Burying a dead person under a plum tree is a two-part allegorical saying, which means that eating plums is easy to harm people.

"peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and people are buried under plum trees", which means that among these three fruits, peaches are the most beneficial to health, while plums are the most unfavorable to health. Peach is warm, and few people feel uncomfortable after eating peaches; Apricot is hot, and many people have the experience of eating too many apricots and getting angry; Plums are cool, and it is easy to have diarrhea if you eat too much.

Therefore, "peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and people are buried under plum trees" mainly emphasizes the harm that eating too much fruit brings to the body. In fact, from the perspective of modern nutrition, the nutritional value of these three fruits is very high, and there is no difference between good and bad. As long as they are eaten in the right amount, they are good for your health.

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Benefits of eating plums:

1. Promoting digestion: Plums can promote the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes and increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, so eating Li Neng can promote digestion and increase appetite, which is a good food for people with gastric acid deficiency, fullness after eating and constipation;

2. Clearing liver and promoting diuresis: Fresh plum meat contains many amino acids, such as glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, etc. Raw plum meat is of great benefit for treating ascites due to liver cirrhosis;

3. Lowering blood pressure, inducing diarrhea and relieving cough: Plum kernel contains amygdalin and a large amount of fatty oil. Pharmacology has proved that it has obvious diuretic and antihypertensive effects, and can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, promote the discharge of dry stool, and also have the functions of relieving cough and eliminating phlegm;

Baidu Encyclopedia-Burying the Dead under Plum Tree

People's Daily Online-Peaches nourish people and apricots hurt people. Is there any basis for burying the dead under Plum Tree?

People's Daily Online-Don't eat litchi on an empty stomach, and don't eat plums and fruits with excessive stomach acid.