Areca catechu is an addictive sensory stimulant. Eating Areca catechu will bring certain harm to individuals and society.

As far as personal health is concerned, including oral diseases and even oral cancer, the residual shell of betel nut will pollute the environment and destroy the ecology. People who love eat areca will turn their teeth black and their mouths red, and their appearance will become quite ugly and indecent.

Although betel nut is not involved in the ranks of drugs now, his addiction habits are still affected, and there is not much difference between betel nut and drugs in people's minds. Eat areca can make people feel excited. Because betel nut contains arecoline. This ingredient can stimulate your adrenocortical hormone and promote hormone secretion. After that, let the adrenal gland produce more adrenocortical hormones, which will make the human body feel excited, so many people will have a refreshing effect after eating betel nut. Betel nut is not used as food, but mostly used as medicine, which has the functions of eliminating phlegm, relieving cough, promoting digestion, sobering up, etc. After chewing betel nut, people tend to sweat slightly, which is the cold-dispelling effect of betel nut, but the harm of eat areca is more.

Many people are addicted to betel nut. Because calcareous and betel nut juice fill the mouth, dental calculus will be formed, while long-term hard chewing will consume teeth, which will crack and break, and will have a certain impact on the face shape. It is not only painful, but also very difficult to treat, which often leads to periodontal tissue lesions. It also has adverse effects on oral mucosa and digestive system. Long-term use will damage the mental taste nerve and saliva secretion of the stomach group, hinder digestion skills, lead to perforation of gastric mucosa, affect nutrient absorption and cause malnutrition.

Among the three bad habits in Europe and America, smoking and drinking and sexual abuse, while in Taiwan Province, smoking and drinking, eat areca and eat areca are the thoughts of Taiwan Province culture, which is also one of the three major social problems at present. Therefore, we should advocate putting an end to eat areca as far as possible, and it is best not to eat it. Because chewing betel nut and smoking are very harmful to health. To some extent, people's habit of chewing betel nut can be replaced by chewing gum. Although it is difficult to adapt for a while, it does have a good effect. Try to relax, live regularly, have a balanced diet and nutrition, and don't use betel nut to supplement sleep and refresh yourself.