Yellow Apricot

Everyone knows that apricot is a delicious fruit, but do you know about yellow apricot ? Let me introduce it to you.

Fruit Introduction

Yellow apricot is a food that we are familiar with. Its scientific name is Prunus armeniaca, also known as yellow apricot. It is a plant of the genus Prunus and the subgenus Prunus. Its flesh and kernel are edible. It is native to China, and the resources of wild species and cultivated varieties are very rich. The world's yellow apricot plants are divided into 6 geographical ecological groups and 24 regional subgroups, with a total of 10 species. Among them, there are 9 species in China: common yellow apricot, Siberian yellow apricot, Liao yellow apricot, purple yellow apricot, Zhidan yellow apricot, Zhenghe yellow apricot, Limei yellow apricot, Tibetan yellow apricot, and Mei. There are nearly 3,000 cultivated varieties, and the common yellow apricot species is the most widely distributed. China began to cultivate it in large quantities in 3000 BC. "Xia Xiaozheng" records: "In April, yellow apricots were seen in the park."

Nutritional value of yellow apricot

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

Effects and functions of yellow 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.

How to eat yellow apricot and what to avoid

The flesh of yellow apricot is sour, hot in nature, and slightly toxic. Overeating can damage the bones and muscles, trigger old diseases, and even cause hair loss and eyelashes, and affect vision. If pregnant women and children overeat, they are very likely to develop sores and boils. At the same time, since fresh yellow apricots are highly acidic, overeating them can not only easily increase the acid in the stomach and damage the stomach, causing stomach problems, but also easily corrode the teeth and induce tooth decay. For yellow apricots, which are more harmful to people if overeating, 3 to 5 pieces are considered appropriate. However, making yellow apricots into yellow apricot juice drinks or soaking them in water several times before eating is not only safe but also beneficial to health. For friends who love to eat yellow apricots, in addition to controlling their greedy mouths, it is a good idea to eat more processed yellow apricot preserves and dried yellow apricots.

Suitable people for Huang Xing

Yellow almonds can be eaten by the general population, but the following types of people should not eat too much yellow apricots to avoid adverse effects on health.

How to eat yellow apricot

1. Double Yellow Apricots from the South and North Meet Snow Pear

Ingredients: Southern yellow almonds (20g), Northern yellow almonds (15g), 1 pear

2. Three-color yellow king oyster mushroom

Ingredients: fresh yellow king oyster mushroom, ham, snow peas, salt, onion, ginger, garlic, chicken essence, pepper, sugar, sesame oil, water starch, cooking oil

3. Dried Apricot and Pork Lung Soup

Ingredients: a pair of pig lungs, 200g lean pork, 100g dried cabbage (dry goods), 10 southern and northern yellow apricots, an appropriate amount of tangerine peel, about 20g rock sugar (you can also use 8 candied dates instead), 2 spoons of salt