There is one special drink that beer pletok betawi. In addition to cultural diversity turns rumah betawi depicting various culinary cultures stored betawi good that can make you amazed. Pletok beer beverages is made from a mixture of several spices, namely ginger, fragrant pandan leaves, and lemongrass. This traditional drink known among ethnic Betawi. So that the color is more attractive, the Betawi usually using additional wooden cup, which will give a red color when brewed with hot water.
Even though it contains the word beer, beer pletok does not contain alcohol. This nutritious drink to facilitate blood circulation. Betawi people eat a lot at night as warmers.
The efficacy of ginger, among others:
1. Able to relieve stomach pain and restore arthritis.
2. Ginger proved efficacious as karminativum or may stimulate the release of gas from the stomach so as to treat colds.
3. Its body is also believed that warms reduce nausea, cough, and mild flu-like symptoms.
4. Other studies mentioned, contains enzymes protease and lipase contained in ginger works to break down protein and fat. These enzymes help digest and absorb foods that increase appetite.
5. Ginger also protects the digestive system by reducing gastric acidity. Acetone and methanol compounds in ginger are also able to inhibit the irritation of the digestive tract. Benefits, stomach pain can be reduced by eating ginger. Inflammation in arthritis / rheumatoid arthritis can also be overcome by eating lots of ginger because ginger inhibits the production of prostaglandins hormones in the body that can trigger inflammation.
6. Stimulate the release of adrenaline which can widen blood vessels so the body becomes warm, blood flows more smoothly and reducing blood pressure.
7. Ginger also contains the compound cineole and arginine are able to overcome premature ejaculation. These compounds also stimulate an erection, prevent sterility and strengthen the endurance of sperm. Nothing wrong if the matter referred to him as an aphrodisiac food or food booster sexual arousal, not special?
8. Treatment of ovarian cancer, ginger is one of the weapons that are effective in the treatment of ovarian cancer.
9. Prevent colon cancer, because ginger can also slow the growth of colorectal cancer cells.
10. Healing of nausea due to pregnancy, the observations of some studies suggest, ginger is also as effective as vitamin B6 in overcoming the nausea induced by pregnancy.
11. Relieves migraine, the study found that ginger can relieve migraine pain by stopping work prostaglandins cause pain and inflammation of the blood vessels.
12. Relieves cramps, in Chinese medicine, ginger is also used to treat menstrual cramps due.
Originally named Beer pletok because during the Dutch colonial era, many Indonesian people who ditawani alcoholic beverages are notified useful to keep warm. Because the majority of the Betawi people are Muslim and forbidden to drink alcohol, then someone looking for a potion to keep warm but still kosher to drink. Beer name was taken because of the color and the efficacy of beverage alcohol is the same color, then the name Pletok taken since ancient times to mix these drinks with ice using bamboo sticks and then shaken to emit sounds. These drinks can be taken in warm or cold.