fruit (cherry); Root (cherry root); Branches (cherry branches); Leaves (cherry leaves); The stone (cherry stone) is

warm in nature and slightly sour in taste. Enter the spleen and liver meridians.

Function indications

Tonifying the middle energizer, benefiting qi, expelling wind and overcoming dampness. After the treatment, the main symptoms are weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, listlessness, lack of food, dry throat and thirst, rheumatism, lumbago and leg pain, callousness of limbs, unfavorable joint flexion and extension, chilblain and so on.

Nutritional components

In the fruit family, the iron content is generally low, but cherries stand out from the crowd: the iron content in each hundred grams of cherries is as high as 59 mg, ranking first among fruits; Vitamin a content is 4 ~ 5 times more than that of grapes, apples and oranges. In addition, cherries also contain vitamins B and C and mineral elements such as calcium and phosphorus. Every 1g contains 83g of water, 1.4g of protein, .3g of fat, 8g of sugar, 14.4g of carbohydrate, 66kcal of heat, .4g of crude fiber, .5g of ash, 18mg of calcium, 18mg of phosphorus, 5.9mg of iron, .15mg of carotene, .4mg of thiamine, .8mg of riboflavin and .nicolic acid.

dietotherapy

1. Anti-anemia and promoting blood production Cherry has high iron content, ranking first among all kinds of fruits. Iron is the raw material for the synthesis of human hemoglobin and myoglobin, which plays an important role in the processes of human immunity, protein synthesis and energy metabolism, and is also closely related to brain and nerve function and aging process. Eating cherries regularly can supplement the body's demand for iron and promote the regeneration of hemoglobin, which can not only prevent iron deficiency anemia, but also enhance physical fitness, brain and intelligence.

2. When preventing measles epidemic, drinking cherry juice for children can prevent infection. Cherry stone has the function of sweating and detoxifying.

3. expelling wind to overcome dampness, killing insects and cherry is warm, which has the functions of invigorating the middle energizer, expelling wind and removing dampness, and has a good effect on rheumatic waist and leg pain. Cherry roots also have strong insect repellent and insecticidal effects, which can drive and kill roundworms, pinworms, tapeworms and so on.

4. The folk experience of astringing and relieving pain shows that cherry can treat burns, relieve pain, and prevent blisters and purulence on the wound. At the same time, cherry can also treat mild and severe frostbite.

5. Beauty-preserving cherry is rich in nutrients, and its protein, sugar, phosphorus, carotene and vitamin C are higher than those of apples and pears, especially its iron content is high. It is often used to rub the face and wrinkles with cherry juice, which can make the facial skin rosy and white, remove wrinkles and eliminate spots.

★ Precautions

Cherry is warm and should not be eaten more; People with febrile diseases and cough due to deficiency-heat should not eat; Cherry nucleolus contains cyanoside, which produces hydrocyanic acid after hydrolysis, so care should be taken when it is used for medicine.

◆ Health-care recipes

1. Sweet cherry soup: 2g of fresh cherries and 1g of sugar. Clean the cherries, add water and decoct for 2 minutes, then add white sugar to boil for one or two times, and then cease fire for use. Take 3 ~ 4 grams a day. This soup has the effect of promoting blood regeneration and can be used for adjuvant treatment of iron deficiency anemia.

2. 8g of mushrooms and cherries, 5 fresh cherries, 5g of pea seedlings, appropriate amount of sugar and ginger juice. Wash the water-soaked mushrooms and fresh cherries; Removing impurities and old stems from pea seedlings, washing and cutting into sections; Heat the wok, when the vegetable oil is heated to 5%, stir-fry the mushrooms thoroughly, add ginger juice and cooking wine, add soy sauce, white sugar, refined salt and fresh soup, then simmer for a while, then add pea seedlings and monosodium glutamate into the wok, thicken with wet starch, then add cherries, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve. This dish has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, invigorating qi, preventing and treating cancer, and lowering blood pressure and lipid. Is suitable for hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Patients with coronary heart disease and cancer eat it.

3. 5g of cherry wine and 1ml of rice wine. Clean cherries, put them in the jar, soak them in rice wine, seal them, and stir them every 2-3 days for 15-2 days. Drink 5 ml each morning and evening (including 8 ~ 1 cherries). This wine has the effects of dispelling pathogenic wind, eliminating dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. It is suitable for rheumatism, lumbago and leg pain, unfavorable flexion and extension, chilblain and other diseases.

4. 1 grams of cherry in cherry sauce, appropriate amount of white sugar and lemon juice. Choose a big, sweet and sour cherry, cut each cherry into a small mouth after washing, peel off the skin and remove the seeds; Put the pulp and sugar together in a pot, boil it on high heat, then turn to medium heat for cooking, remove the foam and astringent juice, and then cook; When it's thick, add lemon juice, boil it slightly, leave the fire and let it cool. This sauce has the effects of regulating middle energizer, invigorating qi, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is suitable for rheumatism, waist and knee pain, numbness of limbs, thirst quenching, vexation of heat and other diseases.

5. 8g of cherry juice and 1 cup of cold boiled water. After cleaning the cherry, remove the core, put it in a blender and add cold boiled water to stir it into cherry juice, then pour it out for drinking (appropriate amount of sugar can be added for seasoning). This juice has the function of moistening skin and can eliminate skin acne scars.

6. Cherry tremella: 3g of tremella, 2g of preserved red cherry and proper amount of rock sugar. Soak tremella in warm water, remove the ear roots, wash and steam in a steamer for about 1 minutes; Add clear water to the soup pot, add crystal sugar, melt it with low heat, add preserved cherries, then boil it with high heat, and pour it into the tremella bowl. -K The fittest is like this: people with indigestion and bad diet can eat cherries to stimulate appetite and digestion. Paralysis, callousness of limbs, rheumatism, lumbago and leg pain, physical weakness, dull complexion, weakness and joint numbness are the best dietotherapy products. People with diabetes should not eat.