Plum fruit is rich in nutrients and contains a variety of organic acids, vitamins, flavonoids, alkaline minerals and other health substances necessary for the human body. It contains 8 kinds of amino acids including threonine and flavonoids, which are very beneficial to the normal protein composition and metabolic functions of the human body, and can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and other diseases. Therefore, it is known as a health food.

Few people eat the fruit fresh and it is mainly used for food processing. Its processed products include salted dried plums, plums, sugared green plums, clear plums, plum juice, plum jam, dried plums, shredded green plums, plum vinegar, plum wine, etc. Plum has many medicinal uses. For example, salted plum has antipyretic and anti-wind-cold effects. Dried plums have the effect of treating chronic cough due to lung heat, thirst due to deficiency heat, chronic diarrhea, dysentery, biliary roundworms, cholecystitis, etc. Plum flowers, leaves, roots, kernels, etc. can all be used as medicine. Plum wood is tough and heavy with beautiful color, making it an excellent fine wood. Pickled plum products are easy to store and transport and are suitable for development in remote areas. They are one of the ways to get rid of poverty and become rich in the old, young, border and poor areas. Plums are alkaline foods. Pairing it with acidic foods can improve the body's pH value and achieve the purpose of health preservation. For example, if a 65 kg person divided by 13 equals 5, then he only needs to eat 5 plums or 50 ml of plum wine or plum juice every day to improve the body's pH value.

Plums are rich in calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, copper, zinc... and other diverse minerals. Among them, the unit content of calcium, phosphorus, and gold is much higher than that of other types of fruits. In addition, plums contain a very high content of citric acid, accounting for more than 85% of the organic acid content of green plums. Others include organic acids such as malic acid, oxalic acid, and succinic acid. The protein content is more than twice that of strawberries and citrus. It can be said that green plums are extremely rich in nutrients and are an excellent health-care fruit. The fruit of plum, a tree plant in the Rosaceae family. Also known as plum. Harvest the ripe green fruits in early summer, wash them and use them fresh, which are called green plums; pickle them with salt and dry them in the sun, which are called white plums; dry them over a small fire until they are evenly dried, with a yellowish-brown and wrinkled color, and then stew them until they are black in color and set aside. Called black plum. Remove the core when used (I see green calyx plum).

Performance

Plums are warm in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and enter the liver, spleen, lung, and large intestine meridians; they have the functions of astringing the lungs and relieving coughs, puckering the intestines and relieving diarrhea, relieving irritability, calming the mind, and promoting fluid production. It has the functions of killing thirst, killing insects, relieving ascarids, relieving pain and stopping bleeding;

Reference

Contains citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, sugar, sitosterol, and oleanolic acid. Matter, etc. It can promote bile secretion and has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Typhoid bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and pathogenic skin fungi. The ebony pill decoction containing ebony can inhibit the activity of roundworms. In addition, it can enhance the body's immune function.

Uses

It is mainly used to treat chronic cough and lung deficiency, lack of lung qi, deficiency heat and polydipsia, chronic malaria, chronic diarrhea, hematuria, blood metrorrhagia, large intestine failure, ascariasis, abdominal pain, and vomiting. and other diseases,

In addition, plums are more effective in treating keratinized skin, especially dry and keratinized skin.

"Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica": 'To break water stains, use a little honey to quench thirst, cholera, uneasiness, and dysentery. It is often used in malaria treatment. "

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "It astringes the lungs and astringes the intestines, cures chronic dysentery, diarrhea, regurgitation and diarrhea, ascariasis and vomiting; reduces swelling, phlegm, and kills insects." "

"Materia Medica Qiuyuan": "Cure urination, bleeding, various types of hematuria, spontaneous sweating, dry mouth and throat. "

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Removes diseases, removes malaria and miasma, quenches thirst and regulates the heart, removes cold and dysentery, and relieves vomiting." ”

Usage

Decoction, soak in wine, or make into pills or powder.

Attention

Eating too much will damage teeth and spleen and stomach. .

Attached Recipe

1. Black plum and Ophiopogon japonicus soup: add 30g of ebony plum and 15g of Ophiopogon japonicus. "Effective Recipe". This prescription uses ebony to soothe the intestines and relieve diarrhea, and Ophiopogon japonicus and ebony to stimulate fluid and quench thirst. It can also be taken by those who have diarrhea and have dry mouth.

< p>2. Green plum wine: 250g of green plum, soaked in appropriate amount of white wine. Take 1 cup each time.

This product has the effect of harmonizing the stomach and relieving vomiting and diarrhea. .

3. Plums soaked in sugar: Eat 1 to 2 sugared plums every day. Efficacy: It can not only relieve thirst, but also prevent intestinal infectious diseases.