Peach Blossom Tears, which is Peach Gum, is a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown gelatinous substance secreted from the bark of the peach tree. Broadly speaking, the gelatinous substance secreted by apricot trees, cherry trees and other plants of the Rosaceae family can also be called peach gum. These secretions from the bark peeled off and dried is the original peach gum, can be used in traditional Chinese medicine, but also can be simply processed and eaten. In fact, the peach tree flowing gum is a pathological phenomenon.

The main component of the original peach gum is a large molecule of polysaccharide, not easily soluble in water, but has a very good water absorption, the volume can be soaked more than 10 times. The original peach pectin to remove impurities, after hydrolysis, decolorization and other treatments into small molecules of polysaccharides is commercial peach pectin. The purpose of hydrolysis is to turn insoluble macromolecular polysaccharides into soluble small molecular polysaccharides, which is convenient for industrial use.

Expanded Information

The main component of peach pectin is macromolecular polysaccharide, which is difficult to be digested and absorbed because the human body lacks the corresponding digestive enzymes. However, peach gum counts as dietary fiber, so it may be somewhat beneficial for intestinal health, such as facilitating bowel movements.

The original peach gum comes in different colors such as white, light yellow, light brown, and dark reddish brown. Some people say that the darker colors are "old gum" and more nourishing, but this is not true. Peach gum color is actually a small amount of phenolic substances in the light, the role of oxygen in the formation of quinone pigments, and nutrition, efficacy and not much to do with. Simply put, just secreted peach gelatin is light in color, the color becomes darker after a long time.

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Baidu Encyclopedia - Peach Gum