Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
622.64.17
622.64.17 Piper betel
English: Betel nut.
Names: Sirih; Sirih carang; Sirih; Bed; Siyeh; Betel quid; Paan.
Content: Beta sisterol.
Botany: vine; glossy heart-shaped leaves; white catkin; South East Asia.
Content: areciline, transferred in arecaidine with calcium.
Mind
Desire: excitement, amusement, pleasure, parties, diversion, dancing, music, sex, travel.
Aversion: boredom, monotony, ennui, unexciting, bland, tasteless, insipid etc.
Cheerful, vivacious, mirth, hilarity, liveliness.
Energy: weak, dull, sluggishness, leading to boredom.
Tedious, tired, indolent.
Industrious; busy.
Addiction.
Stimulated, euphoria.
General
Aversion: food; appetite decreased.
Body
General: astringent.
Mouth: inflammation, ulcers, cancer; teeth decaying.
Heart: pulse fast.
Stomach: nausea.
Abdomen: worms.
Rectum: diarrhoea.