English, Latin- Areca/Betel tree, Areca catechu
Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Nepali- Betel nut, supari
Sanskrit- Pungiflam
Assamese- Guwa, Tamol
Kannada- Edik Kangu
Konkani- Kopal
Malayalam- Adaka
Tamil- Pakku
Telugu- Poka Vakka
Urdu- Chhalia Supari
Persian- Kufel
Areca nut trees are found in India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines etc.
Areca nut trees are up to 20 m and the diameter of its stem is up to 10-15 cm.
Rubbing betel nut in water and applying it on skin is beneficial in skin diseases like itching, eczema.
Grinding about 5g. raw betel nut and drinking 7-14ml. juice of jambari kills stomach worms.
Burning betel nut and using its ash for brushing teeth cures all gum and teeth diseases.
Burning 10-10g. betel nut and big cardamom and sprinkling its ash in the mouth cures all mouth diseases.
Boiling 10g. betel nut in 100ml. water and drinking it after filtering half the water stops diarrhea due to weakness of stomach and intestines.
Taking 2g powder made from equal quantity of betel nut and turmeric mixed with sugar stops excessive vomiting.
Taking 1-1g. powder of betel nut, alum and catechu, 2g. alum and grinding all of them and making a powder of it and rubbing it on gums cures all their diseases.
Rubbing smooth betel nut in water and applying it on the navel stops the swelling of the navel, bleeding and pus coming out of it.
Betel nut and powder mixed together, is beneficial in white leprosy.
Mixing 50 gms. ash of betel nut in 150 gms. khadiya and brushing teeth with it makes teeth shiny and strong.
Mixing betel nut and catechu in equal parts and brushing teeth with its powder, all dental diseases are cured.
By applying betel nut or supari on the wound of syphilis, the wound gets cured.
Mixing betel nut in sesame oil and applying it on itching, it is beneficial.
Eating ghee betel nut is beneficial in dysentery,
By brushing teeth only with supari, it is beneficial in dental diseases.
