This product is the mature seed of palm palm (Areca catechu L.), an evergreen tree plant of the Windmill Palm family. Mainly produced in Hainan Island, Fujian, Yunnan, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places. Harvest mature fruits from late spring to early autumn, boil them in water, dry them, peel off the peels, remove the seeds, and dry them in the sun. Soak into slices or mash.

[Property]

bitter and acrid, warm. act on stomach and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

It repels insects and eliminates accumulation, and moving qi promotes diuresis.

[Indications]

1. For a variety of intestinal Chinese Taxillus Herb diseases. This product has a repellent effect on various Chinese Taxillus Herb worms such as tapeworms, hookworms, roundworms, roundworms, and ginger worms. Among them, it has the best effect on worm syndromes/patterns. It is often used alone or together with cusshaw seed to achieve effective results. Used to treat roundworms and worm syndromes/patterns, mostly used with Quisqualis Fruit and Sichuan Chinaberry Bark; used to treat Fasciolopsis ginger, can be used with Smoked Plum, Liquorice Root combination of medicinals. Clinical reports in recent years have shown that betel coconut and cusshaw seed are combined to treat tapeworm disease, Areca Seed boiled liquid is used to treat intestinal giardiasis, and Areca Seed combination of medicinals Pharbitis Seed is made into tablets to treat tenasis disease. Pharbitis Seed is used to treat tapeworm disease. Areca Seed boiled liquid is used to treat intestinal giardiasis. Areca Seed combination of medicinals Pharbitis Seed is made into tablets to treat intestinal giardiasis. tenasis disease, all achieved better results.
2. Used for food accumulation qi stagnation, severe diarrhea and diarrhea. Areca Seed tastes bitter and enters the gastrointestinal tract. It is good at promoting gastrointestinal qi, eliminating accumulation and guiding stagnation, so it is used to treat food accumulation qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness constipation and dysentery tenesmus. Often used synonymously with Aucklandia Root, green tangerine peel, Rhubarb Rhizoma, such as Aucklandia and Areca Pill .
3. Used for edema and athlete's foot. This product also has the effect of moving qi and benefiting water. It is used to treat edema excess syndrome/pattern and constipation. It is often combined with medicinals such as Pokeberry Root, Alisma, Akebia Stem, etc. Add Dredging and Channelling Decoction; used to treat cold-dampness athlete's foot, often with Floweringqince Fruit, Evodia Fruit, tangerine peel and other combinations of medicinals, such as Cock Crow Powder.
4. In addition, it is also used to treat malaria Hanre. Areca Seed has the effect of preventing attack of malaria. It is often used with Dichroa and Caoguo Same as Malaria-Truncating Seven-Treasure Decoction.

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "It mainly eliminates grains, drives away water, eliminates phlegm addiction, kills three insects and lays down corpses, and cures white spots."
2. Yaoxing Lun : "It is suitable to benefit the stagnation of five zang-organs and six fu-organs, break the strong Qi, lower edema, treat heart pain, wind and blood, abdominal mass."
3. Bencao Gangmu: "Cure diarrhea and dysentery Later, there are severe pains in the heart and abdomen, constipation in urination and urination, and panting of phlegm. Treat all kinds of malaria and prevent miasma."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 6~15g. When used alone to kill tapeworms and Fasciolopsis, 60-120g can be used.

It should not be used by people with spleen deficiency, loose stool or qi deficiency.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains alkaloids such as Areca Seed Base, Areca Seed Secondary Base and Desmethyl Areca Seed Base, as well as condensed tannins, fatty oils, Areca Seed red pigments, starches, resins, etc.

Areca Seed alkali has a strong anthelmintic effect on pig tapeworms; it can paralyze the entire body of the worm; on bovine tapeworms, it can only paralyze the head and immature proglottids. It also has a repellent effect on pinworms, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, and Fasciolopsis, and has a certain preventive effect on schistosomiasis infections. Water infusion has inhibitory effects on skin fungi and influenza viruses. Areca Seed base has a cholinergic effect, excites choline receptors, promotes the secretion of saliva and sweat glands, increases intestinal motility, slows down the heart rate, lowers blood pressure, and eye drops can shrink pupils.