Betel nut is addictive, how to quit?

First of all, we should know that Areca catechu is one of the four southern medicines in China, namely Areca catechu, Alpinia oxyphylla, Amomum villosum and Morinda officinalis. These four southern medicines are mainly produced in Hainan Island (mainly in Hainan at the beginning of 2 1 century) and originated in Malaysia. China is mainly distributed in tropical areas such as Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan Province Province. Areca catechu is widely planted in Asia because of its great economic value.

Chewing betel nut is the same as smoking. The more you chew, the more addictive you become. In life, some people describe a man as "a cigarette in his left pocket and betel nut in his pocket". Many people like chewing betel nuts and smoking cigarettes, which makes them look happy and comfortable. Although betel nut is one of the four major southern medicines, it is a fresh fruit, and the processed "roasted betel nut" is very harmful. There have been many cases of oral cancer caused by chewing betel nut in life. List of carcinogens of the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization 1 carcinogens.

Chewing roasted (dried) betel nut not only affects health, but also has adverse effects on urban environment. Red areca nut residue can be seen everywhere, and it is not easy to clean up, which is a great "harm" to beautify the city.

Want to quit betel nut, actually very simple, relative to smoking, betel nut is relatively quit. Make up your mind first, or you will still be tempted. Secondly, try to eat other foods, such as mint-flavored chewing gum. Every time you want to chew betel nut, eat other snacks or coffee (don't drink too much). Quitting betel nut is the same as quitting smoking. We must persist for a long time, and we must not give up halfway and fall short.

In addition, areca catechu has a great medicinal function, which contains many trace elements needed by human body, mainly arecoline, and a small amount of arecoline, norarecoline, isodemethylarecoline, arecoline and homoarecoline, all of which exist together 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.