Paan patta is also known as Tambul leaf. In English we call it as betel leaf 🍃. These leaves has many characteristics scientifically as well as spiritually. Some facts such as these leaves has the nature of warm in it hence it is useful in digestion and neurological. The leaves are torn with one inch stem and after meal it is commonly eaten. You can either it directly or with some sugar or Mishri. It has the power of to activate the nueral system directly through brain. It provides light excitement in the nueral system that helps in digestion. After eating the betel leaves you can't go to sleep Because you can't feel sleepy, these leaves can be taken twice a week as regular consumption is not required. It also mends and clear your digestion system. The paan leaves have the characteristics of clearing your cough & cold in body.As human has complex structure of nueral system so it clears the cough stored in the system of brain nueral. The leaves act as a magnetic needle property, if you have one betel leaf and place it in a bowl of water the stem will always indicate the north direction.
Some spiritual factors are this tambul leaves are given in goddess puja and
hanuman puja. If the leaves are placed before the divine power and after completion of puja you consume that leaf a divine energy goes into body that helps the body to regenerate from inside. Which you can feel when it is done continuously. In ancient time people used to read the fortune with the help of this leaf. The back side of the leaf is rubbed with kajal which is made from small lamps(diya)and from that it is read. This leaf can't be torned horizontally, if someone has to divide the leaf it is divided vertically from the spine of that leaf as the energy is to be distributed equally among the both. Horizontally disection doesn't provide the energy to both as any one will get the energy from it.The leaves has the power to grab heat from sun readily so it is always grown in shady place. These are some interesting facts of betel leaf.