♦ Botanical name : Piper betle
♦ Family : piperaceae
♦ English : betle leaf
♦ Hindi : pan
♦ Malayalam : vettila
♦ Properties :
▫ Rasa : tikta, Katu,kashaya
▫ Guna : laghu, ruksha, tikshna
▫ Vipaka : katu
▫ Virya : ushna
♦ Parts used : ▫ leaves
♦ Effects on dosha : ▫ vatakaphahara
♦ Therapeutic action :
▫ antiseptic
▫ analgesic
▫ Carminative
♦ Indications :
▫ swasa
▫ kasa
▫ aruchi
♦ Dosage :
▫ swarasa : 10-20 ml
♦ Clinical formulations :
▫ laghu sutashekhara rasa
♦ Application :
▫ bad breath : chew fresh leaf