Piper Crocatum (Red Betel)

Now comes not only as an ornamental plant, but also herbs traditionally red betel people with diabetes (diabetes mellitus - DM). 

In Indonesia, have made use of herbal properties of red betel is hereditary. Empirically, in addition to diabetes, herbal red betel nut is often used as an alternative medicine hemorrhoids, inflammation, cancer, gout, hypertension (high blood pressure), hepatitis, fatigue and heartburn.
Phytochemical compounds contained in tea, red betel alkoloid namely, saponins, tannins, and flavonoids. According Ivorra, MD in the book "A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential antidiabetic," active compound betel alkaloids and flavonoids of tea red tea has a hypoglycemic activity or lowering blood glucose levels. Hara (1993) states betel compound herbal tannins and saponins can be used as an antimicrobial (bacteria and viruses).
Characteristic of this tropical plant that can be used as tea betel, trunked rounded purplish green and flowering. Production of tea leaves as red-stemmed form the heart and upper tapered. Red betel leaf surface shiny and uneven. As a green betel, tea plant also grows red betel vines on the fence or tree. The leaves taste bitter shakes, but it smelled more fragrant than the green betel. When torn, red betel leaf will slimy.
Red betel plants like shade, cool air and sunlight 60-75 percent. Red betel plants grow well in fertile and mountainous areas. When grown in warm regions, direct sunlight, the stems dries quickly. In addition, the red leaves will fade. And his usefulness lies in the possibility of chemical compounds contained in red leaves.
Safe to eat   
 Preparation of red betel leaf extract is very easy. A total of 200 grams of red betel leaves boiled with 1 liter of water until the volume is 100 milliliters of residence. Weight ratio with the volume of red betel leaf extract is drunk decoction is 200 grams: 100 milliliters or 2: 1