The dietotherapy and health care function of persimmon is 1. Clearing away heat and relieving cough: Persimmon cream on persimmons has the effects of clearing away heat and moistening dryness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and has obvious curative effect on cough due to lung heat, sore throat and sore mouth. 2, lowering qi and relieving cough: persimmon has a good therapeutic effect on hiccups, nausea, whooping cough and nocturia; 3, lowering blood pressure, hemostasis, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: persimmon leaves made into tea can improve human metabolism, diuretic, laxative, purify blood, revive human tissue cells, help stabilize and lower blood pressure, soften blood vessels, prevent arteriosclerosis and anti-inflammation; 4, suitable for thyroid patients to eat: fresh persimmons have high iodine content, and it is beneficial for patients with goiter to eat persimmons; 5, prevent constipation, hemorrhoids, etc. Eating persimmons can harmonize the gastrointestinal tract, which is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of constipation and hemorrhoid bleeding. Persimmon Persimmon tree is a specialty of China, which has been cultivated for more than 3,000 years. "Persimmon", first seen in the Book of Rites, is wild and widely distributed. /kloc-It was introduced to Europe in the second half of the 9th century. At present, there are more than 200 persimmon varieties in China, which were cultivated in Han Dynasty. Persimmon, also known as rice fruit and monkey jujube, belongs to Persimmon family. There are about 200 varieties. Now persimmon trees cultivated in Southeast Asia, Europe and America are mostly descendants of persimmon trees in China. There are many varieties of persimmons in China, mainly Shaanxi Jixin yellow persimmon and pointed persimmon, Beijing Damopan persimmon, Hebei lotus persimmon, Heze mirror persimmon, Henan red persimmon, Zhejiang copper persimmon and square persimmon, which are called famous persimmons. In addition, the sweet persimmon in Yixian, Hebei, the golden bottle persimmon in Qingdao, Shandong, the big flower persimmon in Meitan, Guizhou, and the bell persimmon in Anhui are also rare varieties. Persimmon can be divided into sweet persimmon and astringent persimmon. Sweet persimmons can be eaten when they are ripe, while astringent persimmons must be artificially treated to remove astringency. Persimmon tastes sweet and juicy, with delicate pulp and good palatability. The ancients praised: "Color is sweeter than gold and jade." Persimmons are rich in nutrition and full of treasures. Persimmon contains a lot of vitamins, far more than apples, pears, peaches, apricots and plums. Fresh persimmon fruit also contains carotene, inorganic salts, minerals and flavonoids. Chinese medicine experts in past dynasties have written about the function of persimmon. "Persimmon has the functions of clearing away heat, moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough," said Liang Tao Hongjing. According to Compendium of Materia Medica; "Persimmon is the fruit of spleen and lung blood. Its taste is sweet and flat, and its astringency is acceptable. Therefore, it has the functions of strengthening the spleen, astringing the intestines and stopping bleeding. " Wang Shixiong, a famous medical scientist in Qing Dynasty, wrote in the Diet Spectrum of Interesting Life: "Fresh persimmons are sweet in taste and cold in nature. Nourishing the yang of lung and stomach is suitable for the body of deficiency fire and dryness of body fluid. Persimmons are sweet. Spleen and stomach, lungs and intestines, hemostasis and hunger, malnutrition, hemorrhoids and nausea. " According to modern medical literature, persimmon can tonify deficiency and strengthen spleen and stomach, clear away heat and moisten lung, promote fluid production to quench thirst, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, lower blood pressure, increase coronary blood flow, and have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects. Grinding sun-dried leaves into fine powder can treat thrombocytopenic purpura and various bleeding. Persimmon cream tastes sweet, contains mannitol, is sweet in nature, can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and can also treat children's aphtha. Persimmon stems contain oleanolic acid and betulinic acid, which are often mixed with ginseng and clove in traditional Chinese medicine to make persimmon silk powder, which has the effect of reducing qi and stopping hiccups. The flowers, roots and skins of persimmons are also good medicinal materials. Persimmon trees can be called treasures all over. Persimmons are delicious, but they are not easy to overdose. Pay special attention not to eat it in your stomach. Because persimmon fruit contains more tannic acid, tannin and pectin, these substances will solidify into lumps when encountering gastric acid, which will cause people to feel full and abdominal pain, and will seriously cause gastrointestinal bleeding, gastric perforation and intestinal obstruction. In addition, physical weakness after illness, indigestion, exogenous cold, diarrhea, postpartum are not suitable for eating. Persimmons can't be eaten with crabs at the same time, which is easy to cause abdominal pain and vomiting, and can cause poisoning in severe cases. People who eat persimmons should remember not to be careless. References:

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