Olives have certain medical effects and are traditional Chinese medicinal materials. Olives taste sweet, astringent, sour, neutral in nature, enter the lungs and stomach meridian, and have the effects of clearing the lungs, soothing the throat, promoting fluid production, and detoxifying.

In the folk, there are many dietary prescriptions for olives. Here are some examples:?

To treat coughs: 3 to 5 fresh olives, 1 fresh radish, cut the radish,** *Bake it as tea and take it for several days.

Treatment of measles: 3 grams each of fresh olives and licorice. Break the olives and decoct them together with the licorice, once a day for 7 days. ?

To treat abdominal bloating: 30 salt olives, burnt with charcoal, grind into fine powder, take 5 grams each time, 3 times a day. Take ginger soup after meals and take 2 to 3 days as a course of treatment. ?

Treatment of pharyngitis: 2 olives, chew in mouth, swallow the juice slowly, 3 times a day. ?

Olive tea to treat chronic pharyngitis: Take two olives and 1 gram of green tea. Cut the olives in half with the stones, put them into a cup together with the green tea, pour in boiling water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes before drinking.

Olive stewed with rock sugar: 60 grams of fresh olives, mash, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, fry 2 bowls of water to 1 bowl, remove residue, swallow slowly and drink. It can detoxify and soothe the throat, clear the lungs and stomach, promote fluid production and reduce phlegm, treat hot cough, sore throat, food stagnation, alcohol poisoning and heat accumulation, fish bones in the throat, whooping cough in children, intestinal wind and blood in the stool, etc.