Yes, here, most of the Calligonum is planted artificially, and there are few wild ones. It belongs to tall deciduous trees with leaves similar to those in persimmon leaf.
Last summer vacation, I went to the old-age university in this county to teach children to draw, and I saw two trees planted in the yard. At that time, the dates were immature, twisted and green, and they tasted very astringent.
However, the ripe Calligonum is brown, full of sweet taste, and the fruit is full of white pulp, which is thoroughly cooked and has a rustling feeling when chewed.
Because this kind of fruit looks weird, it looks like chicken feet, and it is also called chicken feet in some places. It usually matures in autumn and can be eaten raw and soaked in wine.
Around October, in our mountain products trading market, local farmers can be seen selling abducted dates everywhere. They are big but not expensive, and they can be bought at ten yuan and three catties.
We Yunnan people like to drink soaked wine best, and one of them is soaked with dates. This kind of dates, eaten raw, can sober up, soothe the nerves, eliminate phlegm and stop vomiting, and promote defecation.
After soaking in wine, it can relax muscles and promote blood circulation, tonify the middle energizer and treat rheumatism and bone pain, so my dad soaks a jar every year. I remember that when I was a child, I stole the dates from the jar, smashed the jar and was cleaned up by my dad.
There used to be one in the field near my old house, because the owner didn't manage it very much, and there were few knots. When we were mature, we often stole food, but now it is estimated to be dead.
The jujube tree is very strong, its fruit can be eaten, the tree can also be used as wood, and it is also very good to change it into board for furniture.
In addition to being eaten raw and soaked in wine, it is said that soup is also popular in some places. I don't like it very much. I don't know what it tastes like. Have you tried it?
There are all kinds of interesting animals and plants in the countryside, some are beautiful, some are delicious, some can cure diseases, and some can preserve health. In rural areas, there is such a plant that bears fruit shaped like chicken feet. This plant is called "Chicken Claw Pear" by farmers in some places, "Guazao" by farmers in some places, and "Golden Hook" in my rural hometown. I still remember that when I was a child, I would go up the mountain to find chicken claw pears when I was free on weekends, and then I would take them home and feed them to the old sow at home. The sour and sweet old sow of chicken claw pears especially likes to eat them, and she can eat a lot every time.
I didn't know until I grew up that the golden hook was very rich in nutritional value and had a good health-preserving function. It was really a waste to feed pigs when I was a child. According to the analysis, there are a lot of glucose, sucrose, fructose, organic acids, potassium malate, inorganic salts, vitamins and trace elements selenium in Jizhao pear. Because the sugar content in the pear with chicken feet is very high, eating the pear with chicken feet after drinking can help sober up by expanding the blood volume in the human body.
In addition, the dietary fiber content in Jizhao pear is very high, and it also contains a lot of water. After people with constipation or slow gastrointestinal peristalsis eat it, it can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus promoting digestion and defecation, so as to achieve the effect of relieving constipation.
Although Jizhao pear does not belong to traditional Chinese medicine, it is recorded in Miao medicine and Tujia medicine. Miao medicine records that the fruit of Jizhao pear cures fever, polydipsia, drunkenness and vomiting, and the second defecation is unfavorable, which radically cures rheumatism. Tujia medicine records that fruits treat alcoholism, high fever and polydipsia, malnutrition and other diseases in children.
Another important function of Jizhao pear is to treat rheumatism. Farmers work in the fields all the year round, especially in the south, where the humidity is very high, and farmers are easily infected with rheumatism. It is said that using chicken claw pears to soak wine has a good effect on treating rheumatism. However, it is necessary to remind farmers that although these traditional Chinese medicines have certain therapeutic effects, they still focus on daily health care. It is not effective to try treatment after the onset. If rheumatism occurs, you still need to go to a regular hospital. Farmers who don't have it can properly drink wine soaked in chicken claw pears to prevent rheumatism.
The fruit of Calligonum is very special. Its seeds grow outside the pulp. Every time the flowers eat it, they stroke the seeds and then put the fruit into their mouths to chew. In fact, the date is also a kind of fruit. After the fruit is ripe, the meat is full and the juice is sweet and slightly astringent. However, the fruit of Hovenia dulcis is delicious only after frost, otherwise the astringency will be heavier, and if you eat too much, your mouth will be numb.
The nutritional value of Hovenia dulcis Thunb is very high. According to professional determination, the pulp of Hovenia dulcis Thunb contains a lot of glucose, sucrose, fructose, organic acids, inorganic salts, vitamins, etc., which can promote fluid production to quench thirst, clear away heat and relieve annoyance. It also contains a variety of vitamins and 18 kinds of essential amino acids, as well as various nutrient trace elements and some alkaloids. Eating more at ordinary times can supplement nutrition, replenish qi and blood, and enhance the body's disease resistance.
In addition, Hovenia dulcis also has medical value, and its fruit is called Hovenia dulcis Thunb in Chinese medicine. It contains some substances, which can not only expand the blood volume of human body, but also relieve alcohol poisoning and have the effect of sobering up and calming the nerves; It can also resist convulsions and prevent hand and foot convulsions, and can be used to treat rheumatism, numbness and numbness; It also has the functions of promoting urine excretion and accelerating intestinal peristalsis, so it can promote defecation and defecation; It also has the effects of anti-lipid peroxidation and lowering blood pressure.
In addition to being eaten raw directly, it is also used to soak wine in this area, which is said to have the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, removing dampness and relieving asthma. It can also be used to treat rheumatism, numbness and traumatic injury, but the specific usage still needs to be guided by professionals!
Hovenia, a magical existence, looks weird. I remember when I first ate it when I was a child, I looked strange, and I once doubted whether I could eat it. Unexpectedly, I was fascinated by her sweet fragrance, so I can't extricate myself. I want to buy some dates to eat every year. Not only obsessed with the smell, but also memories of childhood.
Fresh Calligonum, juicy, sweet with a little bitterness. After first frost, under the natural air-drying and sunlight, the Calligonum on the tree added extra water and no juice, but it also lost its bitterness, which increased its sweetness and taste. Dried dates are chewy and my favorite snack when I was a child.
Not only because of the taste, but also because of many medicinal values, it is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of sobering up, relaxing bowels, dredging collaterals, relieving spasm, lowering blood pressure, relieving cough and vexation, and losing weight.
What is common here is to make wine. After repeated steaming and drying, adding several herbs, adding low-alcohol liquor (we are all home-brewed grain wine) for 1 month, you can drink it. Guaizhao wine has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, relieving cough and asthma, promoting fluid production and relieving cough. Although the jujube wine is good, you can't be greedy, just moderate.
Do you have dates there?
When I was a child, every year in late autumn, my mother didn't know where to get it! Sweet haze! In the 1970s, it was not easy to eat sweet food. It was called chicken feet at that time! It's been almost forty years since I left the mountain area to work in the city. Every year in late autumn, I still think of sweet chicken feet. In fact, thanks to Taobao, I actually browsed this dream fruit before I knew it was called a date! Really, what you don't know, what you don't expect, what you miss, what you dream of. Ha ha! There's a coffin!