What are the benefits and disadvantages of eating betel nut

April 13, 2023
Betel nut as one of China's four southern medicine, not only can be used for medicine, but also edible, China's Hunan, Taiwan, Hainan and other regions are popular areas chewing betel nut, especially in Hunan, many women have the habit of chewing betel nut, so what are the benefits and disadvantages of eating betel nut?

The benefits of eating betel nut

Drive internal parasites

Betel nut is an effective ingredient to drive away parasites in human body. Betel nut has a strong paralyzing effect on pork tapeworm in human body, betel nut can completely paralyze the head and immature segments of beef tapeworm in human body, and betel nut can also poison roundworms in human body.

Increase appetite

Chewing betel nut can make the smooth muscle tension of the stomach and intestines rise, enhance intestinal peristalsis, and promote the secretion of gastric juice, so it can help digestion and increase appetite.

Anti-virus

Anti-fungal betel nut flesh infusion has different inhibitory effects on skin fungi such as corynebacteria in test tubes. The decoction and water infusion have some inhibitory effect on certain strains of influenza virus type A. These effects are related to the fact that betel nut contains a large amount of toxic substances.

Bad effects of eating betel nut

Bad for teeth

1. Long-term betel nut chewing is a serious wear and tear on the teeth. 2. The juice of betel nut is purple-red in color, and chewing betel nut for a long time will make people's teeth black. 3. The limestone and betel nut juice in betel nut is easy to form calculus in the mouth for a long time; it not only affects the beauty, but also affects periodontal health. 4. Betel nut fiber is coarse and hard, may also stab the gums or block the gap between the teeth, resulting in gum pressure and inflammation.

Bad for temporomandibular joint

Long-term betel nut chewing, easy to make the cheeks wider, affecting the face, but also increase the weight of the temporomandibular joint, causing joint popping, pain and other symptoms. In severe cases, it can also lead to joint disc perforation.

Effects on the digestive system

Some of the ingredients of betel nut can damage the taste nerve and saliva secretion, affecting the digestive function. In addition, betel nut residue also irritates the stomach lining, which can seriously lead to inflammation of the gastric mucosa.

Tips

Do not make betel nut chewing a habit. Occasionally eating betel nut can help the body digest and fight viruses, but chewing betel nut as a habit can cause a series of physical discomfort.
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