Apricot skin tea is a local signature drink in Dunhuang, Gansu. It is made of local Li Guangxing and apricot skin. After being chilled, it tastes sweet and sour and quenches thirst. It tastes the same as Beijing sour plum soup. Suitable for dry mouth, dry throat, dry lung, cough and shortness of breath. Can be used for treating pulmonary tuberculosis with fever due to yin deficiency and heat due to five restlessness. Plum meat is effective in treating bacillary dysentery and enteritis. Fresh apricots should be given to people who are not exposed to body fluids and are thirsty. Preserved apricot has the effect of moistening lung, relieving cough and asthma. Almond is more nutritious, containing protein 23% ~ 27%, crude fat 50% ~ 60%, sugar 10%, inorganic salts such as phosphorus, iron, potassium and calcium, and various vitamins. This is a good tonic.
Almond is a commonly used medicine for relieving cough and asthma. Bitter almond mainly coughs against qi; Sweet almond, also known as almond, is a nourishing and soothing cough medicine, which is mainly used for dry throat and dry cough. In addition, almonds also have the effects of promoting blood circulation, detoxifying and killing insects.