📩 Areca catechu

Traditional Herbs from Areca catechu

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• Prepare 30 g of young areca nut, 5 g of ginger and 5 g of turmeric.
• Boil all the ingredients in 400 ml of water until boiling over low heat until the water is reduced, strain.
• Drink at once when warm before breakfast.

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• Prepare 8 g (10 seeds) of young areca nut, 1 free-range chicken egg yolk, 3 leaves castor.
• Pure young areca nut, mix with egg yolk. Put it on the child's stomach, cover the castor leaves and tie it with octopus before going to bed at night.

What is Areca catechu Looks like??

Parts of Areca catechu that could be used

• Leaves
• Seeds
• Roots
• Stems

Areca catechu Distribution

Areca nut is a palm-like plant, known as a medicinal plant originating from South Asia, Southeast Asia and several islands in the Pacific Sea. Areca nut is often used by people, especially inland communities who have the habit of chewing areca nut together with betel leaves and lime. This is believed to strengthen teeth and has been done for generations. Apart from that, areca nuts can also be processed into juice, coffee, herbal medicine, and can be consumed in supplement form.
Agroecology of Areca catechu
Grows well in areas with an altitude of up to 1,400 m above sea level. Its growth prefers lateric soil, red clay, and requires rainfall of 750-4,500 mm/year, temperature of 20-32 °C with a soil pH of around 4-8.
Morphology of Areca catechu

• Slender stem, 15 cm in diameter, although some are larger, not branched.
• Leaves are pinnately compound. The leaflets are 85 x 5 cm long, the tip is torn and serrated. The leaf sheath is tubular, 80 cm long, the petiole is short.
• Flower cobs with long sheaths that fall off easily, appear under the leaves, short stalks, double branched.
• Buni fruit, elongated inverted oval, red orange.

Cultivation of Areca catechu

• Generative propagation (seeds), originating from physiologically ripe fruit.
• Germination usually occurs over 6-13 weeks.

Areca catechu, more details :

Chemical Content of Areca catechu
Alkaloids (arekoline, arekolidin, arekain, guvasin, isoguvasin), tannins, phenolic compounds, gallic acid, lignin.
Benefits of Areca catechu
Overcoming appetite problems, menstruation with excessive blood, nosebleeds, tinea versicolor, scabies, medicine for constipation and stomach ache in toddlers, edema, medicine for broken bones, worms, lumbago (fiber veins), strengthening teeth.
Simplisia of Areca catechu

• Prepare old areca nut seeds then wash them until clean.
• Slice them and dry them for several days.
• After drying, pack the dried seed slices\u00a0in a closed, airtight container.

Another Facts for Areca catechu :

Synonym of Areca catechu
Areca cathechu Burm.f., Areca faufel Gaertn., Areca himalayana Griff. ex H.Wendl.
Habitus of Areca catechu
Palm. Annual palms, reaching 15-20 m high
Habitat of Areca catechu

• Forest