An addiction of a betel nut: from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, from the industry to the abstinence

Recently, singer Fu Song died of oral cancer at the age of 36. When a friend mourned him, he said: "May he go all the way, may he be in another world, no betel nut, no pain, no cancer."

An addiction of a betel nut

A green fruit, chewed for two thousand years.

In China, betel nut has a long history. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, some people recorded the method of chewing betel nut. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Shen Yue, a poet in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, wrote in "Yongzhu Betel Poetry Poetry", "Recommended shame, although he is as well as the sky"; the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai even bluntly stated "when the golden disk is recommended by a dendrobium".

Betel nut is a tropical plant. Those tall betel nut trees are mainly planted in Hainan, Yunnan, Fujian and Taiwan. Hunan is not listed, but it is a real betel nut consumer province.

How much does Hunan people love betel nut? In Hunan, as long as you can buy water, you can buy betel nut, and the coverage of tobacco and alcohol is not as good as it. The red door, the corner of the counter of the hardware shop and the car washing shop in the small waiting hall, the carrier of the taxi driver and the big truck driver, and the traders who sell fruit in front of the mall, betel nut has been integrated into every life of the market life. At the point.

As early as July 2020, Yueyang Traffic Police also received reports from netizens. Two buses parking in the middle of the Nanjin Port Road Road to occupy betel nut. Afterwards, Yueyang Traffic Police Nanhu Brigade interviewed the bus company, the relevant responsible persons and drivers. According to the relevant provisions of the "People's Republic of China Road Transportation Law", the police criticized the driver Zhou and Liu in accordance with the law, and each fined 200 yuan.

What does betel nut feel? The extensive, relatively low price, and the regional social culture have reduced the threshold of betel nut, so that many people have the opportunity to "try". Some first tasks said that they felt like chewing a pile of small wooden sticks at first. After a while, they were numb and swollen. The throat seemed to be stuffed with a handful of grass. I couldn't breathe in the bed, lying on the bed for a long time, and my heartbeat was about to explode.

Generally speaking, the experience of eating betel nut for the first time in life will not be so good, it may be dizzy, vomiting, urine, drifting, and convulsions, but if the people around you are "normal for the first time", try more. The second, it will gradually adapt and addiction. Until the beginning of the occurrence of oral ulcers, I can't help but continue to chew betel nut and feel anxious, uncomfortable, fatigue and other abstinence on the occasion of chewing betel nut ...

"Betel nut and smoke, the magic power is boundless; the more and the longer the betel nut is used to drink." Betel nut and nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine are called the world's four major addicts. It can be "betel nut with tobacco and alcohol", which is also standard for many betel nut enthusiasts. For those who love chewing betel nuts, chewing betel nut is as strong as chewing gum, and it has become a "unconscious" habit like breathing. When playing games, eating at work, and eating more when bored. The priest Gu Jinjin introduced that "betel nut chewing is pretty fragrant." The shell with a fibrous tissue is constantly crushed and chewed in the oral cavity of the editor, until the taste of wrapped in the fruit is diluted to the last moment, and a betel nut is "chewed". Which fruit quality is one grade higher than other brands of the same price, it smells a bit sweet, the fruit paste feels enough, the taste is very "positive", which "chews into scum", these betel nuts eat betel nuts, these betel nuts eat betel nuts. The veterans spoke to analyze, and the head was the Tao.

Running betel nut industry

Combing Hunan betel nut for nearly 30 years of industrial history, on the other hand, it is in a storm of public opinion, and on the other hand, the industry rushes.

"In the early years, there were five cents and one yuan betel nut on the streets. Now I can't find it. Basically, they are installed with betel nut. The price ranges from 20 yuan to 100 yuan per package." According to the local people, the color of the fruit determines the price of the price. The betel nut with clear and clear lines will not be bitter, so it will be more expensive.

Bin Zhilang, founded in 1995, is the first betel nut company operating with a corporate operation. Investment in Xiangtan Economic Development Zone exceeded 450 million yuan, covering an area of ​​more than 200 acres, integrating production and scientific research.

In the past 20 years, the production of betel nut food has already got rid of the extensive operation of the past small workshops or front shops and rear factories, and has gradually moved towards modern production. Binzuro, Huangye, Taste King, Fat Brother, Xiaolong King, Wu Zizun, and Changchang, etc., have built large -scale factories. These seven output values ​​account for more than 90%of the entire industry.

From 2017 to 2019, the head brand of the betel nut industry, the taste king, was exclusively named Hunan Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala for three consecutive years. The effect of launching TV programs was significant, and the overall sales of the taste king betel nut rose 78%year -on -year.

At the same time, with the increase of public doubts such as betel nut "addiction" and "carcinogenic", many businesses have changed their heads, and wolfberry betel nuts, sesame betel nuts, and raisins with concepts such as "health" and "no wounds" have emerged.

In 2021, the advertising implantation of Xiangtan Shop appeared in the fifth season of the "Tucao Conference" program.

There are even betel nut companies packing betel nut into healthy foods. In 2021, the wolfberry betel nut packaging bag produced by a food technology Co., Ltd. in Pingxiang was printed on the wolfberry betel nut packaging bag, which was discovered and fined 200,000 yuan by the local market supervision bureau.

In August 2021, the Consulate General of my country in Istanbul issued a solemn reminder: Please do not bring betel nut into Turkey with Chinese compatriots, so as not to violate local laws.

According to Turkish law, betel nuts in betel nut have been identified as drugs due to illusion.

On September 17, 2021, the General Office of the State Administration of Radio and Television issued the "Notice on Stopping the use of radio and television and online audiovisual programs to promote and sell betel nuts and its products" pointed out that the General Administration of Radio, Film and Television has decided to stop using radio, television and online audiovisuals from now on. Proponing the market to sell betel nut and its products.

But for dealers, the attraction of betel nut is still very great. Today, search for betel nut franchise information on the Internet platform, with a total investment ranging from tens of thousands to 200,000. The official franchise information of Huangwei betel nut shows that in a 80 -square -meter specialty store in a fourth -tier city, the total investment is about 220,000 yuan, and it can make a profit of 261,600 yuan in one year. According to the agency price list provided by the "Pastor of the Pay", the exquisite series of betel nuts with the highest factory price is 19.2 yuan per package.

Chewy oral cancer

The fatal impact on healthy will eventually explode the topic of betel nut.

As early as 2018, a hospital posted that "in the 46 ward of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 45 inpatient patients now have oral cancer, of which 44 have a long -term and large history of chewing betel nut."

The documentary "The Retrying Life -Cancer Cancer Survey" tells that many patients with betel nuts who eat betel nut have had to choose to cut off the tongue and cut off the tooth bed, etc. "Cut face" survival.

In "The Face Cutting Man" in the betel nut kingdom, a 43 -year -old oral cancer patient cut off his left face jaw, left tooth bed and lymph. The mouth couldn't fit anymore, the teeth could only be naked, and the left face fell down. The left eye nerve was oppressed after surgery, and it was completely blind during the interview. He didn't dare to look in the mirror for a time, thinking that this was the lowest valley of life. As a result, two years later, his condition recurred, and he lived in the tumor ward again.

Faced with the upcoming tragedy, we still have the opportunity to let it not happen. Before truly transformed into oral cancer, there is a window period for pre -cancer lesions, that is, fibrosis (OSF) under the oral mucosa. If we can quit betel nut early and actively cooperate with treatment, we can really pull back a life from the edge of the cliff.

Mr. Zhang, who has lived in Hunan since childhood, has a 20 -year history of betel nut chewing. First, betel nut can cause teeth, chewing for a long time, teeth are getting thinner and thinner, and hot and cold sourness will feel toothache. Second, betel nut damage the oral mucosa and cause various oral ulcers. Third, the betel nuts contained in betel nut have a strong stimulating effect, which makes people's heartbeat accelerated and excited. After addiction, it makes people want to stop. Fourth, betel nuts have been listed as a first -class carcinogen by the State Food and Drug Administration in 2017, and it has a clear relationship with oral cancer, esophageal cancer, and throat cancer. Fifth, the economy has caused huge losses. The average price of a pack of betel nut is 50 yuan. Two packages are 100 yuan per day, 3,000 yuan a month, and 36,000 yuan a year. With such a heavy burden, eating betel nut often is easy to become poor.

In summary, Mr. Zhang said that he had bought gum, instead of chewing, and took the first step in quitting betel nut.

(Volkswagen · Poster News Editor Shasyuan Comprehensive Weibo netizens, China News Network, etc.)

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