When I was a child, I often saw such a snack when I went to the commissary, the silky snack was sealed in the package, the taste was sweet and sour, and it made people have an endless aftertaste, what is it?It's a snack called figs. But this fig snack is not actually made of figs, but from shredded radish. So the question is, what does a real fig look like?
Fig snacks.
Today, we're going to introduce what a real fig looks like and what magical effects it has!
Figs have a very high nutritional and economic value, and they can not only be eaten raw, but also used to make foods such as preserved fruit honey money. Figs are a kind of fruit in most people's impressions, and it is hard to imagine that it is still a medicine, so what is its effect?I often hear my family say that figs are laxativeThrough learning Xi, I also know that in addition to moistening the intestines and laxative, figs also have the effect of clearing heat and generating Jin, strengthening the spleen and moistening the intestines, detoxifying and reducing swelling, and can be used for sore throat, dry cough, hoarseness, scarce milk, intestinal heat and constipation, indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery, carbuncle, ringworm and other diseases.
Figs were first recorded in Zhu Hu's "Saving Waste Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty, which not only recorded the characteristics of figs: "The leaves are shaped like grape leaves, quite long, hard and thick, and the tips are made of three righteous branches." The fruit between the leaves is green and small at the beginning, ripe and large like a plum, the color is like a purple eggplant, and the taste is sweet. It is also recorded that the effect of fig leaves "cures heartache and decoction." "However, fig leaves are slightly poisonous, so don't overdo it. Its roots also have unique effects, which can clear away heat and detoxify, disperse stasis and reduce swelling, ** hemorrhoids, scrofula, etc. In this way, figs are really treasures all over their bodies!
Next, let's move on to the in-depth
Dried figs.
丨Know the look丨to distinguish it in the country fields
Figs, also known as Yingri fruit, Youtan bowl, honey fruit, Wenxian fruit, milk berry and so on. It is mainly produced in the southern part of Xinjiang, China, and is produced in other regions. The roots can be picked all year round, and the fruits and leaves are picked in summer and autumn, and dried or fresh. This product is easy to mold and moth, and must be stored in a dry place or lime tank. It is better to be dry, blue-black or dark brown, and free of mold and moth.
Whole figs.
Since the name of the fig is called this, does it mean that the fig tree has no flowers?In fact, figs also bloom, and its flowers are still blooming in its fruit - yes, the pink flesh we usually eat is its flower!Its flowers are dioecious, male flowers and gall flowers (neutral flowers specialized from female flowers, which provide a place for oviposition and hatching) are born on the inner wall of a banyan fruit, the mouth of the inner wall of male peanuts, the gall flower columella is lateral, the female flower perianth is the same as the male flower, the ovary is oval, smooth, the columella is lateral, the stigma is 2-lobed, and it is linear.
Fig flowers.
The leaves of figs are alternate, the leaves are thick membranaceous, broadly ovate or ovate, 10 24 cm long, 8 22 cm wide, 3 5-lobed, lobes ovate, margins with irregular obtuse teeth, dark green above, densely covered with fine stalactites and yellowish-brown pubescence below, shallow heart-shaped at the base, 3 5 basal veins, 5 7 pairs of lateral veins, petioles 2 5 cm long, the leaves ovate-lanceolate, about 1 cm long.
Fig leaves.
The fruit of the fig, solitary in the leaf axils, large and pear-shaped, 3 5 cm in diameter, sunken at the top, purplish-red or yellow when ripe.
The fruit of the fig.
丨Read Books丨to know its medicinal efficacy.
Sexual taste is attributed to the scriptures:Sweet in taste and flat in nature. Return to the lungs, stomach, and large intestine meridians.
Indications:Clear away heat and generate energy, strengthen the spleen and moisten the intestines, detoxify and reduce swelling. It can be used for sore throat, dry cough, hoarseness, scarce milk, intestinal heat, constipation, indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery, carbuncle, moss and other diseases.
Clinical Applications:Decoction for internal use, 9 15g;or 1 2 pieces eaten raw. Externally wash with decoction, grind and adjust or blow throat.
Various books describe figs like this:
1."Compendium": "Sweet, peaceful, non-toxic." ”
2."Compendium": "Cure five hemorrhoids, sore throat." ”
3."Compendium of Medical Forest": "Good for the lungs, clear the breast." ”
4."Food Materia Medica": "Appetizing, antidiarrheal." ”
5."Diet Recipe for Living with Rest": "Clear heat and moisten the intestines." ”
6."Jiangsu Botanical Medicine": "The white milk of fresh fruits is applied to remove warts. ”
7."Herbal Sexual Preparation": "Wash hemorrhoids." Seeds, boiled meat, detoxification. stamen, under the milk. ”
8."Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Apply all nameless swelling and poison, carbuncle scabies, ringworm sores, yellow water sores, fish mouth stool poison, milk knots, acne and tatters;Mix sesame oil and rub it. ”
9."Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Strengthen the stomach and stop diarrhea, expel phlegm and regulate qi." Treat loss of appetite, dyspepsia, enteritis, dysentery, sore throat, cough with phlegm, chest tightness. ”
Figs @ Thousand Sails.
丨Know how to use丨to use its medicine to eliminate the disease.
How do we use figs in clinical practice?
1. Clinical usage1.Treat sore throatFresh figs are dried, ground and throat blown. (Quanzhou Materia Medica).
2.Treat lung heat hoarsenessFigs five dollars, fried in water to make rock sugar. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine).
3.Treatment of hemorrhoids, prolapse of the anus, constipationFresh figs are eaten raw or ten dried fruits, a section of the pig's large intestine, and decoction in water. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine).
4.The cure for a long time does not stop5 to 7 figs, decoction in water. (Hunan Drug Chronicle).
5.Hair creamTwo taels of figs, two taels of sweet potato roots, four to six taels of golden needle flower roots, and two taels of milk vines. Stewed pig front hoof. (Chongqing Herbal Medicine).
6.Treats muscle and bone pain, rheumatism and numbnessFig root or fruit, stewed pork or boiled egg food. (Hunan Drug Chronicle).
7.Treat itchy throatRemove the coarse skin of the fig root, break it, and soak it in boiling water. (Hunan Drug Chronicle).
8.Treatment of cervical lymph node tuberculosisOne or two fresh fig roots. Water decoction. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine).
2. Therapeutic use of diet1.Pork soup with figs[Ingredients] 250g lean pork, 100g figs (dry) [Preparation] Wash the pork and cut it into pieces, add water to the pot, put the pork and figs in the pot and stew, cook and eat. [Efficacy] regulates the intestines and stomach, detoxifies and reduces inflammation.
2.Fig porridge[Ingredients] 30g figs, 50g japonica rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar [preparation method] Wash the japonica rice and cook the porridge, when it is ripe, put in the peeled figs and cook until the porridge is cooked, and then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar to eat. [Efficacy] nourishes the spleen and stomach, moistens the lungs and throat, moistens the intestines and laxatives.
3.Fig jam[Ingredients] 200g figs, 60g sugar, 1 lemon [Method] Peel the figs and tear them into small pieces, put them in a bowl, add sugar and lemon juice, crush the figs, and then put them in a pot while boiling and stirring, cook until they change color and thickness, and the jam that you can't eat can be put in the refrigerator. [Efficacy] moistens the lungs and relieves cough, clears away heat and moistens the intestines
4.Fig honey tea[Raw materials] dried fig slices, appropriate amount of honey [preparation method] Put the dried fig slices into the pot, add hot water, soak for 3 5min, and add an appropriate amount of honey for seasoning. [Efficacy] moistens the lungs and relieves cough, clears away heat and moistens the intestines
5.Fig white fungus soup[Ingredients] white fungus, figs, dried lilies, appropriate amount of rock sugar, half a carrot [preparation method] Soak the white fungus and lily in advance, clean it, peel the carrot and cut it into pieces for later use, put the white fungus, lily, and carrot into the pot, add water to the pot, and then put in an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and cook 1It can be consumed in 5 hours. [Efficacy] moistens the lungs and relieves cough, clears away heat and moistens the intestines
Precautions for use:People with loose stools and diarrhea should use with caution.
Summary:Figs, sweet in taste, flat in nature. Return to the lungs, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has the effect of clearing heat and generating Jin, strengthening the spleen and moistening the intestines, detoxifying and reducing swelling, and can be used for sore throat, dry cough, hoarseness, intestinal heat and constipation, diarrhea, dysentery, carbuncle, moss and other diseases. This product is easy to mold and moth, and must be stored in a dry place or lime tank. It is better to be dry, blue-black or dark brown, and free of mold and moth. People with loose stools and diarrhea should use with caution.
Let's Xi the appearance of figs again
References:[1] Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Dictionary of Chinese Medicine[M].Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 2006[2] Editorial Board of Chinese Materia Medica, Pharmaceutical Administration. Chinese Materia Medica[M].Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 1999
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