Nutritional value of mangosteen peel

Many people ask whether mangosteen peel has nutritional value. In fact, mangosteen is a treasure from head to toe. Let me introduce it to you in detail.

Nutritional value of mangosteen peel

The hard mangosteen skin actually has a lot of uses. Let's take a look:

When choosing mangosteen for consumption, both mangosteen fruit and mangosteen peel can be eaten. Mangosteen fruit is flat in nature, sweet and sour in taste, can strengthen the spleen and produce body fluid, and also has the effect of stopping diarrhea, while mangosteen peel is cool in nature and bitter in taste, and has the effect of anti-inflammatory and analgesic. Moreover, eating mangosteen in summer can also have the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire.

The nature and flavor of mangosteen peel

Fruit: neutral in nature, sweet and slightly sour in taste. Peel: cool in nature, bitter and astringent in taste.

Mangosteen peel benefits:

Fruit: Strengthens the spleen and promotes the production of body fluids, stops diarrhea. Peel: Anti-inflammatory and analgesic.

Diseases treated by mangosteen peel

Spleen deficiency, diarrhea, thirst, dry mouth, burns, scalds, eczema, stomatitis. It must be used with other herbs, so be careful.

The shell of mangosteen is thick and hard and purple in color. The flesh is snow-white, tender and soft, and tastes sweet and slightly sour, which is very delicious. If you don’t like durian and only eat mangosteen, it is also a good fruit. In hot Thailand, the season when mangosteen is on the market happens to be the hottest summer. Eating more mangosteen will greatly help you reduce fire and heat, and it is refreshing and delicious.

Mangosteen is a unique fruit with a thick shell that is not easy to damage the flesh. It is as famous as durian and is known as the "Queen of Fruits". The lifespan of the fruit tree is more than 70 years. The planting cost is not high. However, it takes seven or eight years to harvest. Its "production cost" is relatively high, and the market price is higher than that of ordinary fruits, but its rich nutrition makes it still popular among people.