Abstract
Traditional practice of betel consumption has been a major factor in maintenance of oral hygiene and digestive health. A number of secondary metabolites like alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, polyphenols, tannins and saponins are present in betel leaf that are responsible for its therapeutic action against several human ailments. As such, betel has been a major factor in health security in India over millenia. Ayurved further refers to its role in delivery of drugs at appropriate places in human body. Other systems of traditional medicine under the umbrella of AYUSH also refer to the drug potentials of betel. The paper takes into account the practices related with betel cultivation and its diverse use in relation to health security practices as prevalent in Mithila area of north Bihar.
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