leaves
Betel leaves have a characteristic aroma and can be used as a spice, to cook soup or to make dishes such as spring rolls... In addition, you can use betel leaves as medicine in the following cases:
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Cure bone and joint pain in cold weather
Take 15g of dried betel leaves (about 20-30g of fresh leaves), boil 2 cups of water until ½ cup remains, drink during the day. Should drink while the medicine is still warm, after dinner. Each course of treatment is 10 days.
Or use betel leaves and roots of pomelo, trumpet vine, and scratch grass (30g each), all fresh, thinly sliced, fried until golden brown, boiled with 600ml of water until 200ml remains, divided into 3 doses to drink during the day. Drink continuously for 7 days.
Treatment of excessive sweating of hands and feet
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 cool 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 of betel leaves, chopped, fried until golden brown and buried in the ground. Boil with 3 cups of water until 1 cup remains. Divide into 2 doses, drink during the day. Drink for 7 consecutive days. After stopping taking the medicine for 4 to 5 days, continue taking it for another week.
Cure swollen and painful knees
Piper lolot and mugwort, each 20g (all used fresh), wash, crush, add hot vinegar, apply to swollen and painful knees.
Who should not eat betel leaves?
- Breastfeeding women should not use too much betel leaf to avoid losing or diluting milk.
- People with liver heat, stomach pain, and mouth ulcers should not use betel leaves to avoid making the disease more serious.
- You should only use about 50 - 100g of betel leaves per day to be effective. If you eat more, you may feel hot inside with symptoms such as constipation, dry tongue, constant thirst...
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