What are the therapeutic effects of plums?

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Plum dietary therapy

Plums are warm in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and enter 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, relieving restlessness and calming the mind, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, killing insects and calming ascaris, and relieving pain and bleeding;

It is mainly used to treat chronic cough, deficiency heat and thirst, chronic malaria, chronic diarrhea, hematuria, metrorrhagia, abdominal pain caused by ascariasis, vomiting and other symptoms.

Plum Introduction

Du Mu, Tang Dynasty. "Boat Trip in Early Spring": "The water is warm at the roots of cattails and the wild geese have just landed; the plum blossoms are fragrant and the bees are unaware of the cold."

Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty. "Red Plum Blossoms" in "Xijiangyue": "The red of plum blossoms is too pale, God has made it look like rouge. The concubine Zhen just came out of Huaqing Pool, and the drunkard Qiongji was half drunk. The poetic sentiment in the East Pavilion is easily moved, so the jade pipes in the high tower should not be played. The northerners mistake it for apricot blossoms, but the green branches are not like it."

Wang Shizhen of the Qing Dynasty. "Dong Qinan Sends Me Plum Blossoms in the Wind and Rain as a Poem to Thank You": "The plum blossoms in Wuzhong are yellow and rainy in May, just like the wind of a thousand-year-old boat. Take care of it and leave it to me. I don't need to soak Cao Gong in vinegar."

"Food Therapy Materia Medica": "Howl and break the water stains, mix with a little honey, quench thirst, treat cholera, stomach discomfort, and dysentery. It is often used in prescriptions for treating malaria."

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can astringe the lungs and astringe the intestines, treat chronic dysentery, diarrhea, nausea, dysphagia, vomiting and diarrhea caused by ascariasis; it can reduce swelling, expel phlegm, and kill insects."

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It can treat hematuria, bleeding, various blood diseases, spontaneous sweating, dry mouth and throat."

"Supplement to Materia Medica" says: "It can cure diseases, malaria, quench thirst, regulate the stomach, cure cold diarrhea, and stop vomiting."

Plum is suitable for everyone

It can be eaten by the general public, but people with excessive stomach acid, exogenous cough, damp-heat diarrhea, etc. should avoid eating it.