Tropism of nature and taste
Warm, sweet and slightly sour; Entering spleen and liver meridians.
Functional indication
Tonify middle energizer, invigorate qi, dispel wind and overcome 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 ingredient
In the fruit family, the iron content is generally low, but cherries stand out from the crowd: the iron content in every 100 grams of cherries is as high as 59 mg, ranking first in 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. Every100g contains 83g of water, 0.4g of protein/kloc-0, 0.3g of fat, 8g of sugar, 0.4g of carbohydrate/kloc-0, 4.4g of heat, 0.4g of crude fiber, 0.5g of ash, 0.8mg of calcium/kloc-0, and 0.8mg of phosphorus. Thiamine 0.04 mg, riboflavin 0.08 mg, nicotinic acid 0.4 mg, ascorbic acid 3 mg, potassium 258 mg, sodium 0.7 mg, magnesium 10.6 mg, and rich in vitamin a.
Dietetic therapy
1, anti-anemia, 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 measles is prevalent, drinking cherry juice for children can prevent infection. Cherry stone has the function of sweating and detoxifying.
3. Dispelling wind and dampness, killing insects and cherry is warm, which has the functions of tonifying the middle energizer and benefiting qi, can dispel wind and remove 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 astringency and pain relief 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. Cherry juice is often used to rub the face and wrinkles, which can make the facial skin ruddy and white, remove wrinkles and eliminate spots.
Suitable crowd
The general population can eat it, and those with dyspepsia, paralysis, rheumatism, low back and leg pain, weak constitution and dull complexion are suitable for eating;
★ Precautions
1, cherry is warm, 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.
2, those with ulcer symptoms, those who get angry, and eat carefully; People with diabetes should not eat.
3. Cherry has a high potassium content, but it can't be underestimated. It contains 258 mg of potassium per100g, which is not a small number for patients with kidney disease. Nephropathy patients will suffer from oliguria and edema if their kidneys lose the function of regulating water and electrolytes. When oliguria occurs, there may be potassium retention due to reduced potassium excretion. If patients eat too many cherries, patients will have hyperkalemia. When the blood potassium is more than 6.5 mmol/L, the patient's heart will stop beating in a few seconds to several minutes. Therefore, hyperkalemia can be said to be the "invisible killer" of chronic kidney disease.
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◆ Cherry brewing
Cherry, like grapes, can be used to make wine. Cherry wine is light pink in color, with a faint cherry fragrance, which is suitable for female friends to drink and has a cosmetic effect.
Brewing of cherry wine;
Raw materials: fresh red cherry \ white wine \ rock sugar
1. Wash and pedicel cherry.
2. Take a clean container and add crystal sugar and cherries.
3. Pour the white wine, seal it and put it in the refrigerator.
4. Drink it after one week, and take it out and stir it a little in the middle, so that the rock sugar and wine can be fully integrated.
Tips:
1. It's best to use fresh red cherries, so as to appear beautiful light pink. If there are no cherries with other colors, the taste is the same, but the color is not so beautiful.
2. Just use the liquor you usually drink. It is better to use 38 degrees, which is more suitable for women to drink than 52 degrees.
3. Put it in the refrigerator to prevent the cherry from rotting, and it can also keep the wine from volatilizing at low temperature. When drinking, it is cold and has a faint cherry aroma.
4. You can also add a slice of fresh lemon when drinking, which is close to the drinking method of cocktail, and it will be more beautiful.
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◆ Health care recipes
1, cherry sweet soup, 2000g fresh cherry, sugar1000g. Clean the cherries, add water and decoct for 20 minutes, then add white sugar to boil for one or two times, and then cease fire for use. Take 30 ~ 40 grams a day. This soup has the effect of promoting blood regeneration and can be used for adjuvant treatment of iron deficiency anemia.
2, 80 grams of mushrooms and cherries, 50 fresh cherries, 5 grams of pea seedlings, 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 50%, 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. 500 grams of cherry wine and fresh cherries, and rice wine 1000 ml. Clean cherries, put them in the jar, soak them in rice wine, seal them, and stir them every 2-3 days 1 time15-20 days. Drink 50ml each morning and evening (including 8 ~10 cherries). This wine has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind and 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, cherry sauce cherry 1000 grams, white sugar, lemon juice, the right amount. 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, cherry juice 80 grams of cherries, cold water 1 cup. 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: 30 grams of tremella, 20 grams of red cherry preserved, the right amount of rock sugar. Soak tremella in warm water, remove the ear roots, wash and steam in a steamer for about 10 minute; 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.