Nutritional value of pecans

Pecan

Also known as walnut kernel, hickory, walnut kernel, Qiang peach, black peach, walnut meat, longevity seed, and longevity fruit.

Walnuts are one of the "four major dried fruits in the world" along with almonds, hazelnuts, and cashews. They can be eaten raw, fried, or pressed for oil. Walnut kernels are the kernels peeled from walnuts. They are mainly produced in Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong. They are now cultivated all over the country. They are the seed kernels of the walnut plant of the Juglandaceae family. Nutritional value

1. Walnut kernels contain more protein and unsaturated fatty acids essential for human nutrition. These ingredients are important substances for brain tissue cell metabolism, which can nourish brain cells and enhance brain function;

2. Walnut kernels can prevent arteriosclerosis and lower cholesterol. In addition, walnuts can also be used to treat non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Walnuts can also relieve pain, increase white blood cells and protect the liver for cancer patients.

3. Walnut kernels contain a lot of vitamin E. Regular consumption can moisturize the skin and make the hair black. It can make the skin moisturized, smooth and elastic.

4. When you feel tired, chew some walnut kernels to relieve fatigue and stress.

Target Group

It is edible for the general public

1. People with kidney deficiency, lung deficiency, neurasthenia, insufficient qi and blood, and cancer should eat more; especially suitable for mental workers and teenagers;

2. People with diarrhea, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, phlegm-heat cough, loose stools and diarrhea, and those with excessive internal heat and heavy phlegm and dampness should not take it.

Precautions

Walnuts cannot be eaten with pheasant meat. Patients with pneumonia, bronchiectasis, etc. should not eat them. Walnuts should not be eaten with wine. According to the "Kaibao Materia Medica" by Song and Ma Zhi, "Drinking wine and eating walnuts can cause hemoptysis." This may be because walnuts are hot in nature, and eating more will produce phlegm and fire, and white wine is also sweet, spicy and hot. Eating the two together can easily cause blood heat. Especially for people with chronic hemoptysis, it should be avoided. For example, patients with bronchiectasis and tuberculosis can cause hemoptysis by drinking white wine, and not eating walnuts together can also cause illness.

Dosage

1. Walnuts can be eaten raw, cooked, or made into medicinal porridge, soup, etc.

2. Grind walnut kernels and black sesame seeds and mix them together for consumption. This can increase sebum secretion, improve skin elasticity, keep the skin delicate, delay aging, and quickly replenish physical strength.

3. Some people like to peel off the thin brown skin on the surface of the walnut kernel, which will cause the loss of some nutrients, so do not peel off this thin skin.

Edible effects

The efficacy and function of pecan

Walnut is sweet and warm in nature. It enters the kidney, lung and large intestine meridians. It can nourish the kidney, strengthen the essence and waist, warm the lungs and calm asthma, and moisten the intestines and relieve constipation. It is mainly used to treat asthma and cough caused by kidney deficiency, back pain and weak legs, impotence and spermatorrhea, frequent urination, stranguria and dry stool. The wood of the heart (the woody layer in the core) is bitter and warm in nature. It nourishes the kidney and astringes the essence.

1. Breaking blood and removing blood stasis. It is used for blood stasis, amenorrhea, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, madness due to blood accumulation, and bruises and blood stasis.

2. Moisturizing and lubricating the intestines. It is used for constipation caused by dry intestines. This product is bitter and dissipates blood stasis. It enters the liver meridian and blood. It has strong effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis and promoting new blood. It is suitable for those with severe blood stasis. In addition, it also has the effects of moistening the intestines and relieving cough.

Other related

Walnuts originated in Iran and were introduced to western Asia, Mediterranean countries and India in the 10th century BC. Later, they gradually became one of the dried fruits commonly eaten in China. Later, the use of walnuts gradually integrated into folk customs, as a symbol of wedding and love, and was metaphorically used as "a hundred years of happiness". Because walnuts can be cultivated once and produce benefits for a hundred years, they are called "hundred-year crops".

Li Bai, Tang Dynasty. "White Walnut": "It is clearly visible in the red silk sleeves, but not in the white jade plate. I wonder if it is the old monk who stopped chanting and pushed the crystal beads down from his wrist."

Historical legend: Walnuts originally came from the Qiang Hu. During the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian obtained this species during his mission to the Western Regions and brought it back to the Central Plains. Therefore, the fruit is wrapped in green skin and flesh, and its shape is like a peach, so it is called walnut. The flesh of this fruit is oily and fragrant, very rare and precious, and was only used as a tribute for the emperor to eat, so it was called "Wansuizi" in ancient times.

In foreign countries, walnuts are known as "food for strongmen", "nutritious nuts" and "brain-enhancing fruit"; in China, they enjoy the reputation of "long-lived seed", "longevity fruit" and "treasure for nourishing people".

Tips

1. Cakes, candies, etc. are not only delicious but also have high nutritional value. They are known as "longevity seeds" and "longevity fruits".

2. In European countries, it is also a festive food for some traditional festivals such as Christmas.

3. There is another kind of hickory, also called wild walnut, which is a native product of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, my country. Its nutrition is basically the same as walnut.

4. Shell the walnuts: Put the walnuts in a steamer and steam them over high heat for 8 minutes. Take them out and immediately pour them into cold water and soak them for 3 minutes. After taking them out, break the shells one by one to get the whole walnut kernels.