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Areca Catechu

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Betel Nut · Areca Palm · "The Salivation Worm Remedy"
arec.PlantUncommonPsoric
🎯 It acts primarily as a remedy for intestinal parasites and as a stimulant for heart and digestive function.
📖 Boericke writes:
(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 . 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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EserinePilocarpin

Boericke's Materia Medica