Areca palm

Recipes medicinal properties of Areca palms.

---

Areca palm

Areca palm is one of the most beautiful and magnificent palm trees. Main countries, representing the Areca palm, is Pakistan, Malaysia, China (province of Hainan), India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia. In India raspolozena approximately 120 thousand hectares of plantations of Areca palms, but use fruits in India in greater numbers than they produce. India has been importing the fruits of this palm. Its height reaches up to 30 meters, and the diameter of the trunk is approximately 45 inches. One palm tree can live for 60 to 100 years. On roots of Areca palm trees no root hairs. The stem of a palm tree grown after three years of existence.

Palm trees that have lived one year, already have about 5 leaves, and the adults have 12 leaves. Every year, Areca palm appears about 6 leaves. Single leaf of tree can live for more than two years. To bloom, the trees can only at the age of six or earlier. After vosimi months after fertilization and pollination fruits appear. And pollen can be transported as insects (bees) and wind. In one inflorescence is present from 250 to 500 female flowers, they have a creamy white color. Despite this, the number of flowers and fruits will be less: from 50 to 400. The fruit has a single seed forms a ball. Fruit weight is about 10-20 grams, it is like a chicken egg. The fruit can be deep red, orange or yellow. Under the skin of the fetus is located the fibrous pulp to eat it. As we have said, inside is a single seed, or in other words, a nut.

Dry solid endosperm of immature or Mature nuts is used in chewing gum betel nut as it is important and main part. Seed you can chew one, but most often it is used in the composition of betel. But betel nut is very light and looks quite harmless tranquilizer, it possesses narcotic properties with constant use.

Medicinal properties and application of Areca palms

Contemporary use of plants comes from the fact that in the fruit of Areca palm tree contains the it contracts, which is the strongest natural anthelmintic, and it is inherent in tonic properties. It is this ingredient that gives the psychoactive properties of the chewing gum. The therapeutic properties are the treatment of parasitic diseases. And the leaves of Areca palm tree have antiseptic properties.

The fruits of this palm contain dyes and tannins, they also allow you to apply them topainting ordinary fabrics in red and black colors. The fruits are used Areca palms for medical purposes, also in veterinary practice, as the most effective mean for treatment of skin diseases protozoan and fungal origin, as an excellent remedy against worms and diarrhea, for this purpose, the fruit must be crushed. The fruit of the Areca palm used for the production of betel-nut chewing gum. But for the treatment of respiratory diseases apply the oil from palm trees. Before the fruits of Areca palms used as an anthelmintic, but from diarrhea it was used less frequently. Despite all the wonderful benefits, the fruits of Areca palms poisonous and have eight grams of the pharmaceutical product may be poisonous.

Recipes for fruit of Areca palm trees for the treatment of diseases

In order to manufacture the chewing mixture, it is necessary to take a small piece of the nut, splits in advance the fruit of the Areca palm, also pre-cook a pinch of lime, which can be obtained through use of chalk, calcined in the oven and quenched in vinegar. The composition also includes spices (cloves, nutmeg, etc.). All this is thoroughly mixed and wrapped in a fresh betel leaf. With such preparation, the gum can be chewed for a very long time.

During chewing of this mixture increases salivation and happens the anaesthetic effect on the mucous membrane of the pharynx and mouth, and medicinal properties lies in the fact that this gum will help get rid of tapeworms parasitizing in a human body. Shavings of the fruit of the Areca palms are added to tobacco products to achieve a synergistic effect which intensifies under the influence of nicotine.

Contraindications and side effects from the use of Areca palms

If you often use the fruit of Areca palm, may appear dizziness, vomiting, cramps and diarrhea. Start disorders in the nervous system. One important side effect is the appearing of drug addiction. After using such a substance the person immediately improves mood and you may notice a mild euphoria.

In the case of long-term use you experience heart problems, as it is one of the strongest biostimulants. When used in significant doses appears paralysis that leads to death. If quite a long time to chew betel-nut mixture, then the mouth begins to be painted in bright red color. Saliva, whichappears when chewing, swallow is prohibited, it can serve as a significant reason for intestinal disorders. It just spits. Recall again that these medications are highly toxic. To eat and use must be approached very carefully to avoid causing harm to your body.