Do you understand the difference between black dates and black dates?

In life, many people cannot correctly distinguish between black dates and black dates, and always think they are the same. In fact, black dates are naturally black. Although they are also called dates, they are native to northeastern Asia and belong to the Diospyros family and the genus Diospyros. Black dates are also known as smoked dates. They are made by selecting mature fresh red dates, drying them in the sun, steaming them thoroughly, then smoking them with pine sawdust and drying them in the sun.

"Black dates" are naturally black in color. Although they are also called dates, they are not the dates we usually know (i.e. red dates), but are plants of the Diospyros family and genus Diospyros that are native to northeastern Asia. The main varieties of black dates include large-core black dates, milk dates and grape black dates.

How to choose black dates

1. The skin color of high-quality black dates should be shiny and black with a hint of red. The ones with black skin color are inferior, and the ones with black skin color and shriveling are even inferior. Good black dates are large and uniform, short, strong and round, with round top and square pedicle, and the wrinkles on the skin are fine and shallow.

2. When selecting black dates, you should also pay attention to identifying those that are worm-eaten, broken, or rotten.

The efficacy of black dates

Black dates have high health value. They are warm in nature and sweet in taste. They are rich in protein, sugars, organic acids, vitamin B, vitamin E, and trace elements such as phosphorus, calcium, and iron. Black dates have the effect of nourishing the kidneys and stomach, and are very helpful in delaying aging, enhancing body vitality, and beautifying the skin.

Therefore, black dates are also called "nutrition warehouse". Regular consumption can help women replenish qi and blood and enhance the vitality of epithelial cell tissue. Black dates can also warm the stomach and intestines, improve eyesight and promote blood circulation, promote diuresis and detoxify. They are an excellent product for moisturizing the skin and blackening the hair.

Precautions

1. Eating too many black dates will cause excessive stomach acid and abdominal bloating. Avoid eating them with persimmons; avoid eating them with seafood.

2. Black dates should not be eaten on an empty stomach! Black dates contain a large amount of pectin and tannic acid. These ingredients combined with stomach acid will also form lumps in the stomach.

3. Black dates are cold in nature, so people with poor spleen and stomach should not eat too much.

Black dates, also known as smoked dates, are made from mature fresh red dates that are dried in the sun, steamed thoroughly, then smoked with pine sawdust and dried. The best black dates are those that are large, complete and brown in color.

Black dates are processed products of red dates and cannot replace red dates. They are hot in nature and mainly play a tonic role. Red dates are warm in nature. Both red dates and black dates can strengthen the spleen and stomach, but black dates are better at nourishing the liver and kidneys.

The smoked black dates are different from the black dates. The black color of black dates is made after smoking. Because of its black color, it is called "black dates" (commonly known as smoked dates and amethyst dates). It is not difficult to see that black dates still belong to the red dates category, and are completely different from the black dates in the "five black categories" of traditional kidney-tonifying foods.

In the Chinese medicine preparation specifications, black dates and red dates are included as medicines, but black dates are not used as medicines. I hope everyone can distinguish the differences between the three and use them reasonably.