Betel Nut
by William Boericke — Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica & Repertory
(ARECA)
Of use in Helminthiasis. Its alkaloid, Areolin Hydrobrom contracts the pupil, acting more promptly and energetically but of shorter duration than Eserine . Serviceable in glaucoma. Acts also as a salivatory like Pilocarpin . Also increases the amplitude of pulsations of the heart and promotes the contractility of the intestines.
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Areca Catechu appears in 2 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“catechu. Fruit: Areca-nut, Betel-nut. N. O. Palmeæ. Trituration of the nut, and triturations and solutions of the alkaloids, Arecoline and Tenaline. Helminthiasis / Myopia / Salivation / Tapeworm The Betel-nut is in very common use in the East as a masticatory for sweetening the breath and hardening the gums. It is…”
