Daxian ume fruit oval, green through yellow, fruit diameter of about 2.3 cm, single fruit weighs more than 20 grams, the seed kernel is an elliptical seed type, the two sides of no ribs, a streamlined edge. Fruit flesh rate of 85.5%, 50 grains per kilogram, no pests and diseases, taste extremely sour. Daxian umeboshi after primary processing of the finished product is irregular ear flattened sphere, diameter 1.5 ~ 2.3 centimeters.

Surface brownish black to black, wrinkled and uneven, visible under the magnifying glass with fine velvet. There is a rounded fruit stalk scar at one end. Flesh soft, ebony or blackish brown. Kernel hard, oval, brownish-yellow, with small pits on the surface; containing one yellowish seed, shaped like a cherry kernel. Slight gas, taste very sour, by the drug testing department, citric acid content of up to 29.4%.

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Effect

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has an allusion to "quenching the thirst by looking at plums", which says the use of the sour taste of plums, the formation of a conditioned reflex to quench the thirst of the body; plums have a strong antibacterial power, and are effective against the bacterium anthrax, diphtheria, pneumococcus and many other pathogens. Bacillus anthracis, diphtheria, pneumococcus and other pathogenic bacteria and ringworm, floccus epidermidis and other fungi have bacteriostatic effect; its decoction has an anti-allergic effect; can soften blood vessels, delaying hardening of the blood vessels, with the role of anti-aging and anti-aging; acid can be in the liver, can complement the liver yin, leveling the liver fire, so the sour plums also has a "complementary liver generals," the name.

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