What's the harm of chewing betel nut often?

Modern medical research has found that areca nut contains a variety of alkaloids, areca nut oil, catechin, choline and tannic acid, among which arecoline is an effective anthelmintic drug, which can make tapeworms have flaccid paralysis and then excrete it, and also has inhibitory effects on influenza virus and some skin fungi, and has a good therapeutic effect on glaucoma. It has a miraculous effect on helicobacter pylori infection.

Chinese medicine believes that betel nut has the effects of stopping diarrhea, diminishing inflammation, reducing swelling, promoting granulation and relieving pain, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma, purging qi and promoting diuresis, killing insects and resolving food stagnation.

People who are sick, postpartum and weak are not suitable for eating. Generally, overeating may lead to swelling and ulceration of lips and eyes, numbness of limbs, rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath. In Taiwan Province Province, some people suffered from arrhythmia and myocardial infarction due to excessive chewing, and one of them died after taking six betel nut pills.

Some people in some areas of southern China have the custom of chewing betel nuts. Modern medical research shows that chewing betel nut is potentially harmful to human health. Because chewing betel nut is an important factor leading to oral cancer. Betel nut contains various chemicals. A large number of studies have shown that these substances have carcinogenic and mutagenic effects. Hygienic investigation was carried out in 224 betel nut sales points in a city of China. The results showed that the fluorine content in betel nut was the highest, and the number of bacteria was amazing. Some samples also include white mold, yellow mold and Escherichia coli. Therefore, people who have the habit of chewing betel nut should quit as soon as possible.