Can pregnant women eat Luo Han Guo during pregnancy?

　　Luo Han Guo is the mature fruit of the Cucurbitaceae plant Luo Han Guo. Mangosteen is a perennial herbaceous vine that grows in the understory of hillsides and riverside wetlands and shrubs at 400 to 1,400 meters. Distributed in Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Guizhou and other places, there is a large amount of cultivation in some areas of Guangxi.

　　Pick the fruits when they are ripe in autumn and leave them for 8 to 10 days. When the peel turns from green to yellow, they are dried in a kang.

　　Luo Han Guo fruit is oval, spherical or oval, 5 to 9 cm long and 3.5 to 6 cm in diameter. The surface is brown, yellowish brown or brownish green, sometimes with dark brown patches and yellowish white pubescence, and 8 to 10 vertical stripes. There are style remnants at the top and fruit stem marks at the base. Light body, crisp texture, thin skin. Fruit pulp is spongy, shrunken, light brown. The seeds are oblate and numerous, about 1.5 cm long and 1.2 cm wide; light red to brownish red, slightly concave in the middle of both sides, with radial grooves around and grooves on the edges. The smell is slight and the taste is sweet. The best ones are big, complete, soundless when shaken, and yellowish-brown in color.

　　Luo Han Guo is often dried, crushed and brewed with boiling water or decocted in water to drink its juice. It is a dried fruit with a unique flavor.

　　nutritional value

　　1. Contains a variety of nutrients needed by the human body to improve human immunity.

　　2. Contains a large amount of crude fiber, which can reduce hunger, make people feel full, and help treat diabetes.

　　3. Containing a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids can lower blood lipids and reduce fat deposition in blood vessels, which is helpful for preventing Hyperlipidemia It has certain curative effect on diseases and atherosclerosis.

　　Edible effect

　　Luo Han Guo is sweet in taste and cool in nature; it returns to the lung and spleen meridians; it lightens and moistens the body;

　　It has the functions of clearing the lungs and soothing the throat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening the intestines and laxative;

　　Treats phlegm fire cough , sore throat, thirst due to summer heat, intestinal dryness constipate。

　　Applicable people

　　1. Suitable for patients with aphonia, tonsillitis, and pharyngitis;

　　2. Not suitable for patients with diabetes and colds cold , cough patients.