There are two types of almonds: sweet and bitter: California almonds are a type of sweet almond, while almonds produced in China are bitter. Sweet almonds have a slightly sweet, delicate flavor and are popular as a snack and as an ingredient in cakes, cookies and dishes.

Bitter almonds have a stronger flavor, and uncooked bitter almonds contain toxic hydrocyanic acid. Such almonds must be boiled to remove the toxicity. Because they do not taste good when eaten whole or added to dishes, processed bitter almonds are often used in China for flavoring or made into almond milk.

Name: Sweet Almond

Tablet properties: flat heart-shaped, 1.6 to 2.1 centimeters long. Width 1.2～1.6 cm, apical tip, rounded base, symmetrical, obvious seed ridge, seed coat thicker than the bitter almonds, yellowish brown, from the point of convergence scattered many brown veins, forming a longitudinal concave pattern. Section white, cotyledon joint surface common gap, gas slightly, taste slightly sweet.

Concoction method: remove impurities.

Concoction effect: This product is sweet and cold to generate fluids, moistening dryness and relieving cough.

Name: Fried Bitter Almond

Drinking Tablet Characteristics: yellow surface, occasionally with scorched spots. Slightly sweet flavor.

Concocting method: take the net bitter almonds, put them in a pot of boiling water and stir-fry them over moderate heat until they turn yellow, take them out and let them cool down, and then crush them when they are used.

Concoction effect: frying can remove small poison.

Name: Bitter Almond

Traits: heart-shaped, slightly flat. The surface is yellowish brown or dark brown, with fine longitudinal wrinkles, the tip is pointed, the bottom is bluntly rounded and plump, and the left and right are asymmetrical. Rich in oil. Slight gas, bitter flavor, with a special aroma.

Concoction: remove impurities.

Concoction effect: raw to lower the qi to stop coughing and asthma, moistening and relaxing the bowels.

Suitable for people

General public can eat

1. People with respiratory problems are more suitable; cancer patients and postoperative radiotherapy are suitable for consumption;

2. Infants should be cautious of consumption, and those with deficiency of yin and coughing, and those with diarrhea and loose stools are prohibited to consume.

Food Compatibility

Almonds should not be eaten with millet.

Almonds should not be used with astragalus, scutellaria baicalensis, and kudzu.

Therapeutic effects

Sweet almonds are sweet and pungent in nature, bitter almonds are bitter and warm in nature;

Promoting lungs and relieving coughs, lowering qi and calming wheezing, lubricating and laxative, and killing worms and removing toxins;

The main treatments are coughing, wheezing and chest fullness, paralysis of the larynx and pharyngolaryngolaryngeal pain, intestinal constipation, and worm poisonous sores and ulcers.

Bitter almonds have a small poison General 3-6g is appropriate. The picture is fried bitter almonds.