How to treat betel nut as medicine?

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been an important part of China medicine since ancient times. According to various medical books, there are thousands of plants with TCM value, among which one plant can produce many kinds of Chinese herbal medicines. The roots, stems, leaves, fruits, kernels and skins of plants can all produce Chinese herbal medicines with different medicinal properties, such as Areca catechu &; Betel nut, ephedra &; Ephedra root, Lycium barbarum &; Bone skin and so on.

Take betel nut as an example. According to the information provided by the drug supervision department, there are more than 200 kinds of common Chinese patent medicines containing betel nut on the market. The betel nut used as medicine is generally the mature nut in betel nut, which has the functions of killing insects, breaking accumulation, diuresis and eliminating dampness. Simo Decoction, which is commonly used in daily life, is mainly used for food retention, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, crying, anorexia, diarrhea or constipation in infants and the elderly. Moreover, our common Jianwei Xiaoshi tablets and Muxiang Areca Pills all contain areca nut.