Betel leaves for babies to cure all diseases, real or fake?

For infants and young children, the use of antibiotics should be limited, except in force majeure cases. Using folk tricks like raising betel leaves for babies is used by many mothers to "deal" temporarily with common diseases such as cough, runny nose ...

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Should betel leaves be sold for babies?

Note for mom

Risks if applied incorrectly

It is not clear whether or not spreading betel leaves for babies can cure hundreds of diseases like folk rumors or not, but many mothers have tried and believed in using this method. Rumors therefore spread.

Talking about the use of betel leaves, modern research results show that in 100g betel leaves contain up to 2.4% essential oil, has a very strong antibiotic effect on bacteria, staphylococci, and associated streptococci, streptococci, subtillis bacteria and coli, dysentery ...

Betel leaf hopping does not cure all diseases as it can cure some mild illnesses for children

In addition, betel leaves no longer contain 2.3% mineral salts, 2.3% fiber and 61% carbohydrates. These are important substances in medicine that help block the formation of melanin pigmentation causing skin pigmentation. Put betel leaves on the fire on the face or darkened skin is a way to promote the production of collagen and elastin, help the skin become white, pink, and smooth to help mothers beautify after birth .

Should betel leaves be sold for babies?

According to Oriental medicine, betel leaf is not considered as an antibiotic, so it can kill bacteria that cause common diseases. If used properly can help kill some bacteria, the virus helps children quickly recover from illness and not cry. Constructed from folk experience, betel leaves cannot be used to: 

Help the baby quickly stop crying

It is rumored that when warm betel leaves are held in the baby's navel and then holding the baby on his lap, the baby's belly is pressed against the mother's womb will help the baby quickly stop crying. This method works very well for babies who cry at night in the form of spleen. Putting betel leaves directly or crushed to cover the baby's buttocks, thighs, arms, and legs also have the same effect.

Cure hiccups

Occasionally, the mother hiccups may remove the betel leaves from the warmth and put it in the baby's bulb, keep it there for 10 minutes. 

Quick pain relief

When children learn to walk, falling and swollen lumps can happen more often, folk say that pounding betel leaves and putting them on the affected area will be effective. 

Help your baby see

The actual damage is not clear, but mothers still tell each other how to brighten the baby's eyes by spreading betel leaves over the fire and covering the eyes.

Cure indigestion bloating

Use betel leaves not hot (not too hot) and stroke the baby's belly, stroking about 5 minutes from top to bottom.

Coughing for children

Prepare some unclean betel leaves, crush them, then filter them through warm water to get the juice. Daily, take out for the baby to drink 5-10ml / time, 2 times a day. About 3-5 days, the baby will stop coughing. If your baby is over 1 year old, you can add honey.

Make disinfectant water

Betel leaves do not contain poly-phenols, so it will prevent the attack of pathogens. Just boiling betel leaves in boiling water, mothers have an effective disinfection water that can kill many types of bacteria.

Folk remedies for coughs for babies Seasonal weather, babies often suffer from common respiratory diseases such as rhinitis, pneumonia, ... and the most common is cough. When the baby has signs of coughing, the mother will send her to the doctor's doctor's prescription some antibiotics. However, everyone knows that taking antibiotics regularly will not ...

Note for mom

Chopping betel leaves for children is one of the remedies from ancient times that have not been fully recognized by modern medicine. Therefore, mothers should pay attention when handing betel leaves to children to be very careful:

Always be careful about the temperature. Baby's delicate skin is very sensitive, just a little too much hands can burn your baby.

Do not use betel leaves for children with swelling and scratches

Do not use charcoal in a closed room to remove betel leaves, this can harm the health of both mother and baby.

Do not let children drink betel leaf juice mixed with honey when under 1 year old.

The rumor that betel leaves can help a child to become strong soon is unfounded.

Risks if applied incorrectly

If betel leaves are not heated and applied to the previously applied skin, it can cause burns to young children, especially children under 1 year old. Children too young or too weak should not apply betel leaves.

In addition to the side effects that cause skin redness, when applying betel leaves on a child's chest, menthol and camphor are easy to form condensation under the leaves. It can be absorbed back through the child's skin like the mechanism of wearing too tight, sweat and sweat seeps back into the skin. This is a risk factor for serious pneumonia.

In addition, if betel leaves are not carelessly applied to susceptible children, it can lead to infection or even more dangerous, which can threaten the child's life.

Identifying the "culprit" with pneumonia Pneumonia is a type of lung infection that occurs when pathogens cross the body's protective barrier and enter the respiratory tract. There are many different causes of pneumonia. Maybe because bacteria also have many cases come from the subjective of the parents.

Raising betel leaves for babies is a popular folk experience, but you don't have to do this if your baby and mother are both healthy. Conditions for taking care of babies today are different from the past, so many mothers can consult a doctor before applying.