What are the effects and functions of green-skinned pears?

Pear is a cold fruit, especially suitable for people with strong stomach fire and prone to getting angry. It can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, reduce fire and moisten dryness. The green-skinned pear is a kind of pear. The skin is green, but the flesh is very sweet, but the skin tastes a little astringent. It can also be boiled in water with white fungus, rock sugar, lily, etc., which is especially suitable for cooling off in summer. So what other effects does the green-skinned pear have?

Pears are cold fruits, and in summer most people have high "fire" energy and poor appetite. Pears can aid digestion and increase appetite. Some housewives like to boil pears, white fungus, lily, rock sugar and water into soup, then freeze it to relieve the heat. No matter what kind of pear it is, the effect is the same, so you can eat it with confidence.

Pear fruit: It has the effects of promoting body fluid, moistening dryness, clearing away heat, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for fever, thirst, diabetes, hot cough, phlegm-heat and madness, choking, thirst and aphonia, red and swollen eyes, and indigestion.

Pear peel: has the effects of clearing the heart, moistening the lungs, reducing internal heat, promoting the production of body fluids, nourishing the kidneys and replenishing yin. The roots, branches, leaves and flowers have the effects of moistening the lungs, eliminating phlegm, clearing away heat and detoxifying.

Pear seeds: Pear seeds contain lignin, an insoluble fiber that can dissolve in the intestines, forming a gelatinous film that can combine with cholesterol in the intestines and be excreted. Pears contain boron, which can prevent osteoporosis in women. When boron is sufficient, memory, concentration, and mental acuity improve.

Raw food: There is a folk saying that "raw food clears the heat of the six internal organs, while cooked food nourishes the yin of the five internal organs." Therefore, eating pears raw can significantly relieve symptoms such as dry throat, itching, pain, hoarseness, constipation and red urine in patients with upper respiratory tract infections.

Juicing: Squeeze the pears into pear juice, or add Penghai, winter melon seeds, and a little rock sugar, boil and drink. It has the effect of moisturizing the larynx and replenishing body fluids for people with dry weather, excessive fire in the body, dry laryngitis, and hoarse voice.

Nutritional Benefits

Green pears contain a large amount of fructose, which can be quickly absorbed by the human body. The potassium in it can maintain the normal functions of human cells and tissues and regulate blood pressure. Vitamin C can protect cells, enhance white blood cell activity, facilitate iron absorption, accelerate wound healing, and maintain skin elasticity, moisture and whiteness. Pectin is a soluble fiber that can effectively lower cholesterol.

Medicinal value

According to traditional Chinese medicine, pears have the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements, clearing away heat, and calming the heart and spleen. They also have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on people with high blood pressure, heart disease, thirst, constipation, dizziness, insomnia, and are a health fruit for patients with enteritis and kidney disease.

Product Taboos

1. Eating too much will hurt the spleen and stomach, so people with weak spleen and stomach and fear of cold food should eat less

2. It is not suitable to eat after taking glucocorticoids, sulfonamides and sodium bicarbonate.

3. It is not suitable to be eaten with goose meat or crab.

4. Do not drink boiled water after eating

5. Avoid eating greasy, hot or cold food

Storage

Green beer pears are best stored at -1℃~0℃ or room temperature. Undamaged and unrotten fresh pears should be wrapped one by one in 2~3 layers of soft paper and placed among the vegetables on the lower shelf of the refrigerator. Take out the wrapping paper after a week. Put it in a plastic bag without tying it, and then put it in the upper layer of the refrigerator. Adjust the temperature to around 0℃. It can generally be stored for two months.