Benefits of eating plums: lowering blood pressure, inducing diarrhea and relieving cough Plum kernels contain amygdalin and a large amount of fatty oil. Pharmacology has proved that it has a remarkable effect of diuresis and lowering blood pressure, and can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, promote dry stool discharge, and also have the effect of relieving cough and eliminating phlegm. According to beauty beauty's Compendium of Materia Medica, plum blossoms are mixed with facial fat, which has a good cosmetic effect, can "remove powder and darken my face" and "brighten my face", and has a good effect on sweat spots and dark spots on my face. Promoting digestion of plums can promote the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes, and increase gastrointestinal peristalsis. Therefore, eating Li Neng can promote digestion and increase appetite, which is a good food for people with gastric acid deficiency, fullness after eating and constipation. Fresh plum meat for clearing liver and promoting diuresis contains many amino acids, such as glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, etc. Raw plum meat is of great benefit for treating ascites due to cirrhosis. Taboos for eating plums: eating too much is easy to produce phlegm and dampness, hurt the spleen and stomach, and damage teeth. Therefore, spleen deficiency and phlegm dampness and children should not eat more. People with fever, thirst, bone deficiency and ascites due to liver disease, teachers and actors with hoarse or aphonia, chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis are especially beneficial to eat. Plum contains a high amount of fruit acid, which hurts the spleen and stomach. Excessive consumption is easy to cause stomach pain, and patients with peptic ulcer and acute and chronic gastroenteritis should not take it.