1, has expectorant, antitussive, digestion promoting, hangover relieving, antiemetic and anthelmintic effects. After chewing betel nut, people often feel excited, blushing and sweating slightly, just like drinking wine.

In the past, people living in mountainous areas often came to eat areca to keep out the cold and relieve fatigue after intense work. ?

3. Areca catechu can inhibit influenza virus. Proper consumption can enhance human immunity and resistance.

4. Proper consumption of betel nut can increase intestinal tension and peristalsis, relieve diarrhea and flatulence, and also make gastrointestinal mucosa secrete hyperfunction and increase appetite. In addition, it also has antifungal effect.

Disadvantages:?

1, containing carcinogenic alkaloids. Qiu Zhanxian, head of the first department of Taipei Health Bureau, said that 88% to 92% of oral cancer patients in Taipei were caused by chewing betel nut. ?

2, pregnant women chew betel nut too much, which may lead to miscarriage.

Extended data:

1. Areca nut contains many nutrients and beneficial substances needed by human body, such as fat, areca nut oil, alkaloids, catechins, choline and other components. Areca catechu has a unique function of preventing epilepsy, and it is the medicine fruit of doctors in past dynasties, also known as "Xiluodan".

2. Because boils are generally related to irregular diet and qi stagnation, betel nut has been widely concerned for its medicinal properties because it can reduce qi, promote digestion and resolve phlegm.

3, betel nut is a commonly used Chinese medicine, warm, bitter and pungent. It has the functions of killing insects, eliminating food stagnation, reducing qi, benefiting water and stopping malaria. Can be used for treating tapeworm, ascaris lumbricoides, Fasciola zingiberensis, abdominal pain, diarrhea, acute diarrhea, edema, beriberi and malaria. Burnt areca can help digestion and guide stagnation, and can be used for dyspepsia and diarrhea.