Disadvantages of eat areca: But the World Health Organization Cancer Research Center recently warned the international community that chewing betel nut or semen arecae will cause cancer. The World Health Organization Cancer Research Center pointed out that betel nut with tobacco can cause oral cancer, pharyngeal cancer and esophageal cancer, while betel nut without tobacco can also cause oral cancer. Semen arecae contained in various betel nut products will lead to a precancerous lesion of oral cavity (oral submucosal fibrosis), which may turn into cancer at any time.
Areca nut fruit contains many nutrients and beneficial substances needed by human body, such as fat, areca nut oil, alkaloids, catechins, choline and so on. Areca catechu has a unique function of preventing epilepsy, and it is the medicine fruit of doctors in past dynasties, and it is also known as "Xiluo Dan".
Because the disease of furuncle is generally related to irregular diet and stagnation of qi, betel nut has been widely concerned about its medicinal properties because it can lower qi, promote digestion and eliminate phlegm.
Herbal name: betel nut (etelnut)
Commonly used insect repellent. It is the dry and mature seed of areca catechu, a palm plant. Location: Indonesians, Malaysians and China's Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. Betel nut tastes bitter, pungent and warm. Stomach and large intestine meridian. Efficacy of killing insects, eliminating food stagnation, lowering qi and promoting water circulation. Indications: worm accumulation, such as roundworm, tapeworm, pinworm, ginger worm, etc., food stagnation, epigastric pain, edema, beriberi, malaria and other diseases. Modern pharmacological experiments have proved that betel nut has the functions of expelling insects, resisting viruses and fungi.
Areca nut can be eaten and chewed with brine. It is normal for the first chewer to face redness and chest tightness.
toxicity
Excessive arecoline causes salivation, vomiting, diuresis, lethargy and convulsion. If it is caused by oral administration, potassium permanganate solution can be used for gastric lavage and atropine injection.
In addition, people who chew betel nut often are prone to lip cancer, so it is not appropriate to chew it often.