Functions and indications of crab apple

Everyone knows that crab apple is a delicious fruit, but do you know more about crab apple? Let me introduce it to you.

Crab apple

Huahong (scientific name: Malus asiatica), also known as Shaguo (Hebei), Wenlinlangguo (Compendium of Materia Medica), Lingong (Illustrated Explanation of Common Trees in Hebei), is a plant of the genus Malus in the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous small tree with ovate or elliptical leaves.

Crab apple

The top is abruptly pointed, with very fine serrations on the edge. It blooms in spring and summer, arranged in an umbrella shape at the top of the branches, with pedicels and calyxes covered with hairs. The buds are red, but fade with a blush after opening. The fruit matures in autumn, is oblate, 4-5 cm in diameter, and yellow or red. It is widely distributed in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins of mainland China, growing in areas with an altitude of 50 to 1,300 meters, often growing on hillsides, flat land, and valley terraces. It tastes like an apple when eaten raw, and there are many varieties. It can be propagated by grafting, sowing, and division, and is a plant endemic to China.

Introduction to Sand Apple

[Family and Genus] It is the fruit of the apple plant of the Rosaceae family.

【Scientific name】Panax natans

[Alias] Wenlin fruit, red flower fruit, Lingo, five-color fruit, linked fruit, etc.

When the sand apple is ripe

[Nature and flavor and meridians entered] It is neutral in nature, sour and sweet in taste. It enters the heart, liver and lung meridians.

[Effects and indications] Quenches thirst, produces body fluid, helps digestion and eliminates stagnation, and astringes semen. It is mainly used to treat thirst caused by loss of body fluid, diabetes, diarrhea, spermatorrhea and other symptoms.

[Nutrients] Every 100 grams contains 82 grams of water, 0.3 grams of protein, 0.8 grams of fat, 15.1 grams of carbohydrates, 69 kcal of calories, 0.9 grams of crude fiber, 0.2 grams of ash, 45 milligrams of calcium, 9 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.9 milligrams of iron, 0.05 milligrams of carotene, 0.02 milligrams of thiamine, 0.02 milligrams of riboflavin, 0.2 milligrams of niacin, 1 milligram of ascorbic acid, 148 milligrams of potassium, 0.9 milligrams of sodium, and 7.3 milligrams of magnesium.