There is no difference between the ebony bought in the pharmacy and the ebony bought in the market. You should soak it in cold water and wash it before eating. Just eat and wash as much as you want at a time. Mume is named for its dark color after smoked with green plums or steamed in cages.

As a common Chinese herbal medicine, ebony contains a variety of nutrients, which has a good effect on human health and health care.

Eating dark plum regularly helps the body secrete a hormone that helps to delay aging. Mume can purify the gastrointestinal tract and prevent food from rotting in it. Mume can relieve physical fatigue, and you can eat some when you are tired.

Herbal Classic: Shi Mei, now ebony, is the most sour. As the Classic says, heat hurts the qi, and when the evil guest is in the chest, the qi is full and the heart is uneasy. Mume tastes sour, it can absorb floating heat and return to yuan, so it can control qi, remove heat, get rid of annoyance and feel at ease.

Extended data

Mume, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a dry and nearly ripe fruit of Prunus mume in Rosaceae. It is cultivated all over the country, with the most in the provinces south of the Yangtze River basin. Has the effects of astringing lung, astringing intestine, promoting fluid production and relaxing bowels. It is often used for chronic cough due to lung deficiency, diarrhea, deficiency heat to quench thirst, syncope, vomiting and abdominal pain.

It is not advisable to eat more for a long time.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Mei