Concoction of betel nut, betel leaves, and cloves to treat asthma

 Many different ways to cope with asthma people do worldwide. Including me, although I am not an asthmatic, but when looking at the people closest to us suffering from asthma is a very painful thing, especially when we do not know and can not do anything to overcome it. I am fully aware that the disease that we suffer are a part of our lives, and we to deal with it with all of our heart and soul.A few months ago I went to a traditional healer, to consult on asthma suffered by my wife. After several hours of talking, he gives a recipe of herbs to treat asthma. This herb is composed from natural ingredients that I can get in traditional markets near my home. This Herbs consists of betel nuts, betel leaves, and cloves. We can make this potion easily, quite simply by boiling and then taking the results of decoction. Before we start making these herbs, let's look at little explanation about the material which we will make to treat asthma.

1. Betel Nut.

 

The betel nut, or areca nut  is the seed of the areca palm (Areca catechu), which grows in much of the tropical Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. It is commonly referred to as betel nut, as it is often chewed wrapped in betel leaves (paan). The term areca originated from a South Asian world during the 16th century, when Dutch and Portuguese sailors took the nut to Europe.

The habit has many harmful effects on health. The International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded after reviewing the published medical research that chewing areca nut is carcinogenic to humans. Various compounds present in the nut, most importantly arecoline (the primary psychoactive ingredient), contribute to histologic changes in the oral mucosa. As with chewing tobacco, its use is discouraged by preventive efforts, such as awareness of the risks of chewing buai.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areca_nut

2. Betel Leaf. 

The betel (Piper betle) is the leaf of a vine belonging to the Piperaceae family, which includes pepper and kava. It is valued both as a mild stimulant and for its medicinal properties. Betel leaf is mostly consumed in Asia, and elsewhere in the world by some Asian emigrants, as betel quid or in paan, with or without tobacco, in an addictive psycho-stimulating and euphoria-inducing formulation with adverse health effects. Betel is notable for staining the teeth of regular users.

In Sri Lanka and in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal a sheaf of betel leaves is traditionally offered as a mark of respect and auspicious beginnings. Occasions include, greeting elders at wedding ceremonies, New Year, offering payment to Ayurvedic physicians and astrologers where usually money and or areca nut are kept on top of the sheaf of leaves and offered to the elders for their blessings.

The betel plant is an evergreen perennial, with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkin. The betel plant originated from South and South East Asia.The betel leaf is predominantly consumed as betel quid or paan, which is a mixture of substances. The paan almost always contains a betel leaf with two basic ingredients, either areca nut or tobacco or both, with lime (calcium hydroxide or calcium carbonate). In an extensive scientific research monograph, 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 much higher than that usually found in western countries, where the habit of chewing betel quid, with or without tobacco, is virtually 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.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betel

3. Cloves.

Cloves are used in Indian Ayurvedic medicine, Chinese medicine, and western herbalism and dentistry where the essential oil is used as an anodyne (painkiller) for dental emergencies. Cloves are used as a carminative, to increase hydrochloric acid in the stomach and to improve peristalsis. Cloves are also said to be a natural anthelmintic. The essential oil is used in aromatherapy when stimulation and warming are needed, especially for digestive problems. Topical application over the stomach or abdomen are said to warm the digestive tract. Applied to a cavity in a decayed tooth, it also relieves toothache.

In Chinese medicine, cloves or ding xiang are considered acrid, warm, and aromatic, entering the kidney, spleen and stomach meridians, and are notable in their ability to warm the middle, direct stomach qi downward, to treat hiccough and to fortify the kidney yang. Because the herb is so warming, it is contraindicated in any persons with fire symptoms and according to classical sources should not be used for anything except cold from yang deficiency. Cloves may be used internally as a tea and topically as an oil for hypotonic muscles, including for multiple sclerosis. This is also found in Tibetan medicine. Some recommend avoiding more than occasional use of cloves internally in the presence of pitta inflammation such as is found in acute flares of autoimmune diseases.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clove  

Well, let us prepare the materials to make this herb. Please see below.

Material :

•     3 young betel nut.
•     7 pieces of betel leaf.
•     7 seed cloves.
•     2 glasses of water (500 ml).

How to make :

•     Wash betel nut then split into 4 parts.
•     Wash the betel leaf and cloves.
•     Put all the ingredients into a pan containing 2 glasses of water (500 ml).
•     Boil and reserving one glass (250 ml).

When finished, pour into glass and drink twice a day. Perform this treatment for asthma for a month. If within one month there is no significant change, you may stop the treatment. All three ingredients mentioned are known with it contents of substances that has a harsh effect on the nerves, so it is not advisable to use it in the long term. Always consult a method of treatment that we do with health experts and doctors. I do this treatment for three weeks, and proven to reduce asthma attacks that happened to my wife. Hopefully, this article can help a little more as an effort that could help us cope with asthma.