Varieties of Carambola

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Varieties of Carambola

There are more than 10 varieties of carambolas in Hainan, the main ones are: Malaysian honey carambolas and Taiwanese honey carambolas. Also known as "five-leaved carambolas", it is a tropical fruit tree native to India and Vietnam. It is divided into two categories: sweet and sour. Sweet carambolas are eaten as fruits; sour carambolas are large and sour, and are mostly used as cooking ingredients or candied fruit ingredients.

The carambola peel is waxy, smooth and bright, sweet and juicy. Carambola contains a variety of nutrients and a large amount of volatile components, with a fresh fragrance. Eating a few carambola slices after tea or wine will make you feel refreshed and happy, with a different flavor.

Famous Records of Carambola

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It is mainly used to treat wind-heat, promote the production of body fluid and quench thirst.

2. "Miscellaneous Notes of Lingnan": It can remove the poison of meat and can also remove miasma.

3. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: Jerky or soaked in white honey can cure acclimatization and malaria.

4. "Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan": It can quench thirst and relieve restlessness, eliminate heat, promote urination, eliminate mouth ulcers in children, and treat snake bites.

5. Luchuan Materia Medica: It can relieve stagnation, detoxify, and cool blood. It can treat mouth ulcers and toothache.

6. "Guangxi Chinese Materia Medica": Detoxifies alcohol and eliminates stagnation.

Carambola contains a variety of nutrients

It also contains a large amount of volatile components and has a fragrant smell. The various nutrients rich in carambolas are very beneficial to the health of pregnant women. They can reduce the body's absorption of fat, prevent obesity, and lower blood lipids and cholesterol. They have a preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis. At the same time, they can also protect the liver of pregnant women and help them lower blood sugar.

Carambolas are rich in sugars, vitamin C and organic acids, and their juice is abundant, which can quickly replenish the water in pregnant women's bodies, and play a role in promoting the production of body fluids, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis and eliminating fatigue. Carambolas juice contains a large amount of oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid, etc., which can increase the acidity of gastric juice and promote the digestion of food. Carambolas contain a large amount of volatile components, carotene compounds, sugars, organic acids, B vitamins, vitamin C, etc., which can help eliminate pharyngitis and oral ulcers in pregnant women.