Green-calyx plum

Green Calyx (scientific name: Armeniaca mume Sieb. f. viridicalyx (Makino) TY Chen): small tree, 4-10 meters high; bark is light gray or greenish, smooth; twigs are green, smooth and hairless. Leaves are ovate or elliptical, with small sharp serrations on the edges, gray-green. Flowers are solitary or sometimes two flowers grow in one bud, with a strong fragrance, opening before the leaves; pedicels are short, calyx is green; petals are saucer-shaped, white in color, and have a strong fragrance, with single, double and double petals; calyx is green, calyx tube is broadly bell-shaped, sepals are ovate or nearly round, with blunt tips.

Nutritional value of green calyx plum

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The efficacy and function of green-calyx plum

1. Green-calyx plum treats liver and stomach qi stagnation: The aroma of green-calyx plum promotes qi circulation and enters the liver and stomach, and can soothe the liver and relieve depression, invigorate the spleen, regulate qi and harmonize the middle; green-calyx plum treats flank pain and distension, abdominal fullness, belching and poor appetite caused by liver and stomach qi stagnation, and can be used in combination with bupleurum, citron, and cyperus rotundus.

2. The aroma of green-calyx plum can promote qi circulation, resolve phlegm and relieve stagnation: Green-calyx plum can be used together with Pinellia, Magnolia officinalis, Poria, etc. to treat the plum pit qi caused by stagnation of phlegm and qi.

3. Green-calyx plum can treat carbuncle that has already appeared but has not yet appeared, or that has not yet appeared, or is hidden in the skin, and can also treat pockmarks and spots: 1 liang of plum blossom, 2 qian each of peach kernel, cinnabar, and licorice, and 5 qian of loofah. Grind into powder, take 5 fen each time, and drink with ginseng and ginger soup. ("Red Water Pearl")

4. Green-calyx plum treats pharyngeal obstruction (but no positive signs): 2 qian of green-calyx plum and 2 tangerine cakes. Decoction. (Su Yi "Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine")

5. Green-calyx plum soothes the liver and stomach, relieves abdominal pain and dizziness, and promotes appetite.

6. Green-calyx plum can stimulate appetite and dispel evil spirits. Cooking it into porridge can help the clear Yang Qi rise. Steaming it with dew to make tea can promote body fluid and quench thirst, relieve heat and relieve restlessness.

7. Green-calyx plum can treat lip sores: stick white plum petals on the lips, and if they crack and bleed, the sores will stop. (Red Water Pearl)

8. Green-calyx plum for scrofula: Make a hole in an egg, put seven green-calyx plum blossoms that are about to open, seal the hole, steam it over rice, remove the plum blossoms and eat the egg, one egg a day, for seven days. (Compendium of Materia Medica Supplement)

9. Green-calyx plums can help prevent acne: Every year in the early morning of the twelfth lunar month, pick 100 green-calyx plums with dew on them, add sugar, mash them into small cakes, and eat them. (Wang Diangui's "Good Prescription Without Medicine")

Medicinal value of green-calyx plum

Green-calyx plum is the dried flower buds of the plum plant of the Rosaceae family. Green-calyx plum is also known as green plum blossom, dried branch plum, sour plum, and black plum. The effects of green-calyx plum are to soothe the liver, harmonize the stomach, and resolve phlegm. The function of green-calyx plum is to treat liver and stomach pain and loss of appetite. Ways to eat green-calyx plum include green-calyx plum steamed eggs, green-calyx plum honey tea, and green-calyx plum rice porridge.

The efficacy and function of green-calyx plum

Side effects and contraindications of green-calyx plum

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How to eat green-calyx plum

Steamed Egg with Green-calyx Plum

Efficacy: Soothes the liver and regulates qi to disperse stagnation, used for persistent scrofula.

Ingredients: 1 egg, 7 green-calyx plums

Method: Make a hole at one end of an egg, put in 7 green-calyx plums, seal the hole, and steam over rice. Remove the plum blossoms and eat the egg, 1 egg per day, for 7 consecutive days.

Source: "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica".

Green Plum Honey Tea

Efficacy: This recipe uses green-calyx plum to clear away heat, promote salivation and relieve restlessness, while honey clears heat and moistens dryness. It is used to treat restlessness and thirst caused by summer heat or heat damage to the stomach yin.

Ingredients: 3-6g green-calyx plum, appropriate amount of honey.

Method: Soak in boiling water and drink as tea.

Source: "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Bai Hua Mirror".

Green-calyx plum rice porridge

Efficacy: Green-calyx plum helps the spleen and stomach to rise, and polished rice nourishes the stomach. It is used for people with weak spleen and stomach. When dampness invades the spleen and stomach, the clear yang qi cannot rise, resulting in abdominal distension and loss of appetite.

Ingredients: 30-60g polished rice, 3g green-calyx plum

Preparation: Cook 30-60g of polished rice into porridge, add 3g of green-calyx plum, and cook until the flowers are just ripe. Take once.