Can durian seeds be eaten raw?

Durian is a type of fruit, but it is different from other fruits. Because of its special taste, many people don’t like to eat it. Little do people know that durian is extremely nutritious and that durian seeds can be eaten raw. Durian seeds can mildly nourish the kidneys and have particularly significant medicinal value. Especially for women, using durian seeds to make soup can beautify the skin, promote hair growth, and is very beneficial for maintaining health.

Durian seeds are edible.

Durian core - mild kidney tonic

Durian seeds also have certain medicinal value, and people use them to make soup. Compared with durian pulp, the durian core is milder. Dried and boiled into soup, it has the effect of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the spleen.

It can be used for symptoms such as deficiency of essence and blood, premature graying of hair, and aging. It can be used for wind-heat and other symptoms. It can be used to treat jaundice. It can be used to treat scabies, skin itching and other diseases.

It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that "Durian can be used for medicinal purposes. It tastes sweet and warm, is non-toxic, and is mainly used to treat dysentery and coldness in the heart and abdomen." Durian can be used to treat symptoms such as deficiency of essence and blood, premature graying of hair, aging, wind-heat, jaundice, scabies, and skin itching.

Additional information:

Durian stewed chicken

50 grams of durian, 1 chicken, 10 grams of ginger slices, 50 grams each of walnut kernels and red dates. First, clean and peel the chicken, put it into boiling water, cook it for a while, and cut it into large pieces; soak the walnut kernels in water to remove the oil smell; wash and pit the red dates; peel the tender skin of the durian, leaving large pieces of outer skin. Take out the flesh and cut the skin into small pieces. Put the chicken pieces, walnut kernels, dates, durian skin and durian flesh into the boiling water in a pot, add ginger slices, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 3 hours over low heat, add salt and a small amount of MSG to season. This soup has the effects of replenishing blood and qi, nourishing yin, etc. It is suitable for people of different physiques and is most suitable for consumption in autumn and winter.

Durian core crucian carp soup

5-6 durian cores, 2 crucian carps, and 3 slices of ginger. Wash the durian core, clean the carp after slaughtering it, and fry it over low heat until both sides turn slightly yellow. Then put them together with ginger into a clay pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for 2 hours, then add appropriate amount of salt and a little cooking oil. This soup is refreshing and not greasy. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, harmonizing the stomach and stimulating appetite, promoting blood circulation and unblocking meridians, and warming the middle and lowering qi.