Bananas are called "plantains". Its stem is very long, the skin is slightly thin, grayish yellow, without plum blossom spots, and its pulp is milky white, sweet and sour, which is bigger than bananas. The yield of plantain is much less than that of banana. Banana and plantain belong to Musaceae, which are perennial tree-like herbs. Bananas are also called "plum blossom bananas" or "plantains". Its fruit stalk is short, bright yellow when ripe, with brown spots, so it is called "plum blossom spot" Bananas have a strong aroma, and the flesh is yellow and white, sweet and tender.

Banana composition

Moisture (g) 8 1.2

Protein (g) 1.7

Fat content 0.2

Carbohydrate (g) 15.3

Heat (kilojoule) 293

Crude fiber (g) 0.4

Ash (g) 1.2

Calcium (mg) 19

Phosphorus (mg) 53

Iron (mg) 0.7

Carotene (mg) 0. 10

Riboflavin (mg) 0.05

Plantain component

Moisture (g) 68.7

Protein (gram) 0.8

Fat content 0.4

Carbohydrate 27.4

Heat (kilojoule) 486

Crude fiber (g) 0.5

Ash (g) 1.2

Calcium (mg) 18

Phosphorus (mg) 43

Iron (mg) 1.7

Carotene (mg) 0.06

Riboflavin (mg) 0.06

From the perspective of nutrition, banana is a kind of beneficial fruit rich in starch, but from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, banana is sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and moisten intestines and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, but it is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea. There is always a reasonable explanation for everything. Bananas are cold. According to the principle of "heat is cool", it is most suitable for people who are hot and dry. People with hemorrhoid bleeding and people with hot and restless fetus can eat raw banana meat.

But it is precisely because bananas are cold that people who are prone to deficiency and cold had better avoid them. For example, people with stomach cold (light mouth and bloating), deficiency cold (diarrhea and dizziness), nephritis (also deficiency cold) and swollen feet during pregnancy, it is best not to eat bananas raw. Banana meat can't be eaten unless it is cooked, and its coolness is reduced. As for colds and coughs, bananas are not edible, but it is acceptable to steam bananas before eating.

The folk prescription is more effective to treat chronic cough with banana stewed rock sugar; Cook wine with bananas as a diet. Modern medicine believes that banana can cure hypertension, because it is rich in potassium, which can balance the adverse effects of sodium and promote the growth of cells and tissues. Banana can be used to treat constipation because it can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Most interestingly, German researchers said that bananas can cure depression and emotional anxiety because they can promote the secretion of endorphins in the brain.

In short, people who are hot and dry can eat a banana a day, but if they are afraid of bananas catching cold, they can choose to eat banana (which has stronger laxative power) and imperial bananas.

Bananas are also called glutinous rice bananas, Saigon bananas and Dan bananas. It has the same effect as bananas.