Eating bananas will not cause internal heat. Bananas are cold in nature, produce body fluids, quench thirst, moisten the lungs and smooth the intestines. People with febrile diseases, polydipsia, constipation, and hemorrhoid bleeding are suitable to eat it regularly.

Basic introduction

Banana (scientific name: Musa nanaLour.) is a plant of the Musa family and also refers to its fruit. It is widely cultivated and eaten in tropical areas. Bananas are fragrant and nutritious, can be harvested year-round, and are valued in temperate regions. The plant is a large herb, emitting from the rhizome, and forming a false stem 3 to 6 meters (10 to 20 feet) high from the lower part of the leaf sheath; the leaves are oblong to oval, and some are 3 to 3.5 meters (10 feet) long. ~11.5 feet), 65 cm (26 inches) wide, with 10 to 20 clustered stem tops. The spikes are drooping [1], pulled out from the top of the false stem, with many flowers, light yellow; the inflorescences are drooping, with 10 to 20 bunches of fruits, about 50 to 150 in number. The plant dies after bearing fruit, and the suckers grown from the rhizome continue to reproduce. Each plant can live for many years. Originating in southeastern Asia: It is cultivated in Taiwan, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions.

Growing environment

Bananas like hot and humid climates and thrive in deep, loose soil and well-drained soil. Irrigated cultivation has also been successful in semi-arid areas like southern Jamaica. Wild bananas are cultivated by seeds, while artificial bananas can be cultivated by suckers and pseudobulb divisions; the first harvest takes 10 to 15 months, and then harvesting is almost continuous.

Plant Culture

Fruit of Wisdom

Bananas were cultivated in China during the Han Dynasty and were called "Ganjiao" at that time. It is said that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty raised the Li Palace and collected all kinds of exotic flowers and trees from all over the world, bananas were among them. Jin Dynasty's Jihan wrote about bananas: "The epidermis of the seeds is left, yellow and white in color, and tastes like grapes. It is sweet and crisp, and it can also heal the skin." "Piya" written by Lu Dian in the Song Dynasty said: "Banana does not fall off its leaves, but one leaf is healthy. One leaf of banana, so it is called banana.”

In the third century AD, Alexander discovered banana during his expedition to India, and then it spread to all over the world. According to Egyptian archaeologists' findings in unearthed cultural relics, banana patterns were painted on Egyptian pottery as far back as four thousand years ago. The history of banana cultivation in Africa is earlier than that in China. It is said that the Greeks began eating bananas more than 4,000 years ago. Folks in ancient India and Persia believed that the golden banana fruit was "a health-care fruit given to mankind by God." Legend has it that Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, gained wisdom after eating bananas, and was therefore known as the "fruit of wisdom."