The efficacy and effects of betel nut and contraindications

Betel nut is the dried mature seeds of betel nut, a plant of the palm family, mainly produced in Guangdong, Yunnan and other places. Betel nut is warm in nature, bitter, pungent and warm in taste, and is attributed to the stomach and large intestine meridians. It is effective in killing insects, eliminating stagnation, promoting the flow of Qi, inducing diuresis, and intercepting malaria.

Insecticide

Betel nut has anthelmintic and anthelmintic effects on intestinal parasites such as tapeworm, roundworm, pinworm, hookworm and ginger worm, and it has the advantage of dispelling the worms by diarrhea.

Eliminate stagnation

Betel nut is pungent and bitter, enters the gastrointestinal meridian and is good at moving the qi of the stomach and intestines, so it can eliminate stagnation, and has a slow diarrhea and laxative effect. It can be used to treat the timing of gas stagnation, abdominal distension and constipation, as well as damp-heat diarrhea and dysentery.

Promote water circulation

Betel nut can both move qi and have a beneficial effect on water, and Chinese medicine believes that the movement of qi can help the movement of water. Therefore, betel nut is often used to treat oedema, inconvenient urination and defecation, as well as cold and dampness, swelling and pain in the feet.

Intercepting malaria

Betel nut can intercept malaria and is often used in combination with Chang Shan and Cao Guo in the treatment of malaria.

The pharmacological effects of betel nut

1, betel nut can tapeworm body cause relaxation paralysis, touch the body of this worm elongation and not easy to break, so the whole worm can be expelled. 2, betel nut base on pork tapeworm has a strong paralyzing effect, can make all parts of the whole worm are paralyzed, the beef tapeworm can only make the head section and immature segment paralysis. 3、Betel nut has paralyzing or expelling effect on raphe, roundworm, hookworm, liver fluke and schistosome. 4, betel nut has a certain inhibitory effect on skin fungi, influenza virus, Helicobacter pylori. 5, betel nut base has choline-like effect, can excite choline receptors, promote saliva, sweat gland secretion, increase intestinal peristalsis, slow down the heart rate, lower blood pressure, eye drops can make the pupil narrow.

Side effects of betel nut

Betel nut can be carcinogenic, as a class I carcinogen, long-term chewing on the teeth wear serious, and has a certain degree of addiction. Excessive consumption of betel nut can produce toxic symptoms, such as excitement, dull eyes, trembling, unstable walking, strange or violent behavior; in severe cases, it can lead to acute psychosis, including auditory hallucinations, ego expansion, forced rhapsody, delirium, etc.

Contraindications to the use of betel nut

The betel nut can be consumed by all people, because it has a slow diarrhea effect, so it is contraindicated for people with a weak spleen and loose stools or Qi deficiency; pregnant women should use it with caution.