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Almonds are sweet and bitter, suitable for both north and south. Generally speaking, sweet almonds are southern apricots and bitter almonds are northern apricots.
Characteristics of drugs
Bitter almond is mainly used as medicine, which has the functions of lowering qi and relieving asthma, dispersing lung, relieving cough, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels. If you want to eat bitter almonds, you must first soak, rinse and cook to detoxify, but even so, you can't eat too much.
Sweet almond has a weak antitussive effect, but it has a good effect on chronic cough due to lung deficiency, so it is more suitable as a snack.
Braised duck with almond scallop
Ingredients: half a duck, 6 grams of bitter almond, 6 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa, 0/5g of Codonopsis pilosula/kloc, 0/5g of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata/kloc.
Practice: wash all kinds of materials, add water to boil, simmer for 2~3 hours, and season to eat.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and moistening lung, clearing heat and resolving phlegm. The medicated diet can be used for adjuvant treatment of lung dryness and weakness, cough, chest pain and thick phlegm and pus in patients with lung cancer.
Almonds are warm and will get angry if you eat too much. It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and internal heat. Almonds have a lubricating effect, and overeating can cause diarrhea, which is not suitable for people with weak stomach and diarrhea; Pregnant women, children, people with excessive heat constitution and diabetic patients should not eat almonds and their products.