Why is my throat so uncomfortable when I eat betel nut?

Areca nut is one of the four major southern medicines in China. Hainan Province is the main production area of betel nut in China, and winter is the betel nut harvest season. The streets of Wanning, Lingshui, Ding'an and other counties and cities in the main producing areas are full of stalls selling betel nuts.

In addition to enjoying the natural scenery of the treasure island, tourists who come to Hainan also have many fascinating customs and customs, and "guests respect betel nut" is one of them. According to the introduction of the locals and the records of ancient books, the custom of treating guests with betel nut has long been in Hainan. As early as in the "Southern Grass and Trees Betel Nut Chapter", there has been a record that "all the people of Guangzhou who are valuable and win tourists must present this fruit first".

The Southern Grass and Trees was written for the rice of the Jin Dynasty, written in 304, and is the earliest botanical monograph in China. In the Song Dynasty, the book "Lingwai Dai Answer" said: "There is no tea for guests, but betel nut as a gift."

Hainan people have always regarded betel nut as a first-class gift, believing that "it is not a gift for relatives and guests to come and go". More than 800 years ago, Su Dongpo, who was relegated to Hainan Island, once described the scene of a girl from the Li family inserting a betel nut in her mouth. It can be seen that the customs of Hainan people loving betel nut, planting betel nut and eating betel nut have always been passed down as a good story and widely spread.

Today, the Li compatriots in Wanning, Lingshui and Wuzhishan still regard betel nut as a symbol of beauty and friendship. When the guests come to the door, the host first holds out the betel nut to entertain them. Even those who can't chew betel nut have to take a bite in return.

During the New Year's holidays, every household has betel nuts to worship the distinguished guests and relatives of the New Year. Hainan eats betel nut is very particular, first cut the betel nut into slices, and then powder the condiments (with shell powder to make a paste) roll on the leaves, and then put it in the mouth and chew slowly, the initial taste is astringent, and there is green water, when the green water is spitted out, Danjin is born again, the red ears are red and dizzy after eating, such as drunk. Just as Su Dongpo improvised back then, "The red tide on the cheeks increases charming, who knows that Nong is a drunken betel nut".

The betel nut is also a symbol of love among young people. Once the young man takes a fancy to which girl, he first presents betel nut (commonly known as betel nut) to the woman's family to express the intention of proposing, and if the woman accepts it, it means that the marriage contract is made. When holding a wedding, betel nut is an indispensable product.

The bride and groom should pay their respects by offering betel nuts to their relatives and friends who come to congratulate them. But it is not advisable to eat more betel nut can have many benefits It can promote digestion, cure diseases, and beautify But! Note!

The World Health Organization's Cancer Research Center recently issued a warning to the international community that chewing betel nut or betel nut can cause cancer. According to the World Health Organization Cancer Research Center, betel nut with tobacco can cause cancers of the mouth, pharynx and esophagus, while betel nut without tobacco can also cause oral cancer. The betel nut contained in various betel nut products can cause a precancerous lesion of the mouth (oral submucosal fibrosis) that can turn into cancer at any time.

It is reported that 390,000 cases of oral cancer (oral cancer or pharyngeal cancer) occur every year in the world, of which 10,000 cases occur in South and Southeast Asia, accounting for 58, and most of the inhabitants of these areas have the custom of chewing betel nut or betel nut.

Maybe you don't eat it often to feel this way, and you won't in the future.

Betel nut taste: bitter; Laborious; Sexual temperature.

1. Areca catechu is cultivated in China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. The trunk of the tree is unbranched and reaches a height of 12 to 15 meters.

2. Betel nut is the seed of the betel nut tree of the palm family. The leaves are the leaves of Piper Betle in the piperaceae family. The betel nut is slightly smaller than an egg, the skin is fibrous, and it contains a single seed, the betel nut.

The endosperm is hard with grayish-brown spots.

3. The betel nut is harvested before the fruit is fully ripe in August and November, peeled, boiled, cut into thin slices and dried, and dark brown or black after drying. Areca nut is the raw material of inferior catechu, and its main alkaloid is arecaine, which is used by veterinarians as an anthelmintic drug.