Pinang vulnerary

Plants Pinang (Areca catechu L.) has been widely used by the people of Indonesia in the past, especially the men who used to mix the betel nut. People who eat betel nuts are believed to have strong teeth despite advanced age.
Nut crops easily grown in Indonesia. Usually these plants are planted in the yard, garden, or growing on the riverbank. The form is beautiful with trees 10-30 meters tall is suitable for decoration. No wonder the road sections in particular, is widely grown crop row. In addition to the beauty of the city, can also serve for greening.
Cultivation is done by planting the seeds are ripe enough. Previous seeds were germinated and grown in plastic (poly). As a child, nut crops can be used to decorate the house. When the trunk is bigger, should be planted outdoors.
Nut has different names in some areas. In West Java, people call jambe, penang or wohan. In Sumatra, the plant has many names. Anyone know the nut, pineng, pineung, Virgin rod, rod lumps, pining stem, stem nut, and boni.
Good seeds, fruits, and sabutnya can be used, particularly for the treatment. Treatment with the fruit of this plant has been well known since ancient times.
Betel nut can to treat beriberi, worms, flatulence, wounds, diarrhea, and cough with phlegm. While the leaves can to increase appetite and treat back pain. Betel leaves are also widely used to wrap food. While sabutnya can be used to cure beri-beri, constipation (difficult bowel movements), and digestive disorders.
Young betel nuts can be used to treat injuries from accidents (collision, friction, puncture, cut or burned). How, meat areca young pounded until smooth, then placed on the injured body part.
Young betel nuts can also be directly chewed and swallowed water. This is to treat blood in urine. While the matchmaker juice can be used as an external medicine myopic eye diseases.
Children who suffer from intestinal worms can be cured by this plant. How, to prepare 30 grams of betel nut powder and then boiled with 2 cups water to a boil. Seethe water is then allowed to cool and then filtered. This water is then drunk in patients with intestinal worms once before breakfast.


Part nut commonly used: Seeds, leaves, husks.
PURPOSE:Seeds (Binglang):- Worms: taeniasis, fasciolopsiasis.- Abdominal bloating caused by digestive disorders.- Swelling due to fluid retention (edema).- Feeling full in the chest.- Luka.- Coughing up phlegm.- Diarrhea.- Late menstruation, vaginal discharge.- Beriberi, edema. Malaria.- Minimize the pupils (miosis) in glaucoma.
Leaves:- No appetite.- Lumbago (lumbago).
Coco:- Indigestion (dyspepsia).- Constipation.- Edema and beri-beri.
HOW TO USE:1. Wormy:

    30 g of powdered betel nut with 2 cups boiling water, simmer slowly seiama 1 hour. After chilling filtered, drink well before breakfast.

2. Luka: finely ground seeds, for use on wounds.
3. Scabies:

    Finely ground nut seeds, add a little water whiting until it becomes dough like mush. Used to polish the body mange.

4. Ulceration:

    Areca nut, gambier, whiting respectively lizard eggs, tobacco and 1 thumb fresh betel leaves. These materials are mixed ialu finely ground. Smear on a sore that has been cleaned.

5. Dysentery:

    Areca nut pale yellow color washed and soaked in 1 cup water for several hours. Drinking water immersion nut.

6. Cleaning and strengthen teeth and gums:

    Betel nut sliced ​​thinly. Chew every day for a few minutes, and then the waste is disposed.

7. Back pain:

    Leaves taste washed, then ground smooth. Add coconut oil to taste, reheat briefly over the fire. Warm used to compress the waist of the sick.

8. Diphtheria:

    1 whole dried finely ground nut seeds, pour 3/4 cup hot water and 1 tablespoon honey. After a cold used to rinse the mouth in the throat for 2-3 minutes, and then discarded.
    Do it 3 times a day.

Side effects:Alkaloid compounds contained in fruit is quite dangerous for the system requirements. Common are nausea and vomiting (20-30%), abdominal pain, dizziness, and nervousness. To reduce the incidence of vomiting, drink a decoction of the drug after it has cooled. Rare side effects are gastric injury vomiting blood.
Signs of an overdose: A lot of salivation (qalivation), vomiting, drowsiness and seizures. Pengobalan: Wash with a solution of potassium permanganate stomach and injection of atropine. To reduce its toxic effects, the use of betel nut should have dried, or even better when dried betel nut boiled before drinking. The habit of chewing betel nut, can increase the incidence of cancer-cheek mucosa (buccal cancer).