Carambola is a small evergreen tree or shrub. Berries alternate throughout the year, but the quality is the best and the yield is the highest when the fruit blooms in July and matures in the autumn equinox. Mid-Autumn Festival is the peak of carambola. Generally, the fruit of carambola is born beside the old branches or in the axils of fallen leaves. It is green or light green when immature, and yellow-green to bright yellow when mature. Li Shizhen used "its color is green and yellow" to describe it, which is very appropriate. The carambola fruit has a special shape, green and yellow color, thin skin like a film, crisp and juicy meat, sweet and sour. In addition to containing 10% sugar, carambola is also rich in vitamins A and C. The carambola has high nutritional value, and contains many ingredients beneficial to human health, such as protein, fat, sugar and citric acid, as well as many vitamins and minerals. This kind of fruit is fragrant and sweet. Can be processed into candied fruit, fruit juice can stimulate appetite, help digestion, and treat stomach diseases, jaundice, dysentery and skin diseases. The medicinal value of carambola is also very high, especially the fresh fruit is rich in sugar, including sucrose, fructose, glucose, malic acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, vitamins, trace fat and protein. It is a very popular fruit, which is helpful for digestion, nutrition and health care. In addition to patients with kidney disease, the general public can eat with peace of mind! The fleshy berries of carambola are egg-shaped or rectangular, usually pentagonal, with orange pulp, thick pulp, rich juice, sweet taste and honey taste, and contain carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid and ascorbic acid, which have certain auxiliary effects on gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases. Sweet carambola is mostly eaten raw as fruit, and sour carambola is usually used for candied fruit besides cooking fresh fish soup to make it more delicious. Hainan's preserved carambola and dried carambola sell well at home and abroad; In addition to cooking and making soup, sour carambola can also be made into candied fruit, and sweet carambola is mostly eaten raw as fruit. Carambola can be divided into sweet and sour. The former is sweet and crisp, suitable for fresh eating or processing into carambola juice and canned food. The quality and flavor of this kind of carambola are quite good whether it is eaten fresh or processed. The latter is commonly known as "three doors". The fruit is large and sour, which is not suitable for fresh food. Mostly used as cooking ingredients or raw materials for preserves. Carambola is beautiful and unique in appearance, with green and yellow color, thin skin, crisp and smooth meat, fresh, sweet and sour, and full of moisture. In addition to being eaten raw, people in some areas also use some "unique" methods when eating carambola. For example, Hainan people are used to sticking a little salt and pepper on carambola, which makes it unique and addictive. People in Sanya often cook carambola with fresh fish. Its soup is sweet and sour, and it can also remove fishy smell. Carambola contains many ingredients beneficial to human health, such as sugar, vitamin A, vitamin C, various fibers and acids. Carambola also has great medicinal value, and has a good curative effect on treating aphtha, chronic headache, traumatic injury and swelling and pain. The fiber and acid contained in it can relieve visceral heat accumulation, clear dryness and moisten intestines to relieve constipation, and it is the most suitable heat-clearing fruit for people with lung and stomach heat. In addition, carambola is an expert in treating sore throat. The leaves, flowers and roots of carambola also have good medicinal effects: its leaves have diuretic effect; Its flowers can cure cold and heat; Its roots can treat joint pain. Although carambola plays a great role, patients with kidney disease should eat less carambola. Carambola is not only beneficial to human health, but also has a good effect on female beauty. Carambola contains a lot of fruit acid, which can inhibit the precipitation of melanin, effectively remove or fade dark spots, has the function of moisturizing, can make skin moist and shiny, and has a significant effect on improving dry or oily skin tissue. Here is a cosmetic method for external application of carambola: Mash carambola and apply it for 10- 15 minutes each time, which will help to eliminate the dark spots and melanin in skin color. In addition, carambola has a miraculous effect on losing weight. 1, clear dryness and moisten intestines: carambola contains enough water and fiber, which can relieve visceral heat accumulation, clear dryness and moisten intestines; 2. Clear lung and stomach heat accumulation: If cough is caused by gastrointestinal heat accumulation, there is a tingling sensation in the chest and back when coughing. When spitting is difficult, eating raw carambola has a certain effect, which can clear lung and stomach heat accumulation, promote spitting and eliminate chest pain; 3, treatment of colds: suffering from a cold, feeling thirsty, nose exhaled heat, constipation, yellow urine, eating a lot of carambola will be very effective. Peel the carambola, cut it into small pieces, and pour some salad dressing on it (available in supermarkets). It will taste good. A new way to eat carambola: Slice every two lean meats with salt and monosodium glutamate, and one carambola slice is about 200 grams. Practice: after boiling with 400 grams of water, first put the meat slices and cook them until they are 70% mature, then put the carambola slices down and cook them together until the pot boils, and add a little sesame oil. It tastes sweet and sour. You can try it if you are interested. Stewed partridge soup with carambola: 1. Wash carambola, cut off hard edges and cut into thick slices; 2. Wash the slaughtered partridges and cut them into large pieces; 3. Wash the north and south apricots; 4. Boil water and pour it into the saucepan. Add all the ingredients, cover and stew for two hours. Season with salt and serve. Efficacy: Eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, eliminating pharyngitis and helping digestion. It has a good therapeutic effect on dry mouth, cough and hoarseness. Stewed tail bone of dried tangerine peel and carambola: dried tangerine peel and 2 yuan, fresh carambola 1 piece, pig tail bone 1 piece (cut into pieces), water 10 glass of water, rice wine 1 cup, a little salt, and crystal sugar 1 teaspoon. Practice: (1) First scald the coccyx with hot water. (2) Wash the four corners of the carambola, cut off the head and tail, and cut into star-shaped thick slices with a thickness of about 0.5 cm. (3) add water to the coccyx and cook for 20 minutes. After adding dried tangerine peel, cook over medium heat 10 minute. At this time, add carambola slices and rice wine and continue stewing for about 20 minutes. Finally, add seasoning to taste according to personal preference (no need to add salt) and serve. Three-silk material of carambola: 1 carambola, 1 green pepper, 60g cucumber, 60g American lettuce, 3 slices of ham, 200g shredded chicken, 1 tablespoon white sesame, 1 red pepper, 1 yellow pepper, 50㏄. 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Practice: 1. Wash the carambola, shred it and slice it in half. Put the sliced carambola in a dish for later use. 2. Wash the cucumber and remove the head and tail; Cleaning sweet pepper, removing pedicels and seeds, shredding, soaking in ice water until crisp, and draining for later use; Slice the ham for later use. 3. Wash and shred American lettuce, soak it in ice water until crisp, drain the water, put it on the carambola slice by 1, and then add shredded chicken, carambola and the materials of method 2. 4. Put the seasoning into a bowl and stir well. Pour into the dish of method 4 before eating and sprinkle with white sesame seeds. Stewed lean broth with starfish and carambola Ingredients: 2 starfish, 2 carambola, appropriate amount of apricots, appropriate amount of red dates, appropriate amount of medlar, appropriate amount of ginger and appropriate amount of salt: 1. Soak the starfish in water for a while and then scrub it clean. 2. Carambola, cut lean meat into large pieces. 3. Put all the ingredients into the pot and add water to boil. 4. Just stew for two hours and season with salt. It tastes good, refreshing and a little sweet, haha.