Pear contains a variety of vitamins, organic acids, calcium, phosphorus and other minerals. Contains aspartic acid, which is beneficial to protect the kidneys. Vitamin B 1 and B2 contained in it have certain effects on regulating nervous system, increasing heart vitality and relieving fatigue. Pears can provide potassium and fiber. Pay attention to the fruit when buying, but don't be too hard. And avoid buying fruits with wrinkles or spots on the skin. Pear has been honored as the "Sect of Hundred Fruits" since ancient times, which can cure cough and moisten the lungs. It's a pity that everyone only knows its efficacy and ignores whether its nature is suitable for their own physique. Pear has the function of clearing heart and moistening lung, but it is cold. People with cold and cough due to deficiency should not eat it raw. They must be steamed with water, or put in soup, or stewed with herbs. Different kinds of pears have different degrees of coldness. For example, Tianya pear, which we often eat, is almost as cool as small and exquisite fragrant pear and large tribute pear, while thick-skinned sand pear and imported pear are even colder. Pear is sweet and slightly sour, cold and non-toxic, and has the functions of "moistening lung and cooling heart, diminishing inflammation and reducing fire, resolving phlegm and relieving hangover". There are also a certain amount of protein, fat, carotene, vitamin B 1, B2, malic acid and so on. Pear is a kind of energetic fruit. It is rich in water, vitamins A, B, C, D, E and trace element iodine, which can maintain the healthy state of cells and tissues, help organs to detoxify and purify, soften blood vessels, and promote blood to transport more calcium to bones.

Medicinal value

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Pear tastes sweet, slightly sour, cool, and enters the lungs and stomach; Has the effects of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and relieving alcoholism; It can be used for dry cough, thirst and constipation caused by fever and yin deficiency, and also for polydipsia, cough and asthma, yellow phlegm and other symptoms caused by internal heat.

Pear fruit: it has the effects of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for fever, polydipsia, thirst quenching, hot cough, phlegm-heat fright, diaphragmatic choking, thirst aphonia, red eyes with swelling and pain, and dyspepsia.

Pear skin: clear heart and moisten lung, reduce fire and promote fluid production, nourish kidney and nourish yin. Roots, branches and leaves, and flowers have the effects of moistening lung, resolving phlegm, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.

Pear seed: Pear seed contains lignin, which is an insoluble fiber. It can be dissolved in the intestine to form a colloidal film, and it can be eliminated by combining with cholesterol in the intestine. Pears containing boron can prevent osteoporosis in women. When boron is sufficient, memory, attention and mental acuity will be improved.

therapy

Indications: heat cough, cough and asthma. Treat cough fever, apoplexy without language, typhoid fever, diarrhea with gallbladder heat, and convulsion. Facilitate defecation, remove thief wind, stop upset, stop asthma and stop fever. Moistening lung and cooling heart, resolving phlegm and diminishing inflammation, relieving sore poison and alcohol poison. Has that effect of purging fire and treat constipation.

Li Shizhen said: "Bielu" talks about pears, only about its harm, not its benefits. The ancients said that most diseases are related to wind-cold, and the medicine is cinnamon and aconite, but they didn't know that pears have the functions of controlling wind and heat, moistening lung and cooling heart, eliminating phlegm and removing fire, and detoxifying. Today, 67 of human diseases are phlegm disease and fire disease. Pears have many benefits, but don't eat too much. Unfortunately, only milk pears and goose pears can be eaten and cured, and other pears can't be cured even if they can be eaten.

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Pears can not only be eaten raw, but also be used for wine, pear sauce, preserved pear and medicine. For example, pear fruit is used to treat heat cough and sliced and applied to treat fire injury; Pour juice, moisten the lungs and cool the heart, relieve sore poison and alcohol poison. Pear blossoms can remove black acne; Decocting pear leaves can cure children's wind-cold hernia, and bark can eliminate symptoms such as qi stagnation and cough.

Pear leaf

Pouring juice, detoxifying bacteria. Treat hernia in children. Boiling juice can cure cholera and spit out the benefits. Decoct, cure wind.

Edible

Pear fruit is delicious, the meat is crisp and juicy, sweet and sour, and the flavor is fragrant and beautiful. Rich in sugar, protein, fat, carbohydrates and vitamins, it plays an important role in human health. Pear has the function of clearing away lung heat and nourishing lung. People who eat more pears are much less likely to catch a cold than those who don't eat or eat less pears, so some scientists and doctors call pears "all-round healthy fruits" or "general practitioners". Due to the serious air pollution in social development, pears can improve the respiratory system and lung function, moisten the lungs, and reduce the impact of dust and smoke in the air on the lungs. Pear fruit can also be processed into dried pear, preserved pear, pear sauce, pear juice, canned pear and so on. It can also be used to make wine and vinegar. Pear fruit also has medicinal value, which can help digestion, moisten the lungs and clear the heart, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, clear away heat and toxic materials and produce sores, and also has the function of diuresis and moistening stool. Pear wood is fine and moderate in hardness, and it is the raw material for carving seals and high-grade furniture. The sugar content of pear is below 15%, and it can be eaten 300-500 grams per day, which is suitable for diabetics. Pear meat is rich in crisp juice, sweet and sour, nutritious and healthy.

The American MSN website pointed out that pears are rich in dietary fiber, which can help people lower their cholesterol and help them lose weight. American nutritionists have found that each pear contains 10g dietary fiber to reduce cholesterol and meet 40% of the daily dietary fiber requirements of human body. Through the investigation of some adults in Maryland, it is found that the people who consume the most dietary fiber have the lowest total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein content; At the same time, these people have the lightest weight, the lowest height and body mass index and the smallest waist circumference.

Edible taboo

1 Pears are cold and help to wet, and eating too much will hurt the spleen and stomach, so people who are cold and afraid of cold should eat less.

2 pears contain more fruit acid and stomach acid, so don't eat more.

Pears have diuretic effect, and those who have frequent urination at night should eat less pears before going to bed.

④ Patients with blood deficiency, chills, diarrhea and cold hands and feet should not eat more pears. It is best to cook them before eating them to prevent the symptoms of dampness and cold from getting worse.

⑤ Pear has high sugar content, so diabetics should use it with caution. Patients with chronic enteritis and stomach cold disease should not eat raw pears.

⑥ Pear contains a lot of fruit acid, so it should not be used with alkaline drugs, such as aminophylline and baking soda.

⑦ For relieving cough and resolving phlegm, sweet pears with high sugar content should not be selected.

Pears should not be eaten with crabs to prevent diarrhea. Because pears are sweet, slightly sour, cold, crabs are salty, cold and slightly toxic. Both are cold products, and eating together hurts the stomach.

Drinking hot water and eating greasy food when eating pears can lead to diarrhea.

Attending the loose stool caused by deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach, cough and white phlegm caused by exogenous wind and cold are not suitable for use. Do not use it after delivery and after the baby has acne.

The right crowd

Cough with thick or no phlegm, itchy throat and dry pain.

Patients with chronic bronchitis and tuberculosis.

Patients with hypertension, heart disease, hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.

Those who are still awake after drinking or having a hangover.

Pears can clear the throat and reduce the fire. Broadcasting, singing and teachers often eat ripe pears, which can increase the body fluid in the mouth and play a role in maintaining the voice.

Disadvantaged population

Pears are cool and juicy, and patients with loose stool's spleen deficiency, chronic enteritis, stomach cold, cough due to cold phlegm or exogenous wind-cold and diabetes should not eat. Women also avoid eating raw pears after childbirth. Women with menstrual cramps and cold dysmenorrhea should not eat raw pears.