What are the medicinal values ​​of longan and dried longan?

What are the medicinal values ​​of longan and dried longan? I believe many people want to know. Let me tell you below.

Medicinal value of longan

In the golden autumn season, longan is gradually put on the market. Fresh longan has tender flesh, white and milky, full of juice, and tastes as sweet as honey. It is a popular seasonal fruit. After drying, the flesh is dark brown, the flesh is soft and tough, and the sweetness is stronger. It can be eaten and often used as medicine. Its round shape is like the eyeball of a "dragon", so it has a beautiful Chinese medicine name called longan.

As early as the Han Dynasty, longan has been used as medicine. In famous Chinese medicine books such as "Shennong's Herbal Classic" and "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that longan tastes sweet, has a warm nature, and has the effects of nourishing the heart and spleen, nourishing blood and calming the mind. To this day, longan is still an important medicine for nourishing blood and calming the mind.

Medicinal value of dried longan

Longan meat (dried): It is the aril of the longan plant of the Sapindaceae family, also known as longan meat. It is distributed in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan and other places in my country. It is picked in summer, and the meat is dried for later use.

[Nature and flavor] Sweet, neutral in nature.

[Function and indication]

It nourishes the heart and spleen, nourishes blood and calms the mind, astringes sweat, and stops diarrhea. It is used for dizziness, insomnia, palpitations, anemia, forgetfulness, spleen deficiency diarrhea, and postpartum edema.

[Clinical Application]

1. Treat anemia, palpitations, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, neurasthenia: 15 grams of longan pulp, 20 grams of lotus seeds and gorgon seeds, cook them together and eat them 1-2 times a day.

2. Treatment of Qi and Yin deficiency after liver cancer surgery: 50g of longan meat, 250g of pork spine with meat and marrow, 500g of turtle, appropriate amount of salt and cold water. First wash the longan meat, chop the pork spine, kill the turtle, remove the intestines and cut into pieces. Put the three into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer until the meat is rotten, add salt to taste, and serve with meal.

3. Treat anemia and persistent low-grade fever caused by brain tumors: 30 grams of longan pulp, 10 grams of American ginseng, and a little honey. Put longan pulp, American ginseng, and honey in a cup, add a little cold boiled water, and steam in a boiling water pot for 40-50 minutes. Take orally every morning and evening. Longan pulp and American ginseng can be eaten.

4. Treat deficiency of Qi and blood, dizziness, fatigue: 30g longan meat, 750g lamb leg meat, 15g Codonopsis pilosula, 10 red dates, 4 slices of ginger, 20ml rice wine. Wash the lamb, cut into pieces, stir-fry with oil, and stir-fry with ginger and rice wine. Wash the longan meat, Codonopsis pilosula, and red dates (pitted), put them into the pot with the lamb, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer for 3 hours, season and serve.

5. Treatment of edema during pregnancy: 30 grams of dried longan, 5 slices of ginger, 15 dates, decocted in water and taken 1-2 times a day.

6. Treatment of megaloblastic anemia: 15g of longan pulp, 30g of mulberry fruit, add appropriate amount of honey and stew, 1 dose per day, unlimited course of treatment. [Usage and Dosage] Eat raw, decoct or stew. 10-30g each time. [Dos and Don'ts] People with spleen and stomach deficiency should not take too much. [Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains glucose, sucrose, tartaric acid, vitamins (A, B). It is a good fruit for nourishing blood and benefiting the heart, and an important medicine for benefiting the spleen and increasing wisdom.