Nutritional value of plums and the effects of eating plums

Nutritional value of plums and the effects of eating plums

Plums are generally available in spring and summer. They are great when eaten fresh. Some are sour, some are sweet, and some are both sour and sweet. Choose based on your personal preference.

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Plum is the fruit of the plant Prunus mume in the Rosaceae family. It is produced in most parts of my country. The ripe fruits are harvested between July and August, washed, pitted and used fresh or dried. It is one of the traditional fruits that people like to eat because it is plump, round, exquisite, beautiful and sweet. It can be eaten fresh, can also be made into candied fruit and preserved fruit. It is one of the main fruits in summer.

Nutritional value of plums

1. Promote digestion: Plums can promote the secretion of gastric acid and gastric digestive enzymes, and increase gastrointestinal motility. Therefore, eating plums can promote digestion and increase appetite. It is a good food therapy for people with gastric acid deficiency, fullness after eating, and constipation.

2. Cleansing the liver and promoting diuresis: Fresh plum meat contains a variety of amino acids, such as glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, etc. Eating it raw is very beneficial for treating ascites caused by liver cirrhosis;

3. Blood pressure reduction, catharsis, and cough relief: Plum kernels contain amygdalin and a large amount of fatty oil. Pharmacological evidence shows that it has a significant diuretic and blood pressure reduction effect, can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, promote the discharge of dry stool, and also has the effect of relieving cough and expectoration;

4. Beauty and skin care "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that plum blossoms can be added to facial cream to have a very good beauty effect. They can "remove powder residue and dark spots" and "make the face shiny". They are also effective for treating tinea versicolor and dark spots on the face.

Effects of eating plums

Plums are mild in nature, sweet and sour in taste; they enter the liver and kidney meridians.

It has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, clearing the liver and removing heat, and promoting diuresis;

It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as yin deficiency and internal heat, bone steaming and tuberculosis, polydipsia, damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, ascites, and difficulty urinating.

Target Group

The general population can eat

1. It is especially beneficial for people with fever, thirst, tuberculosis, ascites due to liver disease, teachers, actors with hoarseness or aphonia, chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis.

2. Plums contain high amounts of fruit acid. Eating too much will damage the spleen and stomach. Excessive consumption can easily cause stomach pain. Patients with ulcers and acute or chronic gastroenteritis should avoid eating plums.

3. Eating too much can easily cause phlegm and dampness, damage the spleen and stomach, and damage teeth. Therefore, people with spleen deficiency and phlegm and dampness and children should not eat too much.

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