Recently, the sour plum soup brewed in a Chinese medicine store
Unexpected popularity
It has become a "healthy" cool drink in the beverage industry
Sour plum soup is one of the most traditional drinks in China, and in the pre-Qin period, people used plum decoction to relieve the heat. The brine plum water mentioned in the Southern Song Dynasty's "Old Stories of Wulin", and the Fengchi soup and Meisu soup in the Ming Dynasty's "Zunsheng Eight Notes" can also be regarded as the predecessors of sour plum soup. Closer to the sour plum soup that we are now well-known with, it is more likely to be the "Tugong plum fried" developed by the Qing Dynasty imperial tea house for the Qianlong Emperor. Manchus are good at fishing and hunting, and like to eat meat, so they like to eat various sour drinks such as sour soup and sour plum soup, which help to relieve the greasy meat food.
The recipe of sour plum soup is different, mainly plum, hawthorn, licorice, hibiscus, osmanthus and yellow rock sugar.
Although it is a drink, it also has its suitable people, suitable for people who have stagnant food accumulation, full abdomen, and do not want to eat. And there is a certain seasonality, now that it is past the summer, gradually into the fall, it is not suitable to drink every day, remember: gastroesophageal reflux, erosive gastritis patients fast.
Is the "Ume" used in Ume soup made from the same fruit as Ume preserves?
Generally speaking, plums are divided into ornamental plums and edible plums, which are processed from green plums to make Chinese medicine or snack preserves.
The "Umei" used in Ume soup is a medicinal Ume, which is smoked from immature green plums and is a famous Chinese medicine.
The preserves eaten as a snack are pickled from ripe plums.
Is "Ume" the fruit of plum blossoms?
Generally, ornamental plum blossoms planted in park green spaces have bright flowers and rich colors, most of which are artificially selected varieties, and their fruit set rate is extremely low, which is still different from the fruit plums we eat daily.
Ripe plums
In some formulas, for modern people with more phlegm and wet physique, add tangerine peel to take its dry and humid qi work, reflecting the care of the spleen and stomach; In the formula of some pharmacies, mint is also added, which not only cools the mouth, clears the leader, but also soothes the liver and relieves depression, but people with a cold spleen and stomach may have stomach pain after drinking; Some recipes add cardamom to disperse cold, awaken the spleen and appetize; Some formulas add mulberries to focus on nourishing yin and blood, nourishing and moisturizing the intestines. These are all appropriate to consider the symptomatic treatment of various individual differences in modern people, such as coldness, diet and emotional depression.
In addition to the sour plum soup
Try it in the dry autumn
These drinks
It is used to relieve dry autumn weather
Chrysanthemum tea
Efficacy: Clear the liver and clear the eyes, and have a certain effect on eye strain, headache, high blood pressure, etc.
Method: Brew with five or six chrysanthemum flowers, add a little honey when brewing, the taste is better.
Goji Tea
Efficacy: nourishes kidney, nourishes liver, moisturizes lungs, brightens eyes, strengthens muscles and bones, improves fatigue.
Method: Only a dozen goji berries are needed, and heated water can be brewed.
Rose tea
Efficacy: Cool blood, nourish the face, improve dry skin, aid digestion, eliminate fat.
Method: Use a few roses to brew and drink with boiling water, you can add an appropriate amount of honey to adjust the taste.