Lychee is a warm fruit.

Lychee taste sweet, sour, warm, into the heart, spleen, liver meridian; pulp has the spleen and liver, the qi and blood, warming the pain, tonifying the heart and tranquilize the efficacy of the heart; the core has the qi, the knot, the efficacy of the pain; can stop the uh-oh, to stop diarrhea, at the same time there is a tonic brain fitness, appetizing and beneficial to the spleen, there is a promotion of the efficacy of the appetite. Lychee has a tonic effect on brain tissue, can significantly improve insomnia, forgetfulness, mental fatigue and other symptoms. Can enhance the immune function lychee meat is rich in.

Expanded Information:

Lychee is mainly found in southwestern, southern, and southeastern China, with Guangdong and southern Fujian being the most cultivated. It is also cultivated in southeastern Asia, and introductions have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. Lychee and bananas, pineapples, longan together known as the "four fruits of the South".

Litchi's purchase method:

(1) view of its thumb: from the outside, the color of fresh litchi is generally not very bright, the color is extremely bright not see a little bit of colorful lychee, it is likely to be unscrupulous vendors man-made treatment.

(2) casting stones: selection can be first in the hands of a light pinch, good lychee feel should be tight and elastic, if the feel of soft or feel lychee skin under the hollow, not for the wallet to consider the body to consider, or do not take the risk of the best.

(3) to look to win: do not choose those top pointed lychee, those top rounded lychee general nucleus is larger. And the epidermis of the "nail" density is relatively high, indicating that the lychee is not mature enough, on the contrary, is a mature lychee. If the lychee shell cracked piece of flat, obvious suture line, the taste will be very sweet.

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