Longan aril: top-quality tonic!

Longan aril is a good thing with the same medicine and food. It can be eaten as a fruit, and it is also a particularly good medicinal material. But because it is so common, many of us have overlooked this top nourishing product—longan aril.

Longan aril is indeed too common. You can see it in supermarkets, vegetable markets, and fruit stalls. When it is fresh, we buy it as a fruit. When it is dried, it is called longan, which can be used to soak in water and stew. Wait, the taste is very sweet, this sweet little thing is actually a very good medicinal material.

Longan aril is especially good at "breeding blood" and "nourishing spleen blood", so for friends with deficiency of heart, spleen and blood, longan meat is the supreme product!

The role of dried longan pulp

1. To replenish qi and blood, enhance memory

Longan aril is rich in glucose, sucrose and protein. Similarly, it is also rich in iron, which can help our body increase heat energy and supplement nutrients. It can also promote hemoglobin regeneration and help blood.

Experimental studies have found that longan aril (dried longan) is not only beneficial to the whole body, but also beneficial to brain cells, which can enhance memory and relieve fatigue.

2. Soothe the nerves

Longan aril (dried longan) contains a lot of iron, potassium and other elements, which can promote the regeneration of hemoglobin to treat palpitations, palpitation, insomnia and forgetfulness caused by anemia.

3. Antibacterial, inhibit cancer cells

Animal experiments show that longan aril (dried longan) has an inhibitory rate of over 90% on JTC-26 tumors, and has a certain inhibitory effect on cancer cells. Clinically, the crude longan extract was given to cancer patients by oral administration, the symptoms were improved by 90%, and the life expectancy was about 80%. In addition, the water extract of longan aril (dried longan) (1:2) has an inhibitory effect on Microsporum odunum in the test tube.

4. Lowering fat and protecting the heart, delaying aging

Longan aril can be used to lower blood lipids and help increase a blood flow to the coronary arteries. Flavin protein-brain B monoamine oxidase (MAO-B), which has a close relationship with our body's aging process, has a strong inhibitory effect.

These three kinds of people are not suitable to eat longan

However, eating too much longan is easy to get angry, causing diarrhea, nosebleeds, oral ulcers, oral mucosa inflammation, constipation and other symptoms. Therefore, the following people should not eat longan:

1. Pregnant women

Longan's warmth is easy to help tire fire, easy to cause premature delivery or miscarriage.

2. Those with inflammatory symptoms

Eating a lot of internal heat can help the fire become dry and cause swelling and pain.

3. Diabetes

Longan contains 65 grams of sugar per 100 grams, which is high in calories.

How to eat Longan aril can avoid getting angry.

1. Red dates and longan flower tea

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Ingredients: 6 longan aril, 5 red dates, a little medlar, and a little chrysanthemum.

Method: Prepare red dates, longan aril, medlar, chrysanthemum and other materials, add water to the pot, boil over high heat and turn to low heat, and finally put in chrysanthemums and cook for 40 minutes before you can drink.

2. Lily, lotus seed and longan porridge

Ingredients: 25 grams of lily, 15 grams of lotus seeds, 15 grams of longan meat, 100 grams of japonica rice, appropriate amount of honey.

Method: After adding proper amount of water to boil the japonica rice, simmer for 20 minutes on low heat. When the soup is like porridge, add honey.

Longan, which has been cooked and combined with the effects of other medicinal materials, can complement its strengths, soothe the nerves, moisturize the lungs, invigorate the stomach, clear the heart, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and relieve diarrhea. It is very helpful for people with insomnia, neurasthenia, cold fear, and weak physique.

3. Longan pigeon broth

Method: 20 grams of longan aril, 150 grams of white pigeon meat, 3 grams of codonopsis; wash longan and dangshen, wash and cut white pigeon meat, put it in a casserole and stew, after the pigeon meat is cooked, drink soup and eat pigeon meat and longan aril.

Efficacy: It has the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing blood, and calming the mind. It is suitable for neurasthenia, symptoms such as dizziness, insomnia, dreaminess, palpitations, forgetfulness, fatigue.