Mume, a traditional Chinese medicine, is a product with the same origin of medicine and food, which is also called black plum and smoked plum. The nearly ripe dried fruit of Prunus mume belongs to Rosaceae. Mume tastes sour, astringent and flat in nature, and belongs to liver meridian, spleen meridian, lung meridian and large intestine meridian. It has the effects of astringing lung, astringing intestine, promoting salivation, and calming constrictions. Mume contains vitamin E, vitamin C, malic acid, citric acid, iron, scales and other nutrients. It is generally used to treat chronic cough due to lung deficiency, thirst quenching due to deficiency heat, chronic diarrhea, emesis and abdominal pain caused by Acanthoptera constricta.

Efficacy of dark plum

First, astringent bowel to stop diarrhea

Mume can stop diarrhea by wading into the intestine, and can be used for chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, chronic dysentery or large intestine sliding diarrhea, even proctoptosis.

Second, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, astringing lung and relieving cough

It is suitable for xerostomia caused by fever and fluid injury caused by deficiency heat. The sour taste of ebony can stimulate saliva secretion, promote fluid production and relieve cough. Often used to treat thirst and thirst, dry throat and so on. Making drinks with dark plum in summer can quench thirst and relieve summer heat. Mume is astringent and astringent, and can astringe the lung and relieve cough. It is generally used for the symptoms of chronic cough or dry cough and scanty phlegm due to lung deficiency. It is generally used with Pinellia ternata and Almond.

Third, it can relieve pain and protect the stomach.

Mume can not only relieve colic caused by ascaris, but also protect the stomach and stimulate appetite because of its disinfection function.

Matters needing attention in Wumei

Young children are not recommended to eat dark plum. Children's body is in the development stage, their gastrointestinal function is not fully developed, and their body and gastrointestinal resistance are poor. Taking dark plum is easy to cause acidic substances to affect their intestines and stomach, which is not easy to be healthy. It is also easy for women to take ebony during menstruation to affect their health. Dark plum should also be taken in moderation. Taking too much dark plum can easily lead to excessive internal heat and cough. Patients with enteritis are also forbidden to take ebony to avoid getting worse.