Xianju bayberry has natural medical and health functions such as relieving heat and promoting fluid production, diuresis and spleen strengthening, quenching thirst and relieving cough, spleen strengthening and appetizing, increasing appetite and promoting digestion. There is a popular saying in Xianju: "If you eat three hundred bayberries a day, you will never give up and become a person in Xianju." Xianju bayberry is rich in protein, sugar, fruit acid, calcium, iron, glucose, fructose, citric acid, malic acid and multiple vitamins. According to the test of the Fruit and Seedling Quality Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Agriculture, the soluble solids content is 10.9-14.6 and can be titrated. The acid content is 0.97 and the vitamin content is 15.23mg/100g. It has the functions of dehumidifying, relieving heat, and stopping diarrhea.

Honor: In 1994, Yan Jici, the former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and a famous scientist, tasted Xianju Bayberry and praised it so much that he happily inscribed the word "Xianmei".

In 1999, "Xianju Yangmei" won the famous brand product of China International Agricultural Expo.

In 2001, "Xianlu" brand Xianju bayberry was awarded the title of famous brand product at the China Agricultural Expo and the gold medal of the Zhejiang International Agricultural Expo.

In 2002, it passed the green food (A) level certification and was allowed to use the green food mark. In 2003, it was rated as the first top ten fine bayberry in Zhejiang Province.

In July 2003, it obtained the Registration Certificate of Origin Protection Mark.

In June 2003, the construction of Xianju’s 100,000-acre bayberry green food base was listed as a national Spark project by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Xianju Bayberry is well-known abroad and exported to Europe, America, and Southeast Asia. It is a traditional product that my country exports to earn foreign exchange, and it is also a good gift for relatives and friends.

1. Nutritional value of bayberry

Bayberry is different from peaches, plums, apricots and other fruits. Not only does it not hurt the spleen and stomach when eaten in large quantities, it also has the effect of detoxifying and dispelling cold. It can be used with Comparable to watermelon. Bayberry is rich in many nutrients. The famous medical scientist Li Shizhen introduced in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Yangmei can quench thirst, harmonize the five internal organs, cleanse the stomach and relieve restlessness and bad odor." It is said that plum pickers go to the mountains to pick plums, and they will not get sick even if they are exposed to the sun and rain. , indicating that bayberry can indeed remove dampness, relieve heat, and stop diarrhea. People also have the habit of soaking bayberries in shochu (white wine). In the bitter heat of late summer, eating a few shochu bayberries will make you feel refreshed. Bayberry fruits can not only be eaten fresh and canned, but can also be pressed into wine, made into jam, or processed into canned sugar water and preserves.

2. Bayberry nutritional content

Per 100 grams of fresh fruit, bayberry contains 91.1 grams of water, 0.9 grams of protein, 0.9 grams of fat, 5.2 grams of carbohydrates, 33 kcal of calories, and 1.0 crude fiber. g, 0.9 g of ash, 11 mg of calcium, 36 mg of phosphorus, 1.8 mg of iron, and contains 176 mg of potassium, 2.4 mg of sodium, and 9.0 mg of magnesium. It also contains vitamin C, wax, glucose, fructose, citric acid, oxalic acid, lactic acid, etc.

3. Therapeutic effects of bayberry

1. Helps digestion and increases appetite

Yangmei contains a variety of organic acids and is also rich in vitamin C. The fresh fruit tastes sour. Eating it can increase the acidity in the stomach, digest food, and promote appetite.

2． It can dispel heat, produce fluid and quench thirst

Fresh bayberry fruit can harmonize digestion, produce fluid and quench thirst. It is a good product for dispelling heat in summer. It can prevent heat stroke, remove Sha, and relieve polydipsia.

3． Antibacterial, antidiarrheal and anti-inflammatory

Experimental studies have shown that bayberry has an inhibitory effect on bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae. It can treat abdominal pain due to dysentery and is also effective in patients with persistent diarrhea. Bayberry is sour in nature and has astringent and anti-inflammatory effects. In addition, it is antibacterial, so it can also treat various types of diarrhea. Bayberry bark contains tannins, bayberry bark glycosides, etc., and is also used to treat dysentery, eye nebula, toothache, and malignant sores. A good product for scabies and other diseases.

4． Anti-cancer and anti-cancer

Yangmei contains vitamins C and B, which have a positive effect on anti-cancer and anti-cancer. Bayberry kernels contain vitamin B17, which is an anti-cancer substance. The cyanogenic glycosides and fatty oils contained in it also have the effect of inhibiting cancer cells.

5. Weight loss, beauty and anti-aging

The fiber in the pulp of bayberry can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, which is beneficial to the excretion of harmful substances in the body, and has the effect of detoxification and beauty; the anthocyanins and vitamin C contained in bayberry have good The antioxidant function of bayberry can improve immunity, fight free radicals, prevent aging, and inhibit cancer; the fruit acid contained in bayberry can prevent the conversion of sugar into fat in the body, which is helpful for weight loss and is the best choice for modern pretty girls and handsome men to lose weight. Ideal fruit.

6． Lower blood pressure and prevent stroke

Fresh bayberry fruit is extremely rich in potassium, with about 100 mg of potassium per 100 grams of fresh fruit. Modern medical research has proven that potassium has outstanding effects in maintaining heart function, participating in metabolism, and lowering blood pressure. It also helps regulate emotions, stabilize mood, and reduce the incidence of stroke. Therefore, it has the functions of regulating qi and activating blood circulation, regulating blood lipids, lowering cholesterol and blood pressure, and preventing stroke.

7. Benefit the kidneys, diuresis and dehumidify

The fruit of bayberry has a high potassium content and contains trace amounts of myricetin. Myricetin directly acts on the kidneys to excite the heart and indirectly exerts a strong diuretic effect. In addition, it also has anti-inflammatory properties. Vascular permeability. Therefore, it has the effect of nourishing the kidneys, diuresis and dehumidification, and also has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on rheumatic diseases such as arthritis.

4. Yangmei health care recipe

1. Bayberry liqueur

800 grams of fresh bayberry and 50 grams of sugar. Wash the bayberry and add white sugar, mash it together and put it into a porcelain jar. After natural fermentation for 1 week, it will become wine. Use gauze to filter the juice (if the sweetness is not enough, add an appropriate amount of sugar), then put it in a pot and bring to a boil. Stop the fire and let it cool. Store in sealed bottles. The older it is, the better. Drink as much as you like. This wine has the effect of clearing away summer heat, relieving diarrhea and stopping diarrhea. It can be used to prevent heat stroke and treat summer heat diarrhea.

2． Soak bayberry in wine

A few ripe bayberries and an appropriate amount of sorghum wine. After selecting the bayberries, wash them and soak them in sorghum shochu (the amount of wine is based on submerging the bayberries), seal them for 1 week and set aside. When necessary, eat 2-3 bayberries or drink half a cup of bayberry wine. This wine has the effect of dispelling cold, digesting and relieving pain. It has an auxiliary dietary therapy effect on diseases such as diarrhea caused by deficiency and cold, cold and painful abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea due to illness.

3． Steamed Bayberry Cake

20 bayberries, 50 grams of flour, 250 ml of fresh milk, 250 grams of sugar, 4 eggs, and 2O0 grams of cooked lard. Wash the bayberries with light salt water, squeeze the bayberry juice, take a container, pour flour, sugar, milk, beat in the eggs, then add oil, bayberry juice and appropriate amount of water, stir evenly to make a moderately thin paste; Place the container on the basket, steam for about 45 minutes until cooked, take it out, let cool, cut into pieces, put it in the electric oven, bake until golden brown, take it out, and serve on a plate. This cake has the effects of promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, appetizing and digesting, and clearing the intestines. It is suitable for symptoms such as body fluid injury, polydipsia, loss of appetite, indigestion, intestinal stagnation, chronic illness and physical weakness. People who are not sick can eat it to strengthen their bodies.

4． Salted bayberry

A few bayberries and an appropriate amount of salt. After washing the bayberries, marinate them with salt for preparation. The longer the better. When in use, take a few pills and soak them in water. This bayberry has the effect of regulating qi, eliminating accumulation, and removing swelling. It is suitable for conditions such as food accumulation and gastrointestinal distension.

5. Bayberry honey drink

2000 grams of bayberry and appropriate amount of honey. Remove the impurities from the bayberry and wash it, mash it and filter out the juice, put it in a casserole and bring it to a boil. Add an appropriate amount of honey and water and boil it again. This honey drink has the effects of promoting body fluids, moisturizing dryness, tonifying the middle and harmonizing the stomach. It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on dry cough due to dryness of the lung, chronic cough due to fatigue, dysentery, abdominal pain and other diseases.

5. Literature selection

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Yangmei can quench thirst, harmonize the five internal organs, cleanse the stomach and intestines, and remove restlessness and bad odor."

" "Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica": "Yangmei is warm, regulates the internal organs, regulates the intestines and stomach, eliminates irritability, eliminates bad gas, and removes phlegm. Do not eat too much, as eating too much will damage people's teeth and tendons."

"Kaibao Materia Medica" : "It is mainly used to remove phlegm, stop vomiting and filth, digest food and drink alcohol."

"Materia Medica Seeking Truth": "Yangmei can cure upset and thirst, clear away heat and detoxify. ... It is suitable for people with yin deficiency, heat floating, and insufficiency of qi and blood. Return, it is impossible to clear the body, and it is even more impossible to express it. However, if the sour taste is absorbed, the floating heat can be eliminated and polydipsia can be quenched.

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"Yuqiao Medical Solution": "It can reduce sourness and astringency, treat heart and lung irritability, treat dysentery and injuries, and stop bleeding and epistaxis. "

"Ben Jing Shi Yuan": "It can quench thirst and relieve troubles, burn ashes to stop dysentery, store salt to stop vomiting, noisy and eliminate alcohol"

6. Precautions for picking bayberry

1. It is best to wear dark or old clothes when picking bayberry, otherwise you will be covered in bright juice!

2. Because bayberries grow mostly in the mountains, and it’s summer, you should bring less snacks and more water before going up the mountain! At the same time, bring sun protection equipment (such as sun hats, sunglasses, sunscreen, etc.)

3. Just pick the bayberries. You can put it directly into your mouth. Small insects dare not touch bayberries, and the rain, dew and sunlight in the forest are sterilizing.

4. Visitors should pay attention to safety when going up the mountain to pick bayberries, and do not climb too high. . The taller the bayberry grows, the more delicious it is. If you want to pick the bayberry growing on the top of the tree, it is best to ask the orchard owner for a bamboo hook and carefully pull the branch over to start. However, you must be careful because the bayberry branches are too long. It is particularly brittle and easy to break, so don’t make the orchard owner feel distressed!

5. Cherish the bayberry tree and do not pick the bayberry branches, as this will affect the growth of the bayberry in the coming year; be careful not to be greedy when picking bayberry! Pick a handful at a time, but pick them one by one!

6. To speed up picking, it is best to bring scissors; purple bayberries are ripe, so it is best to use scissors along the branches. Cut off the parts lightly, but the stems should not be left long to avoid damaging other bayberries in the fruit basket; when picking, you can put a layer of bayberries and use a layer of leaves to bedding to prevent them from being bruised.

7. Bayberry is not only delicious, but also relieves heat, promotes body fluids, strengthens the spleen, quenches thirst and cough, cures stomachache, and increases appetite. In the hot summer, eating a few bayberries soaked in white wine can not only relieve diarrhea but also prevent heatstroke. It is full of fruity flavor. The local bayberry wine is a favorite on the table! Some people will have sore teeth after eating too much Dongkui bayberry. Generally, no treatment is needed. Chewing tea leaves after eating bayberry can relieve the soreness of the teeth. Of course, the best way is Everything must be done in moderation, and don’t be too greedy when you see good things.

7. Other ways to eat bayberry

1. The usual way to eat: wash the bayberry with light salt water, It can be eaten immediately, or dipped in honey, yogurt, salad, or condensed milk.

2. Ice bayberry wine: Generally, bayberry wine is soaked in white wine for a long time and has a spicy taste. For aging, add half a bottle of honey and put it in the refrigerator for a week. It tastes very good, but it also has the staying power of wine.

3. Chilled bayberries: Put the washed bayberries in a crisper and sprinkle more sugar. , and then put it in the refrigerator to freeze, and eat it as you go. It is a summer heat-relieving product, and it is also another way to extend the shelf life of bayberry.

4. Sweet bayberry: Add a little salt to the bayberry and steam it in a rice cooker. , add rock sugar and simmer for a while, just like eating canned bayberry.

5. Bayberry milkshake: add sugar to the steamed bayberry, smash it with a spoon, remove the core and make a pulp, pour a bowl of plain yogurt, and increase the size. Spoon the bayberry pulp into a heart, stir well when eating, very good

6. Bayberry sundae: put a piece of cheese ice cream, put some of your favorite fruits, such as kiwi, and add two Lotte almonds. Sugar, spoon on two tablespoons of bayberry pulp.

Attached is the 2009 Bayberry Festival:

Xianju County has a bayberry base of 120,000 acres. This year, 60,000 acres of bayberry will be put into production, with an estimated output of 60,000 tons.

Another year of "Xianmei" red

On the morning of June 10, the opening ceremony of the 2009 Xianju Bayberry Festival and the bayberry mining ceremony were grandly held in Xianju County.

In the Fairyland in June, red bayberries are hanging on branches, and the mountains are red with fairy fruits. In recent years, Xianju, which has "eight mountains, one water and one field", has vigorously developed characteristic agriculture relying on its unique ecological environment and resource advantages. With the strong support of relevant departments at higher levels and the great attention of successive county committees and governments, the agricultural development level of Xianju County has been continuously improved, and the industrialization level of specialty agricultural products has been continuously improved. The bayberry industry is one of the highlights. In 2002, Xianju was named the "Hometown of Chinese Bayberry" by the country. At present, the county has built a bayberry base of 120,000 acres, with an area of ??60,000 acres put into production this year, and an estimated output of 60,000 tons.

Bayberry planting has become the leading industry in Xianju that increases agricultural efficiency, increases farmers' income, and makes rural areas richer. The bayberry processing industry has become the leading industry in Xianju's agricultural product processing. Last year, the county's bayberry production area was 50,000 acres, with an output of 44,500 tons and an output value of 380 million yuan. The per capita income of farmers in the county increased by 900 yuan.

In the process of developing the bayberry industry, various departments and key towns in Xianju County have strengthened management and supervision, and strengthened supervision of production sources, circulation areas, and bayberry leisure and tourist parks. In order to expand and strengthen the bayberry industry, the Xianju County Party Committee and the county government made overall plans and made active efforts in building the bayberry brand, strengthening the quality protection of bayberry and strengthening the brand integration of bayberry. In order to ensure the quality and safety of bayberry, we promote standardized production, introduce relevant standardized production standards, and establish a bayberry standardized production demonstration base. The demonstration base will drive the county's standardized production of bayberry and improve the quality and quality safety of bayberry. In recent years, Xianju bayberry has won consecutive awards. The "Xian" brand Xianju bayberry won the title of famous brand product at the China International Agricultural Expo in 1999, and the "Xianlv" brand Xianju bayberry was awarded the title of famous brand product at the China International Agricultural Expo in 2001. After winning the gold medal at the Zhejiang Agricultural Expo in 2002 and the title of "Jiufeng Cup" Top Ten Fine Bayberry in Zhejiang Province in 2003, it was rated as a famous brand product in Zhejiang Province in 2004. Due to Xianju's outstanding achievements in developing bayberry and other economic forests, the State Forestry Administration awarded Xianju the "National Advanced County for Economic Forest Construction" in 2001, and successively named Xianju the "Hometown of China's Bayberry". Xianju’s “100,000 acres of bayberry green food base construction project” has also been included in the national “Spark Plan”. Xianju Bayberry's origin protection has passed the review of the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and obtained protection of origin registration. In recent years, Xianju has also conducted strict reviews of the county's bayberry production and marketing cooperatives, and actively applied for the "Xianju Bayberry" certification trademark from the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. At the beginning of this year, the "Xianju Yangmei" certification mark was also successfully registered in 13 product sales countries and target market countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and the United States. , sailing into the international market from now on, and will promote a new round of development of Xianju bayberry industry. At the mining ceremony that day, the list of bayberry bases and bayberry packaging companies that had obtained export registration was announced. A group of "Xianju Yangmei" certification trademark authorized units and individuals received the "Xianju Yangmei" certification trademark standard certificate on site.

For many years, Xianju has persisted in holding bayberry festivals during the agricultural season, using plums as a matchmaker to make new and old friends, promote exchanges and cooperation, and promote the joint development of agriculture and tourism, economy and Cultural mutual promotion and advancement. During this year’s Yangmei Festival, Xianju carefully launched the Xianju local industrial products and famous and high-quality special product production and marketing matchmaking conference, Xianju Appointment-Yangtze River Delta Tourism Development Summit Forum, Xianju Tourism, Craft Gifts, Green Agricultural Products Promotion Week, and investment promotion projects Promotion and signing ceremony, online bayberry festival, bayberry orchard (bayberry enterprise) sightseeing tour and other series of activities.

The red bayberry has become an important carrier of tourism, culture, and economic and trade activities!