As the saying goes, "peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and people are buried under plum trees." Plums are not easy to eat!
Plum is the fruit of Prunus mume, a deciduous tree in Rosaceae, which is native to China. It has many varieties and different colors. When the fruits are ripe in summer and autumn, they are full, round, exquisite, beautiful in shape and sweet in taste, and are one of the traditional fruits that people like to eat.
According to the theory of Chinese medicine in the motherland, plum is sweet and sour, cool in nature, and has the effects of clearing away liver heat, promoting body fluid production and facilitating urination. It is especially suitable for treating stomach yin deficiency, thirst, dry throat, abdominal edema, dysuria and other symptoms. Like other delicious fruits, plums also contain a variety of nutrients needed by human body. Their fruits contain more carbohydrates, trace amounts of protein, fat, carotene, sugar, vitamins b 1, b2, C, calcium, iron and amino acids.
Plum has a good maintenance effect on liver disease. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, once said that liver disease should be eaten when evaluating Li Zi. However, eating in moderation can be beneficial to health without harm. As the saying goes, peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and the dead are carried under plum trees. "This is the truth. Eating more plums will make people phlegm, help dampness, and even make people feel weak and hot. Those who help the spleen and stomach should eat less.
Plum has many medicinal properties. According to relevant experiments, plum can also promote the regeneration of hemoglobin, and moderate consumption of plum by anemic people is of great benefit to health. But plums are cold, so people with indigestion should eat less, otherwise eating too much will cause mild diarrhea.