What are the effects and functions of longan

Longan, also known as longan, is a sweet fruit that is mostly produced in southern China. When it matures, it can not only be eaten fresh, but also made into dried longan for long-term storage. This fruit has a fresh and delicious flesh and tastes particularly sweet. It can supplement the human body with a variety of nutrients and can also be used to treat some common diseases. It has excellent edible and medicinal effects, and can nourish the heart and calm the mind, as well as strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach.

1. Replenishing Qi and blood to improve memory

Longan is a fruit with extremely high nutritional value. It not only contains glucose and sucrose, which are beneficial to the human body, but also contains some plant protein and trace element iron. After people eat it, it can not only replenish calories and nutrition for the body, but also accelerate the regeneration of red blood cells in the body. Its blood-tonifying effect is particularly obvious. In addition, eating more longan can nourish the brain, improve brain cell activity, and increase memory.

2. Remove cold and dampness

Longan is a hot fruit, and it is very effective in dispelling cold and dampness. You can usually soak the dried longan in rice wine. In winter, taking out the longan and eating rice wine can improve the human body's ability to resist cold, and can also eliminate the damp heat and toxic gases in the body. It has a good regulating effect on people's fear of cold and rheumatism and bone pain.

3. Nourish blood and calm the mind

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, longan is a kind of stone with sweet and mild nature. It can enter the spleen meridian and heart meridian, nourish the spleen and heart, and calm the mind. Regular consumption can prevent loss of appetite, relieve insomnia, forgetfulness, body edema and other adverse symptoms. In addition, stewing longan with Euryale ferox and lotus seeds can also prevent neurasthenia and anemia, which is very beneficial to improving human health.

4. Nourish the body and prevent cancer

Eating more longan can nourish the body. The protein, riboflavin, niacin, and trace elements such as phosphorus and iron contained in it can be absorbed and utilized by the human body as soon as possible, which can relieve physical weakness and can also be used for human body conditioning after illness. In addition, some trace components in longan have a significant inhibitory effect on the formation of cancer cells. According to scientists' experiments, the prevention performance of longan on female uterine cancer is more than 90%, so women can prevent uterine cancer by eating more longan.