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May 25, 2021
Nutritional Benefits
Efficacy
Yangmei, named after its resemblance to poplar seeds and its taste like plums, belongs to the family Populus. Plum is one of China's specialty fruits, with bright color, juice, sweet and sour taste, and high nutritional value. With antibacterial dysentery, anti-inflammatory, disinfection and detoxification effects.
1. Anti-bacteria and dysentery
Plum has an inhibitory effect on bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus dysenteriae, which can cure dysentery and abdominal pain, and also has good effect on those who have more than dysentery. The bark contains tannin, cannabis glycosides and prunus bark glycosides, which are also good for treating dysentery, eye shades, toothache, scabies and other diseases.
2. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diarrheal
Plum is sour and astringent in nature, with astringent and anti-inflammatory effect, can cure all kinds of diarrhea.
3. Detoxification, appetite
The fiber in the plum fruit can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, which is conducive to the excretion of harmful substances in the body. Plum contains a variety of organic acids, vitamin C content is also very rich, eating can increase the acidity of the stomach, digestion of food, and promote appetite.
4. Beauty and skin care
Plums are rich in fiber, which can stimulate gastrointestinal motility, promote the excretion of harmful substances in the body, and speed up metabolism. In addition, prunes contain anthocyanins, which have a good antioxidant capacity, so prunes are a beauty food.
Nutritional value
The sugar content of plum pulp is 12%-13%, acid content is 0.5%-1.1%, while plum is rich in vitamin C, vitamin B, mineral elements calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, selenium and dietary fiber, as well as a certain amount of fat, protein, pectin and a variety of beneficial amino acids.
Precautions
Suitable and contraindicated
Suitable for: patients with acute gastroenteritis, thirst, laryngitis, constipation, obesity
Plum contains a variety of organic acids, vitamin C content is also very rich, eating it can increase the acidity of the stomach, digestion of food, suitable for acute gastroenteritis, thirst, pharyngitis, constipation, obesity patients.
Contraindicated: Yin deficiency and fire, tooth pain and diabetes patients
Yangmei is sour and astringent, so it is contraindicated for patients with yin deficiency and fire, toothache and diabetes; it is not suitable for people with excessive stomach acid. Patients with cholecystitis and gallstones are not suitable to eat prunes. Prunes are rich in fruit acids, which stimulate the stomach and duodenum to secrete cholecystokinin, which can cause gallbladder contraction and induce biliary colic.
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