What is betel nut What is betel nut?

Betel nut seems to be a specialty of Hunan, I have eaten it, and it is very cool in my throat.

Teasers! Why is all this nonsense? It is the most popular in Hainan Island and Taiwan!

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". "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 too much.

Betel nut has 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.

Hello! Areca nut is an important Chinese medicinal material, and some ethnic minorities in the south also use the fruit as a chewing hobby.

When working all night or playing games, I will chew one from time to time, especially nowadays young people love betel nut for ten minutes.

In the eyes of young people, betel nut has the effect of refreshing and relieving fatigue, and for those who love betel nut, chewing two will also feel exciting and hot in the cold winter.

Betel nut is native to Malaysia, and China is mainly found in tropical areas such as Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan. It is widely cultivated in tropical Asia.

Betel nut is a group 1 carcinogen on the list of carcinogens of the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and has been recognized as a drug in Turkey, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Canada and Australia, and has been banned by many European and American countries.

The main reason is that the betel nut will form nitroso groups after chewing, which is a clearly defined carcinogen, and the betel nut is very hard, and it is very easy to cause oral ulcers and oral mucosal trauma if refused.

Areca nut is the fruit of the betel nut tree, in the fruit period of the betel nut tree every year, people will pick back the green fruit on the tree, after drying processing, and then add mint and so on to make the common betel nut on the market, in addition to the betel nut tree is a warm positive plant, like high temperature, rainfall environment, suitable for growing in slightly acidic or neutral sandy soil, and during the maintenance period, nitrogen fertilizer should be applied regularly.

Betel nut is the fruit of the betel nut tree, in the fruit period of the betel nut tree every year, people will pick back the green fruit on the tree, after roasting and drying, and then add mint and other common betel nut on the market, in addition, the betel nut tree is a kind of tree, the height of the plant is ten meters, and the fruit is round or oval.

The betel nut tree is a warm positive plant, likes high temperature, abundant rainfall climate environment, often grows in low valleys, slopes, plains and streams in the tropical rainforest, the requirements for soil are not high, but it grows well in slightly acidic or neutral sandy soil.

In the process of maintaining betel nut, green manure or leguminous crops can be planted in the betel nut orchard to improve the holy curse environment of spiders, and the young tree stage of the plant needs to apply nitrogen fertilizer-based fertilizer, when it grows into an adult tree, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer is added three times a year to promote the growth of betel nut.