Eating almonds correctly can achieve the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, moistening lung to relieve asthma, moistening intestine to relieve constipation and reducing intestinal cancer. There are many ways to cook almonds, which can be used to make porridge, cakes, bread and other types of food, and can also be used with other condiments to make delicious dishes.

Although almonds have many medicinal and edible values, they should not be eaten in large quantities. Excessive use of almonds will be harmful to your health. Therefore, before eating, it must be soaked in water for many times and boiled to reduce or even eliminate toxic substances; Pregnant women, young children, people with fever and diabetes should not eat apricots and their products.

Du Jinxing, a professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, said that there are two kinds of almonds.

1, one is sweet almond, also called south almond, which is non-toxic, slightly sweet and delicate and edible. It can also be added to cakes, biscuits and dishes as raw materials, which has the effects of moistening lung to relieve cough and relaxing bowels, and can relieve dry cough without phlegm and chronic cough due to lung deficiency, so it can be safely eaten.

2. There is also a bitter almond, also called North Almond, which tastes bitter and is used as medicine. It has the effect of moistening lung and relieving asthma. It has obvious effect on phlegm, cough, asthma and other symptoms caused by cold, and has certain anti-cancer effect. The anti-tumor effect of almond is mainly that bitter almond contains amygdalin. At the same time, because it is rich in carotene, it can prevent free radicals from attacking cells and has the effect of preventing tumors.

Expand the efficacy of almonds.

1, bitter almond can relieve cough and asthma, moisten intestines and relieve constipation, and can treat lung disease, cough and other diseases.

2. Sweet almonds and dried almonds eaten every day are often moist and have a certain lung-tonifying effect.

3. Almonds are also rich in flavonoids and polyphenols, which can not only reduce the cholesterol content in the human body, but also significantly reduce the risk of heart disease and many chronic diseases.

4, almonds have a cosmetic effect, which can promote skin microcirculation and make skin ruddy and shiny.

5. Almond has anti-tumor effect. The anti-tumor effect of almond is mainly because bitter almond contains a bioactive substance-amygdalin, which can enter the blood to kill cancer cells but has no effect on healthy cells, so it can improve the symptoms of patients with advanced cancer and prolong their survival time. At the same time, because it is rich in carotene, it can resist oxidation, prevent free radicals from invading cells and prevent tumors!

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