Pear Juice Porridge

Pear Juice Porridge

Cooking method: Wash the pears, peel and core them, squeeze out the juice for later use; boil the pear skin, pear residue and pear core in water to extract the juice, add rice to cook porridge, when it is cooked, add pear juice and white sugar, boil it for one or two more times before consumption, 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and resolves phlegm, clears away heat and promotes salivation.

Indications: Suitable for cough due to lung heat or dry cough, thirst due to loss of body fluid due to fever or thirst after drinking, etc.

Explanation of the meaning of porridge: Pear, also known as Guozong, Kuaiguo, Yuru, and Mifu, is the fruit of cultivated varieties of white pear, sand pear, and autumn pear of the Rosaceae family. It is produced in most parts of the country and harvested when the fruit is ripe from August to September. It is used fresh or sliced ​​and dried. Because of its crisp and juicy flesh, sweet and fragrant, unique flavor, and rich nutrition, it is known as the "king of all fruits". Shao Yong of the Song Dynasty wrote in his "Eating Pears" that "I hope you don't love the golden flower pear, I hope you must love the red pear. The golden flower and the red pear have two flavors, and the color is like rouge. The red pear is as sweet as honey, and the golden flower makes you frown when you eat it", which is very delicious.

Introduction to the efficacy of pear juice porridge

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pears are sweet, slightly sour, and cool in nature. They belong to the lung and stomach meridians, and have the functions of moistening the lungs and eliminating phlegm, clearing away heat and promoting the production of body fluids. They are suitable for hot coughs or dry coughs, damage to body fluids due to fever, or thirst and thirst after drinking. The New Compendium of Materia Medica says that it "treats hot coughs and quenches thirst". The Compendium of Materia Medica says that it "moistens the lungs and cools the heart, eliminates phlegm and reduces fire, and relieves sores and alcohol poisoning". The Materia Medica Tongxuan says that "raw pears clear the heat of the six internal organs, and cooked pears nourish the yin of the five internal organs". The Seven Herbs of Kaibao says that pears "treat aphasia caused by guest heat stroke, fever caused by typhoid fever, relieve heat and shock caused by Danshi, and promote urination and defecation". Cooking porridge and eating it is very effective for dry cough caused by lung deficiency.

Nutritional analysis shows that in addition to 85% water, every 100 grams of pear (referring to the pulp) also contains a variety of nutrients that are indispensable to the human body, such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, multiple vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C and organic acids such as citric acid, malic acid, etc. Pharmacological studies have shown that pear pulp contains glycosides and tannic acid, which have the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, reducing phlegm, and nourishing blood. Pears can relieve symptoms and promote recovery of tuberculosis, upper respiratory tract infection, acute and chronic tracheitis caused by dry throat pain, hoarseness, thick phlegm, constipation, and red urine. Pears have a blood pressure lowering and sedative effect. People with hypertension and heart disease with hyperactivity of liver yang or liver fire inflammation often eat pears to reduce blood pressure, and symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo, and palpitations disappear. Pears have the effects of promoting gastric acid secretion, protecting the liver, aiding digestion, and increasing appetite. Patients with hepatitis and cirrhosis often eat pears to increase appetite and improve spirits.