The efficacy and function of plum wine

Although plums are very common in our daily life, they are very popular among people and are one of the best choices for people to eat in summer. Although plums taste sour, eating too much directly will have adverse effects on the body. However, using plums to make wine can achieve good effects and bring benefits to people's health. Let's take a look at the effects and functions of plum wine.

1. Promote digestion: Plums can promote the secretion of gastric acid and gastric digestive enzymes, and increase gastrointestinal motility. Therefore, eating plums can promote digestion and increase appetite. It is a good food therapy for those who lack gastric acid, feel full after eating, and have constipation.

2. Cleansing the liver and promoting diuresis: Fresh plum meat contains a variety of amino acids, such as glutamine, serine, glycine, proline, etc. Eating it raw is very beneficial for treating ascites caused by liver cirrhosis;

3. Blood pressure reduction, catharsis, and cough relief: Plum kernels contain bitter almonds and a large amount of fatty oil. Pharmacological evidence shows that plum kernels have significant diuretic and blood pressure reduction effects, can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, promote the discharge of dry stool, and also have cough and expectorant effects.

4. Beauty and skin care: " Compendium of Materia Medica" records that plum blossoms can be added to facial creams to have a very good beauty effect. They can "remove powder residue and dark spots" and "make the face shiny". They are effective for treating tinea versicolor and dark spots on the face.

5. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that plums are sweet and sour in taste and cool in nature. They have the effects of clearing away heat and promoting body fluid, purging the liver and clearing heat, promoting blood circulation and detoxifying, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It also has the effect of detoxifying alcohol and sobering up, and is suitable for treating symptoms such as insufficient stomach yin, thirst and dry throat, abdominal edema, and difficulty urinating.

6. Plums have a good maintenance effect on liver disease. Eating 3 plums a day has a good effect on chronic hepatitis. Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, once said when evaluating plums: "It is good for people with liver disease to eat it."

7. Vitamin B12 in plums can promote the regeneration of hemoglobin. Moderate consumption is very beneficial for people with anemia.

Plums can be eaten by most people, and are especially suitable for patients with liver disease, fever, and teachers and actors with hoarseness or loss of voice.