Speaking of the "thing" of betel nut, I believe that many people will not feel strange, and even feel "kind".
It is a tropical, masculine plant that prefers warmth and humidity and is native to Malaysia. Originally, it was just a traditional Chinese medicine, which had the effects of cough and expectorant, consumption and decanting, wide chest anti-vomiting, insect repellent and so on.
Later, people accidentally found that when chewing betel nut, the body will have symptoms such as excitement and fever, which has the effect of resisting cold and eliminating fatigue. With the development of the times, it is gradually processed into different styles and different flavors of "flavor food" that are popular all over the world.
Once upon a time, the habit of people sitting down to smoke, drink and spanking in their spare time has unconsciously changed to chewing betel nut, and the way men greet each other is no longer to smoke each other, but to take the betel nut from their pockets.
Chewing betel nut has become a trend.
Whether in public or at home, you can see the squirming mouth when chewing betel nut and the sound of bar chirping, followed by a familiar smell.
From the very beginning of chewing one will be blushing, chest tightness, night sweats, to the point of one pack or several packs a day, a day without chewing the body and scratching. Like drugs, it slowly becomes addictive and addictive.
Oral cancer patients
The biggest disadvantage of chewing betel nut is nothing more than that it will damage the oral mucosa, damage to the gums, submucosal fibrosis, and serious development into oral cancer.
Betel nut is slowly eating away at our generation, and even the next.
So what is the magic of the betel nut that may cause cancer in one bite of the legend, so that people have a feeling of knowing that there are tigers in the mountains or biased towards the tiger mountain? Even if the face is finally deformed and the teeth are yellow and black and loose, it still can't stop people from flocking to it.
In addition to the finished products that have been processed and packaged, there are even many "advanced" eating methods. For example, swallow the shell of betel nut wrapped in flames, wrap it in pod leaves and lime paste, dried betel nut and so on.
Someone once said that the mana of betel nut and tobacco is boundless, and the betel nut and wine are immortal. It can be seen how strong the status and popularity of betel nut in the folk is. It is conservatively estimated that hundreds of millions of people in the world's billions of people are die-hard fans of betel nut, and the money spent on betel nuts every year is astronomical.
In fact, as early as 1996, Xiamen began to ban the production, sale and consumption of betel nuts. In 2003, it was listed by the World Health Organization as a "first-class carcinogen".
So, chewing betel nut is not only a waste of money, but even has a risk of carcinogenicity, why do people still love it as always?