Notes on eating sugar gourd

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Ice sugar gourd is the representative of traditional Chinese food. Now more and more raw materials are used, such as hawthorn, yam, yam bean, black jujube, grape, strawberry, virgin fruit and so on. The most common of them are hawthorn and yam. Let's take a look at the following.

Notes on eating sugar gourd

First, the origin of the ice sugar gourd: during the reign of emperor Guangzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Huang Guifei, the emperor's favorite, was yellow and thin, and she didn't want to eat. She became increasingly haggard. However, the imperial doctor couldn't do anything about it, so the emperor had to make a name for a doctor. A charlatan announced that he had entered the palace and suffered with rock sugar and hawthorn. He let the imperial concubine eat five to ten pieces before each meal. She was cured within half a month. Later, this practice spread to the people, and the common people put it in a bunch to sell, and it became ice sugar gourd. Ice sugar gourd can cure diseases, which is not uncommon, because hawthorn and ice sugar are very good medicinal materials. Hawthorn is the mature fruit of the deciduous shrub or small tree of Rosaceae. It is sour, sweet and slightly warm. Guipi, Wei, Gan Jing, Xiaoshi Huaji, breaking Qi and dispersing blood stasis, antidiarrheal and dysentery effect, since ancient times for xiaoshiji medicine, especially good at xiaoshiji greasy, meat stagnation. Li Shizhen quoted "the feeling of things" as saying: "if you cook hard chicken meat and put a few Hawthorn into it, it is easy to rot, then you can push it away." That Huang Guifei all day Delicacies, got food accumulation, and hawthorn is the right medicine. Rock sugar is a kind of ice crystal made from Baisha sugar. It tastes sweet and has a flat nature. It enters the spleen and lung meridians. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing yin and promoting fluid, moistening the lung and relieving cough. It can treat spleen and stomach qi deficiency, lung dry cough, blood in phlegm and other diseases. Therefore, it is right to use rock sugar to strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and generate fluid, and regulate and supplement the constitution. It is not difficult to see from this story that Huang Guifei has accumulated stagnation inside and virtual image outside, which is the evidence of "great reality has the shape of Lei". Hawthorn and rock sugar, only two drugs, but the compatibility is exquisite, a elimination of a tonic, elimination does not hurt the right, complement does not stagnate, slowly map, the effect is obvious, it is both effective and safe method.

Second: is sugar gourd dyed? Hawthorn and sugar too red don't buy sugar gourd, sweet and sour delicious, eat a bunch before meals, not only supplement nutrition, but also appetizer. One of the lipase can promote fat decomposition, help digestion and stomach. But to control the amount, eat at most one bunch at a time. If you eat too much, you will not only lose your teeth, but also a lot of sugar and fruit acid will easily lead to obesity, dental caries, excessive gastric acid secretion and adverse stimulation to gastric mucosa. People with high blood sugar and weak spleen and stomach should eat less. There are many kinds of sugar gourd, in addition to the common Hawthorn sugar gourd, Chinese yam sugar gourd contains viscous protein and a variety of vitamins, which can effectively prevent cardiovascular disease, hypertension patients can eat in an appropriate amount. In addition, strawberry, orange, kiwi do sugar gourd is also good, rich in vitamin C, carotene and so on. It is suggested that we eat alternately, which is more nutritious. At this time is the peak season of hawthorn, self-made sugar gourd is more safe. First of all, wash the hawthorn, remove the core and string it with bamboo sticks. Next, add water to the pot and boil it with rock sugar or white granulated sugar. Start the fire 20 minutes from the bubble, into a slow fire boil. Finally, transfer the string of sugar gourd in the sugar, and then put it on a smooth board to cool for 2 ~ 3 minutes.

Third: ice sugar gourd should be eaten after meals. Many people like to eat ice sugar gourd before meals. They think the sour and sweet Hawthorn can appetizer. In fact, it's not proper to do so. It's better to eat after meals.

matters needing attention

Although ice sugar gourd is delicious, two kinds of people should be careful to eat. 1. Ice sugar gourd contains ice sugar in diabetic patients, so diabetic patients should be careful to use it. 2. The weak spleen and stomach, pan acid heartburn, in addition to the "materia medica preparation" records: "eating more Hawthorn makes people noisy and easy to starve, counter attack the spleen and stomach to generate gas." Therefore, the weak spleen and stomach, pan acid heartburn, should not eat too much Hawthorn sugar gourd. Yam nourishing Yin can help astringency, so it is not suitable for long-term consumption if it is full of dampness or has accumulation. Of course, if you can combine the Chinese yam and hawthorn, one is Xiaoshi, the other is Jianpi, the side effects may be greatly reduced. For people with weak spleen and stomach, it is generally recommended to eat less hawthorn. People with dental caries, especially children, should not eat more, which is easy to damage teeth. At the same time, because hawthorn is easy to consume gas, people with deficiency should also avoid eating more. Of course, for people with strong body, they can eat Hawthorn after meals to help digestion, especially for greasy meat food. Hawthorn can help digestion very well.