In the past few days, the original coolness, and a touch of dryness, the "autumn tiger" faintly threatened, aggravating the autumn dryness, many people will feel that it is easy to dry mouth at this time, the body lacks water.
On the fruit stall, a brightly colored fruit also began to appear, and the result of breaking it was like a shiny ruby, which tasted sweet and sour.
Delicious pomegranate is not only delicious, pomegranate skin, pomegranate leaves, pomegranate flowers, pomegranate roots, etc. can also be used in medicine, can be described as autumn health "golden fruit", Hangzhou young famous traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, chief TCM physician Chen Hailing came to teach everyone how to eat pomegranates.
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Medicinal and food homologous pomegranate
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pomegranate is sweet, sour, and warm, and the "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "The grenade, the heavenly pulp, stops diarrhea, dissolves silt, quenches thirst, and dispels fire."
Zhang Xichun, a famous modern doctor, called pomegranate: "Its sex is slightly cool, it can contain liver fire, protect lung qi, and is an essential medicine for treating qi deficiency and not taking lung labor and wheezing."
Modern pharmacological research shows that pomegranate is rich in fructose, high-quality protein, easy to absorb fat, etc., while replenishing energy and calories for the human body, without increasing the burden on the body.
Pomegranate also has two unique antioxidants: pomegranate polyphenols and anthocyanins, which have many benefits for the human body.
Thirst
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" mentions that the medicinal effect of sweet pomegranate is "the main treatment of throat thirst". Pomegranate tastes sour and sweet, quenches thirst, moisturizes sweat, and is suitable for autumn consumption.
In nutrition, pomegranate belongs to a type of berry, berry fruits are very rich in moisture, pomegranate water content is about 79% on average.
Boosts immunity
Pomegranate glycation yin, convergence lung qi, and has the effect of enhancing immunity.
It is very rich in nutrition and contains vitamin C, protein, organic acids, sugars, B vitamins, folic acid, carotene, vitamin E, etc., which can timely supplement the nutrients needed by the human body and missing trace elements, and has a good health care effect on the human body.
Soothes and calms
Pomegranate is rich in vitamins, including niacin and vitamin D, which help relieve depression, anxiety, reduce human fatigue and relieve tension.
Pomegranate is also rich in zinc, magnesium and other trace elements, which help regulate the body's electrolyte balance, enhance the stability of the central nervous system cell membrane, and have a calming effect.
Beauty and skincare
Pomegranate is rich in vitamin E, which can play an antioxidant role in the human body, remove free radicals that are toxic to cells and tissues, thereby delaying aging and assisting cell and tissue repair.
Cardiovascular protection
Pomegranate contains a variety of amino acids and trace elements, which have various functions such as anti-gastric ulcer, digestion, softening blood vessels, lowering blood lipids, blood sugar and cholesterol.
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How to choose a pomegranate
If you want to pick a delicious pomegranate, you mainly look at the following points:
➤ Look at the skin: pomegranates on the market are divided into red skin pomegranates and yellow skin pomegranates, because red skin pomegranates have less water and low sweetness, and the flesh of yellow skin pomegranates is relatively sweet and has sufficient juice.
➤ Look at the shape: the shape of the mature pomegranate will not be particularly rounded, there will be bulges on the surface, the edges and corners are more obvious, and it looks square and round.
➤ Look at the top: The top of the pomegranate has a petal , if the petal at the top is fully open, the pomegranate is ripe.
➤ Weight: The same size pomegranate, the heavier one will be better, because the heavy pomegranate will have enough water and flesh.
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Pomegranate dietary remedies
Pomegranates are mostly eaten raw, but they can also be boiled in soup, and pomegranate skin is also useful in food therapy:
1. Pomegranate ear soup
【Ingredients】: 1/3 silver fungus, 15 grams of dried lilies (double the fresh products), half a pomegranate to take the fruit, rock sugar to taste
【Practice】:
1. Soak the silver fungus 3-4 hours in advance, and tear into small florets after the foam is ready.
2. Wash the pomegranate, lily and pomegranate fruit together and put it in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook for about 1 hour, add rock sugar to taste.
【Efficacy】: Moisturizing yin and dryness
2. Pomegranate skin camelina porridge
【Ingredients】: Pomegranate peel (dry product) 15g, fresh camelina 50g, rice 100g, honey 30g.
【Method】: Wrap the pomegranate skin with clean gauze; Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, put in a pomegranate skin bag, rice to cook porridge, add fresh camelina when it is ripe, and then cook until the porridge is cooked, pick out the pomegranate skin bag, and add honey. Take 2 times a day for 3-5 days.
[Efficacy]: Pomegranate skin is warm, sweet, astringent, and has the effect of astringent intestines and diarrhea. Cabbage is flat, sweet, and has the effects of clearing heat and stopping bleeding, calming the liver and eyes, and spleen and water.
Tips
Although pomegranate is good, the following conditions are not suitable for consumption:
➤Pomegranate contains alkaloids and organic acids, eating too much is easy to erode teeth, so after eating pomegranates, brush your teeth or gargle in time to protect your teeth.
➤Pomegranate has the effect of astringent and astringent, often used to regulate diarrhea, it is best not to eat when constipated, otherwise there is a risk of aggravating constipation.
➤ The elderly and children need to be careful not to eat pomegranate seeds by mistake, spit out pomegranate seeds in time to avoid coughing, or buy soft seed pomegranates that do not need to spit out seeds.
➤ Chinese medicine has a saying that "pomegranate eats more, helps fire and phlegm". Pomegranates are warm and easy to catch fire when eaten more; And pomegranate is sweet, eating too much is easy to breed phlegm and dampness, and the amount should be controlled.
➤Pomegranate contains a lot of sugar, diabetics should eat with caution. If you have a cold, fever, cough, phlegm, etc., it is not recommended to eat pomegranates.
(Health Doctor)