As the "C bit" of winter fruits, sweet sugar cane is deeply loved by consumers. Chewing in the mouth, the sweet juice filled the mouth, and I felt very happy at once. Folk have the saying that "eat sugarcane in winter and race over ginseng", sugarcane is not only a delicious fruit, but also has certain medicinal value.
The ancients ate sugar cane very exquisitely, raw sugarcane should be nibbled from the end, implying "first bitter and then sweet", "after blessing", can also be extended to "the old age life gradually improved". But in fact, the sweetness of each part of the sugarcane is not certain, and there are differences in personal tastes, and you can eat it however you want.
Eating sugarcane raw can be diarrhea, and cooked food is beneficial to the spleen and stomach, moisturizing the heart and lungs.
The winter climate is dry, and it is best to eat sugar cane. Chinese medicine uses the juice squeezed out of sugarcane into medicine, the name of cane syrup, which can benefit the throat, strengthen the muscles and bones, breathe wind and nourish the blood, and greatly supplement the spleen and yin. Some ancient books also record the method of eating sugarcane cooked, such as porridge boiled in sugarcane juice is beneficial to heart and lung health.
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Sun Gang, director of the Department of Spleen and Gastroenterology (Department of Gastroenterology) of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, introduced that although sugarcane has many effects, because sugarcane can laxative heat, people with spleen and stomach deficiency should not eat raw. The "Materia Medica" also reminds that sugarcane eating for a long time will induce phlegm, swelling, vomiting, coughing diseases. In addition, sugarcane is relatively high in sugar content, and diabetics should not eat it.
Three principles should be paid attention to when selecting sugarcane. One touch: check the softness and hardness of the sugarcane; second look: see if the sugarcane is fresh; three smell: identify whether the sugarcane has an odor. Merchants usually peel sugarcane, consumers must pay attention to observation when purchasing, if there are unknown spots on the surface of sugarcane, or there is a phenomenon of "red heart", we must improve caution. There are also merchants who will squeeze and sell spoiled sugarcane juice, so do not drink sugarcane juice of unknown origin.
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