The Existence Of the Betel Leaf (Piper betle L.) is in the Tasawuf Prespective

Abstract

Plants are one of the richest natural resources in Indonesia and contain active chemicals.These plants have the potential to become raw materials for traditional medicine. One of them isbetel plant. The use of Betel leaves, especially in Java, is generally accompanied by specialconditions or criteria, namely: betel leaf which 'meets ros-e'. 'Ros' comes from the Javanese languagewhich means vein, in this case it is a vein of leaves. 'Temu' comes from the Javanese language whichmeans to meet, meet. Betel rose meeting is betel which leaves veins (lateral nerves) meet theposition of the segment; so that the shape is symmetrical. Meanwhile, phytochemical laboratory testresults for total flavonoid content of betel leaves and non-temurose leaves were 53,522 and 43,041ppm. These values include high levels (> 50 ppm) and moderate levels (between> 10 - 50 ppm). Thehigher the level of flavonoids, the more likely the antioxidant potential will be. In theimplementation of riyadhoh, making betel leaves meet rose as a medium as a form of philosophy thatis betel or tell me means ngangsu kaweruh (studying), whereas meet rose can be interpretedas meeting taste.