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Medicinal value. Medicinal herb base.
It is a palm plant, areca catechu linnof seeds. [2]
Sexual taste is back to the scriptures. bitter taste; Laborious; Sexual temperature. return to the stomach; Large intestine meridian. [2]
Indications. deworming; dissipation; Gas; Traveling water; Interception of malaria. insect accumulation; stagnation; abdominal distension and pain; post-diarrheal heaviness; Dermatophytosis; Dropsy; Malaria.
Chewing betel nut can cause oral cancer in addition to blackening, wearing, shaking, gum recession and periodontal disease, oral submucosal fibrosis and oral leukoplakia. According to the survey, 88% of oral cancer patients have the habit of chewing betel nut. The betel nut chewing population is growing dramatically, with an estimated number of more than 2.6 million people in Taiwan. The average age of betel nut chewers also showed a gradual downward trend. The prevalence of betel nut chewing has also expanded from the low socioeconomic status and working-class population to the white-collar class and high-level intellectuals.
Betel nut is the favorite of the red-lipped people and the green in the eyes of farmers, but it is the biggest killer of Taiwanese people's health and water resources. According to statistics, Taiwan's more than 50,000 hectares of betel nut orchards (equivalent to 2 Taipei City in size), in addition to causing annual water loss of about 4 billion metric tons and serious damage to forest land, Taiwanese spend more than 90 billion yuan a year on betel nut, which is equivalent to the cost of half a highway, which is quite amazing. What's even more terrifying is its carcinogenic and cancer-promoting effects, which has made oral cancer in Taiwan jump to one of the top ten causes of cancer death.
Therefore, how to promote the prevention and control of betel nut and reduce people's habit of chewing betel nut has also become one of the priorities of the health unit.
Physiological hazards. In addition to the possibility of oral diseases and oral cancer, excessive consumption will produce poisoning symptoms, such as excitement, dull eyes, trembling all over the body, unsteady walking, strange or rough behavior; In severe cases, it can lead to acute psychosis, including auditory hallucinations, self-aggrandizement, forced rhapsodies, delirium, etc.
Economic harm. Spitting betel nut juice everywhere will be banned and fined; The price of edible betel nut is expensive, which increases the burden of expenditure; Medical expenses.
Social hazards. After eating for a long time, the teeth become black, the mouth turns red, and the appearance is quite **.
Environmental pollution. Spitting betel nut juice not only pollutes the environment and is unsightly, but the bacteria in the areca nut juice will drift away with the wind and inhale into the lungs of the public.
Soil conservation. Due to the shallow-rooted nature of betel nut trees, planting them in large areas will seriously damage soil and water conservation.
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Chewing betel nut can lead to mouth sores, loose teeth, and a perfect "betel nut face". After chewing betel nut for a long time, your face will be bigger. It's that part of the masseter muscle that will be very developed. It's ugly.
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Refreshing, nothing else is useful. In addition, to add, some people used it to quit smoking, but as a result, the smoking was quit, and the betel nut became addictive!
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It's useless, you want its taste, but it's really bad to eat too much, try to eat as little as possible, chew too much, and it's easy to break in the mouth.
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It's useless, it's the same as eating gum.
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Eating betel nut has many benefits: for example, it can promote digestion, cure diseases, and beautify the country.
Disadvantages of eating betel nut: But the World Health Organization's Cancer Research Center recently warned 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.
Areca nut fruit contains a variety of nutrients and beneficial substances required by the human body, such as fat, betel nut oil, alkaloids, catechins, choline and other components. Betel nut has a unique function of preventing miasma, is the medicinal fruit of the doctors of the past dynasties, and has the alias of "washing the miasma pill".
Because miasma is generally related to irregular diet and qi stagnation, betel nut can reduce qi, eliminate appetite and expel phlegm, so it has been widely concerned about its medicinal properties.
Herb name: betel nut (etelnut).
Commonly used anthelmintic drugs. It is the dried mature seeds of betel nut of the palm family. It is mainly produced in Indonesia, Malaysia and Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places in China.
The betel nut taste is bitter, pungent, and warm. Return to the stomach and large intestine meridians. Efficacy: insecticide, accumulation, gas, water.
It is mainly used for the treatment of insect accumulation, such as roundworms, tapeworms, pinworms, ginger fasciola, etc., food accumulation qi stagnation, abdominal distension and pain, edema, beriberi, malaria and other diseases. Modern pharmacological experiments have proved that betel nut has anthelmintic, antiviral and fungal effects.
Eating betel nut can be eaten, chewed in brine, and the first time chewer will have red faces and chest tightness, which is a normal phenomenon.
Toxicity. Excessive dose of arecine causes salivation, vomiting, diuresis, lethargy, and convulsions. If it is caused by oral administration, gastric lavage with potassium permanganate solution can be used, and atropine can be injected.
In addition, those who chew betel nut regularly are prone to lip cancer, so it should not be chewed often.
Areca nut has certain medicinal value: it has the effect of repelling liver flukes and schistosomiasis, tapeworms, pinworms, helminths, roundworms and other parasites 2It has anti-pathogenic microbial effect 3 >>>More
Borneol and ephedra are added to betel nut, which are as addictive as nicotine Eating too much is not good for the heart, and it is easy to get angry.
Can be dewormed. It is also recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica.
Hazards of betel nut Lesions caused by betel nut chewing: tooth wear and tear, periodontal disease, tooth shaking, oral submucosal fibrosis (mouth cannot be opened), vitiligo mucosal ulcer, oral cancer, esophageal cancer Excessive betel nut causes salivation, vomiting, diuresis, lethargy and convulsions. Areca nut changes the local tissue structure and can cause epithelial atrophy, submucosal collagen fiber accumulation, blood flow reduction, submucosal tissue vitrification, etc., resulting in oral submucosal fibrosis that the patient is miserable and can never return to the normal opening, and the resistance and immunity of the patient's local tissues are greatly reduced, which is conducive to the role of other carcinogens, so it gradually transforms into oral cancer. >>>More
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