Sour plum in sour plum soup
The plums used in sour plum soup are generally ebony, and some choose waxberry instead. It can stimulate appetite and relieve summer heat.
Mume, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. 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 spherical or oblate, with a diameter of1.5 ~ 3cm, dark black or brownish black surface, uneven shrinkage and round fruit stalk marks at the base. The stone is hard, oval and brown, with pits on the surface; Seeds oblate and yellowish. Slight breathing and extremely sour taste.
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. Diarrhea, large intestine collapse; Those who are good at producing body fluid and dry mouth will suffer from excessive fire and insufficient body fluid; Acid can restrain deficiency fire, dissolve body fluid and strengthen bowel movement, so it is also the main reason. If the main limb is painful, it is dry and impassable, and the meridians are relaxed or painful due to moisture immersion; Liver governs muscles, acid enters the liver and nourishes tendons. If you nourish the liver, strengthen the bones and soften the tendons, the viscera will be beneficial and the symptoms will be removed.
Plum syrup
Sour plum soup is a traditional summer drink in old Beijing. In the hot season, most people will buy ebony and cook it themselves (also use bayberry instead of ebony), put some sugar in it to remove the acid, and then drink it when it is cold. The raw materials of sour plum soup are dark plum, hawthorn, sweet-scented osmanthus, licorice and rock sugar. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Those who pick semi-yellow in Shi Mei use ebony." It can clear away heat and cold, relieve pain, and even treat cough, cholera and dysentery. The fairy tale "The Legend of the White Snake" tells the story of the Wu Mei epidemic. The soup has the effects of promoting digestion, resolving stagnation, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, astringing lung qi, relieving restlessness and calming the nerves. Regular drinking can really get rid of illness and strengthen the body. It is a rare healthy drink in hot summer.
Materials for making sour plum soup
5 pieces of ebony, dried hawthorn 15g, 4 pieces of rose (Luoshen flower), water 1800ml, and 25g of crystal sugar.
Exercise 1. Dry the ebony, rose hips and hawthorn, and rinse them with floating ash under the tap. 2. After washing, put it into the pot and add water. Boil it. Turn to medium-low heat and cook for 20 minutes. Add rock sugar and turn off the heat. 3. Cool and take out the material. 4. put it in the kettle to cool.
You can put two ice cubes when drinking. If you have a bad stomach, don't ice it, and don't put ice cubes on it and eat it the same day!