nectarine

Introduction to Nectarines

Nectarine (Latin name: Prunus persica var. nectarina), also known as peach plum. Nectarine (English: Nectarine ) is a variant of the common peach (with fuzz on the skin), a deciduous small tree with fruit as a fruit. Nectarine originated in China and is distributed in Asia and North America.

There are wild nectarines in the northwest of China. Nectarines are deciduous small trees. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lanceolate, 15 cm long and 4 cm wide. The flowers are solitary, ranging from light to dark pink or red, sometimes white, with a short stalk and a diameter of 4 cm. They bloom in early spring. The nearly spherical drupe has a hairy surface, is edible fleshy, orange-yellow with a reddish color, 7.5 cm in diameter, and has a core with deep pitting and grooves, containing white seeds.

China's nectarine production started relatively late. Early varieties were mostly introduced from Europe and America, and tasted sour. Since they did not conform to the consumption habits of Oriental people, their impact on production was limited, and people were left with the impression that "nectarines are sour." However, nectarines have high nutritional value, are rich in vitamins, and have high edible value.

Effects and functions of nectarine

1. Nectarines have the effect of replenishing qi and blood, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid. They are especially suitable for people who have just recovered from a serious illness, have qi and blood deficiency, sallow complexion, thin muscles, palpitations and shortness of breath.

2. Nectarines have a high iron content, making them an ideal supplementary food for patients with iron deficiency anemia. In addition, nectarines are high in potassium and low in sodium, making them suitable for patients with edema.

3. Peach kernel extract has anticoagulant effect, can inhibit the cough center and stop coughing, and can also lower blood pressure, so it can be used as an auxiliary treatment for patients with hypertension. In addition, peach kernel has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation, so it can be used as an auxiliary treatment for amenorrhea, traumatic injury, etc.

Medicinal value of nectarine

1. Peach meat: It is rich in nutrients, including sucrose, protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, provitamin A (carotene), vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C6, niacin, and multiple vitamins, malic acid and citric acid. It is hot in nature and sweet and sour in taste. It has the effects of nourishing, nourishing the heart, promoting body fluid, quenching thirst, eliminating accumulation, moistening the intestines, and relieving fatigue and heat. It is the "fruit of the lungs" and is suitable as an auxiliary food therapy for people with hypoglycemia, lung disease, and asthenia and cough. Peach (unripe peach) is soaked with tea as a drink, which has the effect of astringing sweat and stopping bleeding. It can treat symptoms such as yin deficiency, night sweats, and hemoptysis.

2. Peach kernel: It has the functions of removing blood stasis, moistening the intestines, and relieving cough. It can treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, high blood pressure and constipation. It is poisonous and can only be used for medicinal purposes. It cannot be eaten raw or eaten in large quantities. It can treat the following diseases:

① Hemiplegia. Use 2,700 peach kernels, peel them and remove the kernels. Soak them in half a liter of wine for 21 days. Take them out, dry them in the sun, and pound them into pills as big as walnuts. Take 20 pills each time, with the original wine.

② Coughing, chest fullness and shortness of breath. Take 3 liang of peach kernels, peel and tip. Add 1 liang of water and grind into juice, then cook into porridge with 2 liang of polished rice.

③ Corpse disease, ghost disease (note: pulmonary tuberculosis): Use 50 peach kernels, grind them into a paste, add water and boil until 4 liters are left, then vomit.
④ For metrorrhagia. Burn peach pits to preserve their essence, grind into powder, take one spoon each time, and drink with wine. Take three times a day.

⑤ Children’s ears: Stir-fry peaches, grind them into powder, wrap them with cotton and plug them into the ears.

⑥ Uncomfortable bowel movements and tenesmus. Take three liang of peach kernels (peeled), two liang of Evodia rutaecarpa, and one liang of salt, fry them together, remove the Evodia rutaecarpa and salt, and chew a few peach kernels.

⑦ Toothache caused by wind and insects. Burn peach kernels to make fireworks, place them on the aching tooth and bite them. Do this five or six times and the tooth will be healed.

3. Peach leaves: bitter, non-toxic, and insecticidal. Boiled in water and washed around the genitals to treat vaginal trichomoniasis.

① In case of constipation, take half a liter of peach leaf juice (peach peel can be used instead of leaves in winter).

② For sores in the nose, mash the tender heart of peach leaves and stuff it into the nose. If there are no leaves, use branches instead.

③ Ringworm on the body and face: Apply the juice of mashed peach leaves.

4. Peach Blossom: It has the effect of reducing swelling and promoting diuresis. It can be used to treat edema, ascites, dry stool, dysuria and beriberi and foot swelling. It is bitter, flat and non-toxic. It can treat:

① Difficult bowel movement: Grind peach blossom into powder and take one spoonful with water to relieve constipation.

② Pain in the waist and spine. Take 1 dou and 1 liter of peach blossom, 2 dou of water, 6 liters of koji, and 6 dou of rice, and make wine as usual. Take 1 liter each time, three times a day.

③ Acne. Use 3 liang of peach blossom and cinnabar, grind them into powder. Take 1 qian each time, on an empty stomach, with water. Take three times a day. (Cinnabar is poisonous, so stop taking it when treating the disease.)

5. Peach Owl, bitter, slightly warm, slightly toxic, slightly toxic medicine. Toxic, can only be used for medicinal purposes, cannot be eaten raw, and should not be eaten in large quantities. Can treat:

① Malaria. Use 14 peach owls, 7 croton seeds, and 1 liang of black beans, grind them evenly, add cold water to make pills as big as walnuts, and coat them with cinnabar. Take one pill at 5 a.m. on the day of onset, with water. Taking the medicine twice will cure the disease.

② In case of persistent night sweats, take one peach owl, two frost plums, seven onion roots, two rushes, one qian of tangerine peel, a pinch of rice root and a pinch of barley malt, add two cups of water and boil them for oral administration.

6. Peach stems and peach skins. Peach skins are composed of plant fiber and glycoprotein, and contain a large amount of trace elements. Therefore, if you eat peaches without peeling them, you can get more nutrients. It can also treat:

① Jaundice. Cut a handful of peach roots as thick as chopsticks into small pieces, boil them into a thick soup, and drink it all at once on an empty stomach. After the jaundice disappears, you can drink a cup of sake from time to time, and the jaundice will disappear easily. Avoid eating hot noodles, pork, fish, etc.

② Lung heat and shortness of breath. Use two liters of peach peel and genkwa, add four liters of water and boil until it becomes one liter. Use a cloth to squeeze the juice and warm the chest, limbs, etc.

③ Throat congestion and pain: Boil peach peel and drink the juice.

④Suddenly contracted scrofula. Apply the white bark of peach tree to the sore, roast it 27 times, it is effective.

⑤ Mouth sores due to fever: Use peach branches to boil and thicken the juice and gargle.

⑥Hemorrhoid pain: Soak in peach root decoction.

⑦ Edema. Use three pounds of peach peel, remove the inner and outer skin, add two buckets of water and boil until one bucket is left. Use half of the juice to soak one bucket of sorghum rice, and add the other half to soak one liter of female koji, and make wine as usual. Take one cup each time, three times a day, until the effect of the medicine is seen when there is heat in the body. Frequent urination is a sign that the disease will be cured. Avoid eating raw, cold and all poisonous substances.

⑧ Women with amenorrhea (inability to count, sallow complexion, pale lips and mouth, abdominal lumps, abdominal tendons, and swollen legs). Use one jin of peach tree root, burdock root, verbena root, Achyranthes bidentata, and Eupatorium wilfordii, grind into fine powder, boil with three dou of water until one dou, remove the residue, and slowly boil until it becomes a dough-like substance, and store it. Take one spoonful each time, mixed with hot wine.

⑨ Toothache and cheek swelling: Use peach bark, willow bark, and locust bark in equal parts, boil them in wine, rinse with hot water, and spit it out when it cools down.

7. Peach gum

① Deficient heat causes thirst. Put a bullet-sized piece of peach gum in your mouth to quench your thirst.

② Stone stranguria. Use a piece of peach wood glue as big as a date, mix it with three parts of cold water in summer and three parts of boiled water in winter. Take it three times a day. If stones are discharged, stop taking it immediately.

③Hematuria: Use one qian of peach gum (fried), Akebia, and Gypsum, add one bowl of water, boil until 70% cooked, and take after meals.

④ Postpartum diarrhea, tenesmus. Peach gum (baked dry), agarwood, and cattail pollen (fried) are divided equally and ground into powder. Take 2 qian each time before meals.

Nectarine beauty effects

1. Whitening and skin care

Nectarines are very rich in vitamin C, which can reduce freckles and has the effect of whitening and protecting the skin.

2. Replenishing Qi and blood, nourishing Yin and promoting body fluid

Nectarines have the effect of replenishing qi and blood, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid. Women lose a lot of blood every month, and nectarines have the effect of replenishing blood, which is very suitable for women to eat.

3. Improve human immunity

The vitamin C contained in a fresh nectarine can almost meet the daily needs of an adult. Vitamin C not only helps the body absorb iron and maintain the immune system, but also effectively improves the body's immunity .

4. Peach kernel can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis

The kernel of nectarine has the effect of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It can be used as an auxiliary treatment for amenorrhea, bruises and injuries.

Edible value of nectarine

1. Nectarines are rich in vitamin C. The vitamin C contained in a fresh nectarine can almost meet an adult's daily needs.

2. Nectarines contain 17 kinds of amino acids, carotene and other nutrients needed by the human body.

3. Nectarines are high in sugar, which can replenish physical strength and improve intelligence, and are good for both adults and children.

How to eat nectarines

Edible processing method of nectarine

1. Toothbrush: You can use a toothbrush to directly scrub the surface of the peach (do not get the peach wet), especially the pits. Then rinse it with clean water and you can eat it. If you use a toothbrush, peach hair and dirt will be easily removed. It is recommended to choose a toothbrush that can be fixed to brush the peach, otherwise it is very unhygienic.

2. Salt cleaning method: first wet the peaches and then sprinkle them with fine salt, rub them evenly back and forth, and finally rinse them with clean water.

3. Soaking with edible alkali: prepare an appropriate amount of clean water and add a small amount of edible alkali and stir. Soak the peaches in the water with edible alkali for 3-4 minutes, take them out and rinse them with clean water.

4. Peel the peaches. This method is time-consuming but very effective. For soft peaches, peel them slowly. For hard peaches, you can soak them in boiling water, take them out after 1 minute, then put them in cold boiled water and take them out after a while. This way, the peach skin can be easily peeled off.

How to eat nectarines

1. Watermelon and nectarine juice

raw material :

Appropriate amounts of watermelon, nectarine, honey and lemon juice.

practice :

Wash the watermelon, remove the seeds and squeeze out the juice; wash the nectarines, remove the cores, cut into pieces and pour in the juice, put them into a juicer together with the watermelon juice and blend; after thoroughly stirring, add honey and lemon juice according to personal taste.

2. Nectarine Yogurt

raw material:

600 grams of pure milk, 100 grams of yogurt, and 20 grams of white sugar.

practice:

Add fine sugar, pure milk and yogurt into the blender; stir evenly with chopsticks, then turn on the yogurt button of the bread machine; pour the prepared yogurt into a fresh-keeping box and store in the refrigerator.

3. Nectarine sweet sauce

raw material:

600 grams of nectarines, 150 grams of maltose, 100 grams of sugar, 1 lemon, and appropriate amount of water.

>Directions:

First wash the nectarines and lemons and squeeze out the juice for later use; remove the core of the washed nectarines and cut into cubes, put into a pot and cook over medium heat; put the maltose in the pot, reduce the heat and continue to cook, stirring constantly with a spoon; after the maltose is completely melted, add an appropriate amount of sugar and cook until thick.

Taboos on using nectarine

Who can't eat nectarines?

1. People who are allergic to peaches,

This kind of people must wash themselves clean. If they don't, their mouths will swell after touching them, so they should avoid eating them.

2. People with diabetes.

The sugar content of peaches is relatively high, so it is not recommended for people with diabetes to eat them, otherwise it will cause their blood sugar to rise, which is not conducive to their condition.

3. Babies can’t eat peaches

Peaches contain many large molecular foods, which many adults cannot digest, let alone babies. Therefore, parents should avoid feeding peaches to their babies.

4. Pregnant women cannot eat peaches.

Peaches make you full, apricots hurt you, and people get killed under plum trees. Therefore, eating too many peaches will increase the burden on your stomach, causing bloating or abdominal pain, which is very bad for pregnant women.

5. People with indigestion should not eat too many peaches. Peaches contain large molecular substances, which require a lot of digestive ability to digest. Therefore, people with indigestion should not eat peaches.

6. People who suffer from internal heat should not eat peaches.

For people who suffer from internal heat, since peaches are warm foods, if you eat peaches again, it will make the internal heat worse.

Suitable people for nectarine

Peaches are suitable for people with low blood sugar and those who are thirsty; suitable for people with low blood potassium and iron deficiency anemia; suitable for patients with lung disease, liver disease, and edema; suitable for people with poor appetite and weak digestion.

Taboos on eating nectarines

1. Do not eat unripe peaches, otherwise it will cause abdominal bloating or carbuncle.

2. Even if the peaches are ripe, you can't eat too many of them, as eating too much will cause heat and inflammation.

3. Rotten peaches must not be eaten.

4. Peaches should not be eaten together with turtles.

5. Diabetic patients with high blood sugar should eat less peaches.

6. Do not eat conjoined nectarines. Long-term consumption of deformed fruits and vegetables can easily lead to various diseases.