Nutritional value, efficacy and function of apricot

Apricot has many medicinal effects, but apricot cannot be eaten casually. We need to eat apricot scientifically. Let's learn more about it.

Nutritional value of apricots

1. Unripe fruits contain more flavonoids, which can prevent heart disease and reduce myocardial infarction;

2. Apricot is the fruit richest in vitamin B17, which is an extremely effective anti-cancer substance. It only kills cancer cells and has no toxicity to normal healthy cells.

The whole body of the apricot tree is a treasure, with a wide range of uses and high economic value. Apricot fruit is rich in nutrition, containing a variety of organic ingredients and vitamins and inorganic salts necessary for the human body. It is a fruit with high nutritional value. Apricot fruit has good medical effects and occupies an important position in Chinese herbal medicine. It is mainly used to treat cold lung diseases, promote fluid production and quench thirst, moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm, and clear away heat and detoxify. Almonds are more nutritious, containing 23% to 27% protein, 50% to 60% crude fat, 10% sugar, and inorganic salts such as phosphorus, iron, potassium, calcium, and a variety of vitamins. It is a good tonic.

The efficacy and function of apricot

It occupies an important position in traditional Chinese medicine, and is mainly used to treat wind-cold lung diseases, promote fluid production and quench thirst, moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm, and clear away heat and detoxify.

In addition to being eaten fresh, apricot meat can also be processed into apricot preserves, canned apricots in syrup, dried apricots, apricot jam, apricot juice, apricot wine, apricot green plums, apricot plums, apricot danpi, etc. Almonds can be made into almond cream, almond juice, almond cheese, almond jam, almond snacks, almond pickles, almond oil, etc. Almond oil is light yellow and transparent, with a fragrant taste. It is not only an excellent edible oil, but also an important raw material for advanced paints, cosmetics and high-quality soaps.

Eating too much raw apricots can easily hurt the tendons and bones, stir up phlegm, and generate phlegm heat; eating too much raw apricots can easily cause diaphragmatic heat sores and carbuncles in children. Almonds are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, which have the effects of relieving cough and asthma, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation. Almonds are divided into bitter and sweet types. Sweet almonds are larger and flatter than bitter almonds, and are more nourishing. They are mostly used for coughs caused by deficiency or the elderly; bitter almonds are used to treat coughs caused by excess. People grind almonds, mung beans, and glutinous rice into pulp, add sugar and cook them for drinking. It is a refreshing drink that relieves summer heat, clears heat and moistens the lungs, and is called "almond tea."

Taboos on eating apricots