Can betel nuts only be eaten by men?

nutrition

Areca nut contains many nutrients and beneficial substances needed by human body. The main components of areca nut are 3 1. 1% phenol, 1.8% polysaccharide, 1.4% fat, 1.8% crude fiber, 9.9% moisture and 3.0%. Betel nut also contains more than 20 kinds of trace elements, of which 1 1 is an essential trace element for human body. Areca seed contains 0.3%-0.6% of total alkaloids, mainly arecoline, and a small amount of arecoline, norarecoline, isonorarecoline, arecoline and homoarecoline, all of which coexist with tannic acid. There are also dimers, trimers and tetramers of tannin, fat, mannitol, galactose, sucrose, catechin, epicatechin, colorless anthocyanin, areca catechu red pigment, saponin and proanthocyanidins. Fatty acids are lauric acid 19.5%, myristic acid 46.2%, palmitic acid 12.7%, stearic acid 1.6%, oleic acid 6.2%, linoleic acid 5.4%, lauric acid 0.3%, tetradecenoic acid 7.2%, and amino acids. Proline accounts for more than 15%.

officinal

Generally speaking, betel nut has the efficacy of "killing insects and breaking accumulation, reducing qi and stagnation, promoting diuresis and eliminating dampness", and has been used to treat parasitic infections such as tapeworms, hookworms, roundworms and ginger worms. Simo Decoction, which consists of areca nut, linderae root, ginseng and agarwood, is mainly used to treat "seven emotions against qi, shortness of breath in the morning, making people stop eating and stuffy food". There is a folk tradition that babies take Simotang one week after birth. It is said that it is good for the child's stomach, and it won't make trouble in the future. According to the drug supervision department, there are currently 225 kinds of drugs containing betel nut in China.