மூலிகை : இலைக்கொடி Ilaikkoti, தாம்பூலவல்லி Taampulavalli, Vetrilai, வெற்றிலை Vettrilei Botanical name : Piper betle Common name: Betel, Betel pepper, Betelvine, Betel vine. Ayurvedic uses: In the Philippines, fresh, crushed leaves used as antiseptic for cuts and wounds. • Leaves, together with lime and betel nut, constitute the Filipinos masticatory. Its use believed to help preserve the teeth and a prophylactic against stomach complaints. • Leaves greased with with lard or sesame oil, used by Filipinos as carminative; applied to the abdomen of children suffering from gastric disorders. • Relieves gastrointestinal disorders. Juice of leaves used as stomachic. • In China, roots, leaves and fruits considered carminative, stimulant, corrective, and prophylactic; used for the prevention and treatment of malaria. • Used for rheumatic bone pains • Gastric pain due to exposure to wind, indigestion. • Flatulence or tympanism: Spread oil on leaf, warm, and apply on abdomen. • Warm poultice of leaves and oil (coconut) applied to chest of children for catarrhal and pulmonary affections, congestion and other affections of the liver. • Leaves used as resolvent for glandular swellings. • Oil used as gargle or as inhalant in diphtheria. • In India, leaves are warmed and applied in layers to arrest secretion of milk. • Leaves applied to the temples to relieve headache. • Chewing betel leaves early in the morning done to remove foulness of the mouth, sweeten the breath and improve the voice. • In China, oil used as counterirritant in swellings, bruises, painful sores and enlarged glands. • Used for bronchial asthma. • Dosage: use 9 to 15 gms dried material or 30 to 60 gms fresh material in decoction. • Juice of leaves used as stomachic and febrifuge. • Applied as a poultice (dikdik-tapal) on the stomach of infants for colic; for skin inflammation. • In India, leaves used for treating eczema, lymphangitis, asthma and rheumatism. • Paste of crushed leaves applied to cuts and wounds. • Roots with black pepper used to produce sterility in women. • Oil used for inflammation of the throat, larynx and bronchi; also, used as a gargle and inhalation in diphtheria.
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