Hu Gaoyun, School of pharmacy, Central South University

In response to doubts about the possibility of cancer caused by betel nut prices, Hu Gaoyun, associate professor of the school of medicine of Central South University, told the economic reference recently that as the first of China's four major southern medicines, betel nut prices have the functions of killing insects, eliminating accumulation, promoting Qi, benefiting water and stopping malaria It has been a Chinese medicinal material for thousands of years, and no report of carcinogenic cases has been found in previous dynasties 。 The reason why the price of areca is called the first of the four southern medicines is that in the south of China, areca is famous for its wide range of drugs and large amount of use According to Hu Gaoyun, the first edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia was launched in 1953, which is a drug code formulated by the state in accordance with the law to ensure the quality control of drugs and the safety and effectiveness of people's drug use It is the legal basis for drug development, production, operation, use and management, and the core of the national drug standard system The Chinese Pharmacopoeia was compiled by the National Pharmacopoeia Committee and published exclusively by China Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Press It is equivalent to the "constitution" of the pharmaceutical industry in China, which was further interpreted by Associate Professor Hu Gaoyun The Chinese Pharmacopoeia also includes toxic medicinal materials "The 2010 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia contains 83 kinds of toxic herbs, including 10 kinds of big toxic herbs, 42 kinds of toxic herbs, 31 kinds of small toxic herbs, and the price of areca nut has not been recognized as toxic herbs.".