In addition to being eaten raw, fresh olives can also be processed into various foods, such as spiced olives, flattened olives, licorice olives, salty olives, etc. In addition, olive decoction can be taken internally to detoxify, and external application can treat skin diseases and reduce inflammation.
When the corners of the mouth are dry and painful, grinding olive kernels and applying them to the affected area can relieve the pain.
Grinding the pits of olives into juice and drinking it has an excellent effect on indigestion caused by eating too much fish.
For children with moles after acne, you can burn the core into powder and apply it externally on the affected area, and the effect will be quick.
When you have scabies, you can grind olives into powder, fry them in oil, add borneol and drink them together, which can effectively treat this symptom.
Brewing olives and fresh radish into a soup can treat sore throat, moisten the lungs and remove heat.
Squeezing olives into juice and drinking it can relieve stomach heat and relieve thirst.
Olive (scientific name: Canarium album? (Lour.) Raeusch.) is a tree plant of the genus Olive in the family Olivine. It can reach 35 meters in height and 150 centimeters in diameter at breast height. There are 3-6 pairs of leaflets, papery to leathery, 12-16 pairs of lateral veins, and a well-developed midrib. Inflorescence axillary. The inflorescence is 1.5-15 cm long, with 1-6 fruits. Oval to spindle-shaped, yellow-green when mature, thick exocarp, hard core, pointed at both ends, and roughened core surface. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruit is mature from October to December.
Olives are native to southern China and are cultivated in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other regions of China. They grow wild in valleys and hillside forests below 1,300 meters above sea level, or are cultivated in gardens and beside villages. . Distributed in northern to central Vietnam. It is cultivated in Japan (Nagasaki, Okinawa) and the Malay Peninsula.
Olive is a good windbreak tree and street tree. The wood can be used to build ships and be used as sleepers. Manufacture of furniture, agricultural tools and construction materials, etc. The fruit can be eaten raw or pickled; it is used medicinally to treat laryngitis, hemoptysis, polydipsia, enteritis and diarrhea. The core is used for carving and medicinal purposes. It is effective in treating fish bone and throat. The seeds are edible and the oil can be squeezed out. The oil is used to make soap or as lubricant.