The origins of the ice-sugar gourd lie in the story of Emperor Guangzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Mr. Zhao Dun, who tried to cure the illness of his concubine Huang Guifei.

The name of Emperor Guangzong of the Southern Song Dynasty was Zhao Dun, and his reign name was "Shaoxi". During the Shaoxi period, Huang Guifei, the favorite of Emperor Guangzong, fell ill. Her face was yellow and thin, and she did not want to eat. The imperial doctors used many expensive medicines, but did not see any effect. The emperor saw his favorite concubine emaciated, but also all day long worried. The last thing he had to do was to open a list of doctors.

A jianghu Langzhong open list into the palace, for Huang Guifei pulse diagnosis, said: "as long as the use of rock sugar and red fruit (i.e., hawthorn) decoction, eat five to ten before each meal, not out of the half-month disease quasi see good." The beginning of everyone will also believe, good in this way of eating also fit your consort taste, your consort according to this way to serve, really as expected to heal.

The emperor was naturally delighted, and unfolded the worry. Later, this practice spread to the people, the people and string it up to sell, it became the ice candy gourd.

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Ice candy gourd efficacy

Ice candy gourd is rich in vitamin C, pectin and chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, hawthorn acid , chrysanthemum fruit acid, quercetin, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, chrysanthemum glucoside, epigallocatechin and many other organic acids and nutrients.

Adopting modern technology to remove the kernel, red color, no pigment, no food additives, good taste, is a natural nutritional food. Hawthorn has a lot of medicinal efficacy, it can eliminate food accumulation, dissipate blood stasis, expel tapeworms, stop dysentery, especially help digestion, since ancient times for the elimination of food accumulation of the important medicine, especially long for the elimination of meat accumulation.

Li Shizhen, an outstanding medicine man in Ming Dynasty, once said, "Cooking old chicken hard meat, into hawthorn a few that is easy to rot, then its elimination to the accumulation of the work, the cover can be pushed forward." In addition hawthorn also has lower blood fat, lower serum cholesterol and other effects.

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