There are many prescriptions containing betel nuts in ancient medical classics, for example, in Qian Jin Fang, it is recorded: "Treating white worms: 27 betel nuts. Remove the screen. Draw two and a half liters of water, boil the skin first, take one and a half liters, remove the powder, wear warm clothes and lie down frequently, and the insects will come out. Endless, more uniform, check it. Stay without food and take it. " "Treatise on Total Diseases of Typhoid Fever" records: "Two betel nuts (simmered for a lifetime). Fine powder. Two glasses of wine, one cup of four fried, divided into two parts, and drank it warmly. " This prescription can "treat typhoid fever, sweating or fullness in the lower abdomen, or cold with chest obstruction, and treat syncope and heart stabbing pain." In addition, according to the statistics of drug administration, there are more than 200 kinds of drugs containing betel nut in China.
It can be seen that betel nut can treat some diseases and is really a rare medicine.
In addition, betel nut can also be used as cooking food. Hainan people like to drink betel nut flower stew soup, such as stewed chicken with betel nut flower. This dish not only has the effect of invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, but also lowers blood pressure. In Xiangtan, Hunan, there is a very popular dish called betel nut duck. There is a kind of betel nut quail in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, which tastes fresh, tender and delicious. In the south, it is also common to cook porridge with betel nuts, such as betel nut glutinous rice porridge and purslane betel nut porridge, which are all good foods. I am used to eating greasy food, and it is also good to have a betel nut porridge to help digestion.
After cooking, betel nut produces different and wonderful flavors, which makes the dishes more delicious, meets people's taste buds' needs, and adds more splendor to China's food culture by itself!