How to make dried sand fruit:

Materials/tools:

1000 grams of sand fruit, 1 gram of salt, 200 grams of rock sugar

Methods/steps:

1. Wash the sand fruit, cut it into six small pieces, and dig out the core. The pit of the fruit must be removed because it is poisonous.

2. Pour water into a basin, add 1 gram of salt, soak the sand fruit cubes for 20-25 minutes, and then rinse them with clean water.

3. Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and add sand fruit cubes and rock sugar. Keep the water boiling and cook the sago for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for 1-2 minutes.

4. Take out the sand fruit pieces, place them on a bamboo drawer to drain the water, and let them air dry in the sun. The air drying time is about 5-7 days.

Extended information:

Effects and functions of dried Shaguo:

1. Therapeutic Materia Medica records: it relieves thirst, treats diarrhea, and relieves semen.

2. Rihuazi Materia Medica records: lowering Qi, treating cholera, abdominal pain, and eliminating phlegm.

3. Improve oral health and beauty. Because dried sage is chewy, the facial muscle movement caused by chewing dried sage will reduce facial wrinkles and make your complexion gradually rosy.

4. Chewing dried sand fruit can stimulate saliva secretion. Eating it has the effects of promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, eliminating food and troubles and resolving stagnation.

5. Shaguo is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calories, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium, Magnesium etc.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaguo