Nutritional value and edible effects of pears

Everyone knows that pears are delicious fruits, but do you know the nutritional value and cooking methods of pears?

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It is also known as quick fruit, jade milk, fruit sect, honey father, snow pear, perfume pear, and green pear.

Pear is the fruit of Pyrus sutchuenensis, Pyrus sutchuenensis, Pyrus sutchuenensis, Pyrus sutchuenensis, etc., which are mostly distributed in North China, Northeast China, Northwest China and the Yangtze River Basin. The fruit is harvested when it is ripe between August and September and used fresh or sliced ​​and dried.

The main varieties are Qiuzi Pear, Baili Pear, Shali Pear and Yangli Pear. Qiuzi Pear is distributed in North China and Northeast China, and the fruit is round or oblate. Excellent varieties include Beijing's Jingbai Pear and Liaoning's Nanguo Pear. Baili Pear is mainly distributed in North China, and the fruit is obovate. Excellent varieties include Hebei's Yali, Xuehua Pear, Qiubai Pear, Mili Pear, Shanxi's Youli, and Shandong's Laiyang's Cili. Shali Pear is distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and Huaihe River Basin, and the fruit is nearly round, with green or brown skin. Famous varieties include Anhui's Dangshan Pear. Yangli Pear is cultivated more in Yantai, Shandong and Dalian, Liaoning. The fruit is gourd-shaped or round. When ripe, the flesh is crisp, tender and juicy, with few stone cells and strong fragrance.

Pear is the "king of all fruits". Because of its freshness, tenderness, sweetness and sourness, it is also known as "natural mineral water".

Nutritional Value

Pear fruit: It has the effects of promoting body fluid, moistening dryness, clearing away heat, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for fever, thirst, diabetes, hot cough, phlegm-heat and madness, choking, thirst and aphonia, red and swollen eyes, and indigestion.

Pear peel: has the effects of clearing the heart, moistening the lungs, reducing internal heat, promoting the production of body fluids, nourishing the kidneys, and replenishing yin. The roots, branches, leaves, and flowers have the effects of moistening the lungs, eliminating phlegm, clearing away heat, and detoxifying.

Pear seeds: Pear seeds contain lignin, an insoluble fiber that dissolves in the intestines and forms a colloid-like film that binds to cholesterol in the intestines and is excreted. Pears contain boron, which can prevent osteoporosis in women. When boron is sufficient, memory, concentration, and mental acuity will improve.

Target Group

1. It is especially suitable for people with thick or no phlegm in cough, itchy and dry throat, chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, hypertension, heart disease, hepatitis, cirrhosis, and those who have been drinking or have been hungover.

2. Patients with chronic enteritis, cold stomach disease and diabetes should avoid eating raw pears.

3. Pears are cold and damp in nature. Eating too many pears will damage the spleen and stomach. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach and fear of cold food should eat less pears.

4. Pears contain a lot of fruit acid, so people with high stomach acid should not eat too much.

5. Pears have a diuretic effect. People who frequently urinate at night should eat less pears before going to bed.

6. Patients with blood deficiency, fear of cold, diarrhea, and cold hands and feet should not eat too many pears, and it is best to cook them before eating to prevent the symptoms of dampness and cold from worsening.

7. Pears are high in sugar, so people with diabetes should be careful.

8. Pears contain a lot of fruit acid and should not be used with alkaline drugs, such as aminophylline, baking soda, etc. Pears should not be eaten with crabs to prevent diarrhea.

9. For those who want to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, it is not advisable to choose sweet pears with too high sugar content.

Dosage

Raw pears: There is a saying among the people that "raw pears can clear the heat of the six internal organs, and cooked pears can nourish the yin of the five internal organs." Therefore, eating raw pears can significantly relieve the symptoms of dry throat, itching, pain, hoarseness, constipation, and red urine in patients with upper respiratory tract infections.

Juicing: Squeeze the pears into pear juice, or add Penghai, winter melon seeds, and a little rock sugar, boil and drink. It has the effect of moisturizing the larynx and replenishing body fluids for people with dry weather, excessive fire in the body, dry laryngitis, and hoarse voice.

Steamed pear with rock sugar: Steamed pear with rock sugar is a traditional Chinese food therapy tonic. It can nourish the lungs, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, and has a good moisturizing and protective effect on the throat.

Pear drink: "Pear paste candy" is famous both at home and abroad. It is made by boiling pears and honey, and has obvious therapeutic effect on patients with lung heat and chronic cough.

Edible effects

Pears are sweet and slightly sour, cool in nature, and enter the lung and stomach meridians; they have the effects of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, and sobering up; they are used for dry cough, thirst, constipation, etc. caused by heat damage to yin or yin deficiency, and can also be used for symptoms such as thirst, cough, asthma, and yellow phlegm caused by internal heat