Areca nut cures many diseases

Areca nut is also known as Tan Lang, Binh Lang, is the ripe seed of the areca tree. Spicy, bitter taste, warm properties; enters the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians...

Areca nut is also called Tan Lang, Binh Lang, is the ripe seed of the Areca tree. Spicy, bitter, warm; affects the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians, areca nut has the effect of treating worms, also has the effect of diuretic. Used for cases of worms, indigestion, cramps, abdominal distension, diarrhea, dysentery syndrome, edema. Daily, use 4 - 12g by cooking, steeping, decoction. Can use high dose of 60 - 120g when deworming.

Some dishes with medicinal properties of tan lang:

New-born porridge: 15g new-born, 50g rice. Boil areca nut to get the water, boil the water with rice to make porridge, eat hot. Used for cases of indigestion, bloating, vomiting, constipation alternating with diarrhea.

Tan lang tangerine peel powder: 12g tan lang, 6g tangerine peel, finely ground, mixed with appropriate amount of honey, eaten when hungry. Used for cases of belching and heartburn.

Tan lang am: 10g of tan lang, 10g of lai phuc tu, 5g of tangerine peel. Crush tan lang, stir-fry lai phuc tu, wash and slice tangerine peel; boil the 3 ingredients to get the water, add sugar, stir well, let cool and drink several times a day. Used for cases of indigestion, bloating, loss of appetite, flatulence, belching, bad breath.

Pumpkin seed and Chinese wolfberry porridge: 9g Chinese wolfberry, 10g hawthorn, 10g coc nha, 20g pumpkin seeds, 60g rice. Boil the medicinal herbs to get the water; boil the water with rice to make porridge. Make once a day, divide into 2 meals. Use for 3-5 days. Treats liver disease with corneal degeneration leading to blindness in children, often combined with treatment of intestinal worms.

Five-flavor Chinese wolfberry porridge: 20g Chinese wolfberry, 9g Schisandra chinensis, 12g Alisma orientalis, 14g Cassia seed, 10g Chinese wolfberry, 60g rice. Boil the medicinal herbs to get the water, then cook the water with Chinese wolfberry and rice to make porridge. Used for patients with glaucoma with symptoms of dilated pupils, headache, nausea... (migraine).

Contraindications: People with weak spleen and stomach (hernia, abdominal prolapse, gastric prolapse...) need to be careful.

According to Health and Life