use of areca nut

1. BETTLE NUT
Keshob kumar ghose

2. BOTANICAL SOURCE
Scientific name: Areca catechu
Family: Piperaceae
Useable part: seed

3. CHARACTER
• The seed of the areca palm a long and graceful palm grown in tropical regions.
• When the seed is young its husk is green and the nut is soft.
• When it is ripe the husk turns yellow, orange, and brown. At this point the nut hardens
and become wood low

4. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS
• Arecaidine
• Arecoline
• Gum
• Tannin
• Gallic acid
• Volatile and fixed oil

5. USE
• kill worms
• remove phlegm
• Used as confectionary fat
• Leukoderma

6. USE
• Cough
• Fits worms
• Anemia
• Obesity
• Nasal ulcer

7. USE
• taenia infection
• Appetizing effect
• Blood pressure

8. USE
• Schizophrenia
• Eye disorder (glaucoma)
• Mild stimulant
• Digestive aid

9. ARE YOU TAKE ARECA NUT AS DAILY
SUPPLEMENT?