According to Ayurveda, Chewing betel leaf is a daily regimen.
BOTANY:
The Betel leaf is a vine belonging to Piperaceae family with Botanical name Piper betle. It is valued as mild stimulant and for its medicinal properties. It is an evergreen and Perennial creeper with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkins.
USES:
Betel leaves are used as a stimulant, an antiseptic and a breath-freshener.
CULTURE:
In India, the betel and areca play an important role in Indian culture, especially among Hindus. Many traditional ceremonies governing the lives of Hindus use betel and areca. For example, when paying money to a priest one might place money in a betel leaf.
In Vietnamese there is a saying that "the betel begins the conversation", referring to the practice of people chewing betel in formal occasions or "to break the ice" in awkward situations. The betel leaves and areca nuts were used ceremonially in traditional Vietnamese weddings.
How it is being comsumed?
The betel leaf is predominantly consumed in the world as betel quid or paan, which is a mixture of substances. The paan almost always has a betel leaf with two basic ingredients, either areca nut or tobacco or both, with lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium carbonate). Both tobacco andareca nut are considered as carcinogenic.
In Papua New Guinea, betel is prepared with a mustard stick dipped in lime powder and acts as a stimulant to suppress hunger, reduce stress and heighten the senses. Most families have backyard gardens and many grow betel there. The lime must be purchased. It is processed from corals, especially the fast-growing staghorn corals of genus Acropora.
INDICATIONS:
The people who are healthy can comsume betel leaves as a daily regimen as it has medicial effect.
According to Ayurveda, Betel leaf is Thikshna (Strong), Ushna (hot in potency), Ruchikaraka (stimulates taste buds), Kashaya (Astringent in taste), Sara (), Thikta (bitter after digestion), Kshara (Alkali), Laghu (light), Kamavasana (increases sexuality). So when it is taken as daily regimen (immediately after nasal drops, mouth gargling, inhalation of smoke), it improves the power of digestion and makes body light.
CONTRA-INDICATIONS & RESEARCH:
Though Tambulam has its medicinal value, Ayurveda has strictly contra-indicated the betel chewing for the people who are suffering with oral wounds, bleeding gums, dryness, redness in eyes, who has affected with poison, unconsciousness, intoxication and emaciation.
This implies, it is harmfull for unhealthy person. And so it is said that Betel chewing should be avoided in above said conditions.
The World Health Organization expert group for research on cancer, reported in 2004 that the percentage of oral cancer among all cancers diagnosed in hospitals in Asia has always been higher than that usually found in western countries, where the habit of chewing betel quid, with or without tobacco, is almost unknown. In many descriptive studies, investigators have obtained histories of chewing betel quid with tobacco from series of patients with oral cancer; and in all these studies the percentage of patients who practice betel leaf chewing was found to be extremely large. Researchers also noted that the cancer generally develops at the place where the betel quid is kept.
Betel quid is also strongly carcinogenic.
CONCLUSION:
Tambula patra sevam has its benefit when taken as regimen and when healthy.
So avoid taking it in unhealthy conditions.
BOTANY:
The Betel leaf is a vine belonging to Piperaceae family with Botanical name Piper betle. It is valued as mild stimulant and for its medicinal properties. It is an evergreen and Perennial creeper with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkins.
USES:
Betel leaves are used as a stimulant, an antiseptic and a breath-freshener.
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| Piper betel |
In India, the betel and areca play an important role in Indian culture, especially among Hindus. Many traditional ceremonies governing the lives of Hindus use betel and areca. For example, when paying money to a priest one might place money in a betel leaf.
In Vietnamese there is a saying that "the betel begins the conversation", referring to the practice of people chewing betel in formal occasions or "to break the ice" in awkward situations. The betel leaves and areca nuts were used ceremonially in traditional Vietnamese weddings.
How it is being comsumed?
The betel leaf is predominantly consumed in the world as betel quid or paan, which is a mixture of substances. The paan almost always has a betel leaf with two basic ingredients, either areca nut or tobacco or both, with lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium carbonate). Both tobacco andareca nut are considered as carcinogenic.
In Papua New Guinea, betel is prepared with a mustard stick dipped in lime powder and acts as a stimulant to suppress hunger, reduce stress and heighten the senses. Most families have backyard gardens and many grow betel there. The lime must be purchased. It is processed from corals, especially the fast-growing staghorn corals of genus Acropora.
INDICATIONS:
The people who are healthy can comsume betel leaves as a daily regimen as it has medicial effect.
According to Ayurveda, Betel leaf is Thikshna (Strong), Ushna (hot in potency), Ruchikaraka (stimulates taste buds), Kashaya (Astringent in taste), Sara (), Thikta (bitter after digestion), Kshara (Alkali), Laghu (light), Kamavasana (increases sexuality). So when it is taken as daily regimen (immediately after nasal drops, mouth gargling, inhalation of smoke), it improves the power of digestion and makes body light.
CONTRA-INDICATIONS & RESEARCH:
Though Tambulam has its medicinal value, Ayurveda has strictly contra-indicated the betel chewing for the people who are suffering with oral wounds, bleeding gums, dryness, redness in eyes, who has affected with poison, unconsciousness, intoxication and emaciation.
This implies, it is harmfull for unhealthy person. And so it is said that Betel chewing should be avoided in above said conditions.
The World Health Organization expert group for research on cancer, reported in 2004 that the percentage of oral cancer among all cancers diagnosed in hospitals in Asia has always been higher than that usually found in western countries, where the habit of chewing betel quid, with or without tobacco, is almost unknown. In many descriptive studies, investigators have obtained histories of chewing betel quid with tobacco from series of patients with oral cancer; and in all these studies the percentage of patients who practice betel leaf chewing was found to be extremely large. Researchers also noted that the cancer generally develops at the place where the betel quid is kept.
Betel quid is also strongly carcinogenic.
CONCLUSION:
Tambula patra sevam has its benefit when taken as regimen and when healthy.
So avoid taking it in unhealthy conditions.
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