Plum, also known as Li, Li Shi, Jiaqingzi and Jiayingzi, is the fruit of the Rosaceae plant Plum. It matures in May and June and is yellow or purple-red. Plums are native to my country and are distributed throughout the country except for Xinjiang and Tibet. They were cultivated in my country 3,000 years ago. The main varieties are rouge plum and peach plum. Rouge plum refers to its bright red color like rouge, commonly known as "daughter red". It has large fruit, thick skin, tender flesh and sweet taste. Peach and plum are produced by grafting and breeding peach and plum trees, hence the name "peach and plum". The fruit is large like a peach, green and yellow in color, thick in flesh and small in core, and tastes sweet but sour.
Plums are sour, can promote the secretion of gastric acid and gastric digestive enzymes, and can promote gastrointestinal motility, thus improving appetite and promoting digestion, especially for gastric achlorhydria, fullness after eating, and constipation. constipate The knot is valid. Amino acids such as serine, glycine, proline, and glutamine in fresh plum meat have diuretic and swelling effects, and have an auxiliary therapeutic effect on liver cirrhosis. Plums contain a variety of nutrients, which can beautify and lubricate the skin.
The efficacy and role of plums, nutritional value and how to eat them
Nutritional content of plums: Every 100 grams of fresh plums contains 0.6 g of protein, 0.21 g of fat, 0.5 g of ash, 8.8 g of carbohydrates, 0.11 mg of carotene, and 0.0 l of thiamine. mg, riboflavin 0.02 mg, ascorbic acid 1 mg, calcium 17 mg, phosphorus 20 mg, iron 0.5 mg, potassium 176 mg, sodium 0.7 mg, magnesium 8.9 mg, niacin 0.3 mg.
Efficacy of plums: Plums are sweet and sour. Human liver and kidney meridian. Clears away heat, promotes fluid production, diuresis, strengthens the stomach, purges liver and gallbladder fire. It is mainly used to treat consumptive internal heat, thirst, ascites, difficulty urinating, indigestion, and miscellaneous heat.
How to eat plums: Plums are one of the common fruits. They can be eaten raw, decoctioned, preserved, or canned. Plums are sweet and sour in nature and have the functions of clearing away liver heat, promoting body fluid production and promoting diuresis. Eating plums during pregnancy can appetize and stop vomiting. Eating plums after meals can increase gastric acid and help digestion ; Eating plums during summer heat has the functions of producing body fluids, quenching thirst, and relieving heat and heat.
Special reminder: Plums contain a high amount of fruit acid. People with gastrointestinal problems are advised to eat less, otherwise excessive consumption may cause mild symptoms. diarrhea . Plums taste bitter or are poisonous if placed in water and should not be eaten. Excessive consumption can easily cause stomach pain. Eating too much plums can cause phlegm and damage teeth. Unripe and bitter plums should not be eaten. Eating too many plums at one time can cause deficiency heat and brain swelling.
Therapeutic value
Ripe fruits of the Rosaceae tree plant Plum. Also known as Li Shi and Jiaqingzi. It is cultivated in most areas of my country. It is harvested in summer, washed, cored and used fresh or dried in the sun.
[Performance] Sweet, sour, and cool in nature. It can clear liver heat and produce body fluid.
[Reference] The nutrition of plums is slightly lower than that of peaches, containing sugar, trace protein, fat, carotene, vitamins B1.B2.C, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, asparagine, glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, threonine, alanine and other ingredients.
[Use] Used for liver deficiency with heat, asthenia and bone steaming; Insufficient stomach yin and thirst in the mouth.
[Usage] Eat raw, mince the juice, or take the dried product in decoction.
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1. Fresh plum juice: 100~120g plums, remove the core and mash, squeeze out the juice, add a little honey and take it.
Originated from "Suixiju Food Spectrum". This product can not only clear the liver meridian of deficiency heat, but also nourish stomach yin and produce body fluid. Used for insufficiency of stomach yin. In addition, it can also be used for people with insufficient Qi and Yin who are not adaptable to the summer heat.
2. Zhuse wine: 250g of fresh plums, wring the juice, mix with 250ml of rice wine, take it in early summer, 1 small cup each time.
3. Originated from "Shuo Lin". The ancients believed that drinking plum juice wine in summer (the beginning of summer) can make women look beautiful, so it is called zhuse wine. Available for reference.
Dietary therapy example: 2-3 fresh plums, soaked in vinegar and decocted in water, drink 20-50 ml of soup each time, 3-4 times a day, can be used for chronic diseases Uterus bleeding, Menorrhagia adjuvant treatment.
Plum rice noodle soup
Ingredients: 6 plums, 30 grams of rice kernels.
Preparation method: Boil the ingredients into soup.
Medicinal use: drink 2 times a day.
Efficacy: nourishes the liver, breaks stasis and diuresis; has curative effect on cirrhosis and ascites.
Therapeutic effect
Plums are mild in nature, sweet and sour in taste.; Enters the liver and kidney meridians.
It has the effects of producing body fluids and quenching thirst, clearing the liver and removing heat, and diuresis.
It is mainly used to treat diseases such as yin deficiency and internal heat, bone steaming and tuberculosis heat, quenching thirst and causing drinking, liver and gallbladder damp-heat, ascites, and difficulty in urination.
Can be consumed by the general population
1. People with fever, thirst, constipation, bone steaming, liver disease and ascites, teachers and actors with mute or aphonia, and those with chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis are especially suitable to consume.
2. Plums contain a high amount of fruit acid. Eating too much can damage the spleen and stomach. Excessive consumption can easily cause stomach pain. Patients with ulcers and acute and chronic gastroenteritis should not take them.
3. Eating too much can easily produce phlegm and dampness, damage the spleen and stomach, and damage teeth. Therefore, children with spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness should not eat more.
4. Patients with IGA kidney disease cannot eat plums because the acid content in plums is very high.
What will happen if you eat too many plums? What are their therapeutic effects?
Remark
1. Do not eat underripe plums.
2. Avoid eating too much, as it can easily cause deficiency of heat, brain swelling, and damage to the spleen and stomach.
3. "Erya": "The five fertile soils are suitable for plum trees. ”
"Anthology of Yuefu Poems·Ancient Ci·The Conduct of a Gentleman": "The melon field does not accept the shoes, and the plum blossoms do not wear their hats." ”
Liang Shen Yue of the Southern Dynasties. "Mai Li Shi": "The green jade crowns the Western Sea, and the blue stone covers the outer area. It turns into a solid garden, and underneath it becomes a road scale. A good person is of great value, but a small invitation is hard to pass up. The color is moist, and the taste is cold water vermilion. Picking them up and wanting to offer them, still wanting to eat and wandering around”
Emperor Wen of Wei wrote to Wu Zhi: "Sweet melons float in clear springs, and plum blossoms sink in cold waters. ””Western Jin Dynasty·Fu Xuan. "Li Fu": "The latent solidity is knotted inside, the exterior is rich and colorful, the green texture changes with vermilion, and the shape is formed by luck. The clear horn plays and a slight sourness arises; the palace moves and the harmony and sweetness arise. ”
Jin Pan Yue. "Xianju Fu": "The Zao of Zhou Wen's weak school, the Li of Zhu Zhong in Fangling.
"Suwen" also claims that plum flavor belongs to the liver.
In ancient times, plums were mostly used to treat liver diseases. Fresh plums can be used as an auxiliary treatment for patients with cirrhosis and ascites.
Plums have a laxative effect and can be used to treat constipation. Children should not eat too much, as eating too much may cause diarrhea, but there will be no problem if they eat it normally.
It is true that plums are harmful to the human body. Sun Simiao said: "Don't eat too much, as it will make you weak." "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" records: "Don't eat too much, as it will damage the spleen and stomach." "Suixiju Diet Manual" also says that "eating more will produce phlegm, which will help dampness cause malaria, and it is especially taboo for people with spleen deficiency." It has been proven in life that eating too much plums can cause people to feel discomfort such as deficiency of heat and brain swelling. Plums that smell bitter and do not sink in water are poisonous and cannot be eaten. Eating too much plums can cause phlegm and damage teeth. Patients with weak constitution should eat less.
Can pregnant women eat plums?
Plums are rich in nutrients. The fruits contain sugar, trace protein, fat, carotene, vitamins B1.B2.C, calcium, phosphorus, iron, glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, threonine, alanine and other nutrients. Therefore, plums are suitable for consumption by the general population, including pregnant women.
Is it good for pregnant women to eat plums?
1) Plums can promote the secretion of gastric acid and gastric digestive enzymes, and increase gastrointestinal motility. Pregnant women eating some plums can promote digestion, prevent constipation during pregnancy, enhance appetite, and are beneficial to nutritional supplements during pregnancy.
2) Plums have very good beauty and beauty effects, so pregnant women eating plums can prevent pregnancy skin It is not only good for baby's skin development, but also good for baby's skin development.
Let’s learn about the things that pregnant women need to pay attention to when eating plums.
1) Don’t eat too much plums. Excessive consumption can easily cause heat deficiency, brain swelling, and damage to the spleen and stomach.
2) Don’t eat unripe plums.
3) Pregnant women should not eat honey when eating plums, as these two foods will conflict with each other.
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