Nutritional and therapeutic value of plums

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plum

【Nature】Warm

[Five flavors] Sour

【Calorie】

324.00 kcal (1354 kJ)/100 g

【effect】

It can promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, protect the heart, stop vomiting and belching, stop diarrhea, stop bleeding and cool blood, and relieve inflammation and pain

What is plum?

Plums are rich in nutrients, containing a variety of organic acids, vitamins, flavonoids, alkaline minerals and other essential health substances for the human body. The threonine and other 8 kinds of amino acids and flavonoids contained in them are very beneficial to the normal protein composition and metabolism of the human body, and can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases, so they are known as health foods.

The therapeutic value of plums

1. Broad-spectrum antibacterial: Experiments have shown that the decoction of black plum has an inhibitory effect on anthrax bacillus, diphtheria and diphtheria-like bacilli, staphylococci, pneumococci, etc. It is also effective against intestinal pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Proteus, typhoid and paratyphoid bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Vibrio cholerae; its ethanol extract has a significant antibacterial effect on some Gram-positive and negative bacteria, and human tuberculosis bacillus; the decoction of black plum has an inhibitory effect on pathogenic skin fungi such as tinea mentagrophytes, Epidermophyton floccosum, and Microsporum gypseum in test tubes;

2. Anti-allergy: Wumei decoction and its mixture can reduce the number of animal deaths caused by protein shock in guinea pigs, and also have a significant inhibitory effect on isolated rabbit intestines, proving that Wumei can resist protein allergy;

3. Promote bile secretion: Wumei can make the gallbladder contract, promote bile secretion and excretion, and is a good medicine for treating biliary ascariasis;

4. Relieve heat and promote the production of body fluids: Plum pulp contains more potassium. The sour plum soup made from black plums can prevent the phenomenon of low potassium caused by excessive sweating, such as fatigue, weakness, and drowsiness. It is a good product for cooling down and relieving heat and promoting the production of body fluids.

5. Anti-cancer: In vitro tests show that black plums have an inhibitory effect on human cervical cancer, with an inhibition rate of more than 90%. Regular consumption of plum flesh can prevent cancer, fight cancer, and prolong life. Plums are alkaline foods. Pairing with acidic foods can improve the body's pH value and achieve the purpose of health preservation.

Plum is warm in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and enters the liver, spleen, lung, and large intestine meridians; it has the effects of astringing the lungs and relieving cough, astringing the intestines and relieving diarrhea, eliminating restlessness and calming the mind, promoting fluid and quenching thirst, killing insects and calming ascaris, and relieving pain and bleeding; it is mainly used to treat chronic cough, false heat and thirst, chronic malaria, chronic diarrhea, hematuria, metrorrhagia, abdominal pain caused by ascariasis, vomiting and other symptoms.