Saturday, May 4, 2013

Benefits of Betel leaf

Benefits of betel leaf for traditional medicine: In a betel leaf contains eugenol which has antifungal properties. With this antifungal properties, betel leaf can be used to inhibit yeast growth and development (stem cells) from Candida albicans.

Betel leaf also contains an antiseptic substance that plays a role in killing the bacteria. Antiseptic properties owned betel leaf resulting from the phenol derivative kavikol, where antiseptic properties 5x more effective than ordinary phenol.

Apart from the above two properties, betel leaf also has antibacterial effects against Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus viridans, Streptococcus sanguis, Staphylococcus aureus, and, Actinomyces viscosus.

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