Chinese medicine believes that rock sugar has the functions of moistening lung and relieving cough, resolving phlegm and removing fire. It is also an auxiliary material for brewing medicinal liquor and stewing tonic.

Rock sugar taste: sweet, flat and non-toxic. Meridian tropism: entering lung and spleen meridians. Has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, regulating stomach, moistening lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm, relieving vexation, quenching thirst, clearing away heat, resolving turbidity, nourishing yin, promoting fluid production, stopping sweating and detoxicating.

Rock sugar is widely used in high-grade tonics and health products produced by food and pharmaceutical industries. Old people can also quench their thirst by containing rock sugar.

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Rock sugar has many functions. Rock candy can increase sweetness, and it is also an excellent seasoning together with chrysanthemum, medlar, hawthorn and red dates. The quality of rock candy is pure and it is not easy to deteriorate. Besides being eaten as candy, it can also be used as a high-grade food sweetener, preparing drugs, impregnating alcohol and nourishing auxiliary drugs. The general population can eat it, but diabetics should not eat it.

Besides, don't eat too much sugar. Eating too much will not only make people fat, but also increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension. The intake of sugar should not exceed 50 grams per day, preferably within 25 grams.

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