Betel nut is a plant of the family of Palmaeophytaceae, which is one of the four major medicines in China. Betel nut fruit contains a variety of nutrients and beneficial substances needed by the human body, such as fat, betel nut oil, alkaloids, catechins, choline and other components. Betel nut has a unique miasma function, is the medical practitioners of the past generations to cure the disease of the fruit, and also has the "wash miasma Dan" alias. Because miasmatic diseases are generally related to irregular diet and stagnant qi, betel nut can lower qi, eliminate food and dispel phlegm, so it has been widely recognized for its medicinal properties. Even the scholars were fond of betel nut. Su Dongpo, one of the eight great scholars of the Tang and Song dynasties, once wrote a good line of "red tide on the cheeks of drunken betel nut". Fresh betel nut has a kind of "hungry can make a person full, full can make a person hungry," the wonderful effect of eating on an empty stomach is as full of gas, eaten after a meal is easy to digest, can be called the earth's fairy fruit. Li Shizhen, a medical doctor, recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that betel nut has the ability to treat many diseases such as edema, joints, strengthening the spleen and regulating the middle, and treating heartache and accumulation. In addition, betel nut is also effective in treating glaucoma, increased blood pressure, and deworming.

Betel nut is suitable for people:

It is forbidden to take betel nut for those who have deficiency of qi and loose spleen.

Betel nut therapeutic effect:

Betel nut flavor bitter, pungent, warm; to the spleen, stomach, large intestine meridian; heavy weight sinking.

It has the efficacy of expelling worms, eliminating accumulation, lowering gas, promoting water circulation, reducing swelling and stopping malaria;

It is used in the treatment of noma, food stagnation, distension and pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, diarrhea and dysentery, constipation, hernia, foot fungus, edema and malaria.

Benghuang practice guide:

1, pediatric worm accumulation abdominal pain, can be used with crane lice, neem root and so on.

2, worm accumulation abdominal pain, dyspepsia, can be combined with Shenqu, malt, make gentleman and so on.

3, emotional and mental disorders, gas reversal, asthma, chest and diaphragm full of boredom, do not think of food, can be used with Shenxiang, Wu Yao, ginseng juice.

4, water-dampness congestion, edema all over the body, respiratory wheezing, bowel movement is not good, can be used with qiangwu, zedoary, shanglu and so on.

5, cold-damp phlegm and drink and cause malaria often, each with Changshan, grass fruit and so on.

Harmful effects of betel nut:

According to medical statistics, betel nut chewing is closely related to oral cancer. For example:

1, Taiwan's oral cancer patients more than 80% have the habit of chewing betel nut.

2. The incidence of oral cancer has been increasing in recent years due to the increase of betel nut chewing population.

3. Betel nut chewers are 20 times more likely to develop oral cancer than the general population.

Thus, betel nut chewing has a great impact on our health.

Secondly, spitting betel nut juice and residue will not only affect the appearance of the city, but also be an eyesore. Some unscrupulous betel nut vendors often use all kinds of tricks to attract customers, especially the 'betel nut beauty' can be seen everywhere, which is bad for the physical and mental health of the children and the social good customs.

In addition, because of the high profitability of betel nut, some people plant betel nut on hillsides that are not suitable for betel nut cultivation, resulting in soil erosion, and when a typhoon comes, it is easy to create a landslide, resulting in the loss of people's lives and property. The loss of life and property.

(a) common hazards:

Chewing betel nut, in addition to making the teeth black, wear and tear, shaking, gum recession caused by periodontal disease, oral submucous fibrosis and oral mucosa leukoplakia, will also lead to oral cancer. According to the survey, eighty-eight percent of oral cancer patients have the habit of chewing betel nut.

(2) Serious health hazards:

1. Betel quid-induced pre-cancerous lesions:

(1) Oral submucous fibrosis:

Commonly found in the buccal mucous membranes, followed by the palate area. The oral mucosa will have a burning sensation, ulceration, whitening, and finally cause difficulty in opening the mouth and swallowing. Some of these patients with submucous fibrosis of the oral mucosa will become oral cancer.

(2) Oral mucosal leukoplakia:

Commonly found in the buccal mucosa, tongue, floor of the mouth and corner of the lips. Mucosal leukoplakia will slowly change from white to mixed white, and some of these leukoplakia patients will turn into oral cancer.

2, oral cancer:

Betel nut is commonly known as betel nut, and its ingredients in the "betel nut" is carcinogenic. The added "lime" is a cancer-supporting agent. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reviewed the literature on betel nut chewing and cancer and concluded:

(1) Tobacco chewing with betel nut has been identified as a cause of cancer in human beings.

(2) Tobacco and betel quid chewing can lead to oral and throat cancer.

For the sake of your health, please do not chew betel nut, such as smokers must quit, because the two together, more likely to cause cancer of the oral cavity, larynx, pharynx and esophagus, and smoking, betel nut chewing and drinking alcohol, there are more multiplied by the carcinogenic effect.

(3) Dental injuries

Because of the frequent chewing action, exceeding the normal load, resulting in dental wear and tear, as well as dental bed shaking.

The population of betel nut chewers is growing rapidly, and is estimated to be more than 2.6 million in Taiwan. The average age of betel nut chewers is also decreasing, and the prevalence of betel nut chewing is expanding from low socio-economic status and working class to white-collar high intellectuals. Betel nut is the favorite of the "red-lipped people" and the "green gold" in the eyes of farmers, but it is the biggest killer of Taiwan people's health and water resources. According to the statistics, Taiwan has more than 50,000 hectares of betel nut plantations (equivalent to 2 Taipei City), in addition to the loss of water resources of about 4 billion metric tons per year and serious damage to forests, the amount of money spent by the people of Taiwan on eating betel nut in a year is even more than 90 billion dollars, which is equivalent to the cost of half of the highway, which is quite alarming. What is even more frightening is its carcinogenic and cancer-promoting effects, which make the oral cancer of the Chinese people, jumped to the top ten causes of cancer deaths. Therefore, it is important to promote the prevention and treatment of betel nut, and to reduce the habit of chewing betel nut, which has become one of the main focuses of the health sector.

Physiological hazards: In addition to oral diseases and oral cancer, excessive consumption of betel nut can lead to poisoning symptoms, such as excitement, dull eyes, trembling, unsteady walking, and strange or violent behavior; or acute psychosis, including hallucinations, self-expansion, forced mania, and delirium.

Economic hazards: spitting betel nut juice anywhere can result in a fine; betel nut consumption is expensive, increasing the burden of expenditure; and medical expenses.

Social hazards: If you eat betel nut for a long time, your teeth will turn black and your mouth will turn red.

Pollution of the environment: Spitting betel nut juice not only pollutes the environment, but also spreads the bacteria in the betel nut juice, which can be inhaled into the lungs of the public.

Soil and water conservation: Since betel nut is a shallow rooted tree, planting it in a large area will seriously damage the soil and water conservation.