In life, we often eat pine nuts. For example, many places selling snacks will sell fried pine nuts. When we cook, we often make a dish called "corn with pine nuts", which is also made of pine nuts. However, in addition to daily consumption, pine nuts can actually be used as medicine.

In traditional Chinese medicine, pine nuts are considered as a very good Chinese herbal medicine, which can moisten the lower body, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. In the Qing Dynasty, Huang Yuanyu said in "Corn Medicine Solution" that pine nuts can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, moisten the intestines and clear the secrets. It can be said that the medicinal value of pine nuts has been comprehensively summarized.

1. Application of pine nuts in moistening dryness and relaxing bowels

Pine trees are rich in turpentine, while pine nuts contain a lot of fatty oil. Modern research has found that the content of fat and grease in pine nuts is as high as 70% or more, which is very helpful for relaxing bowels.

In addition, pine nuts are sweet in taste and mild in efficacy. As a medicine, it can not only clear the stomach, but also prevent people from diarrhea due to excessive intestinal slippage. Therefore, it is very suitable for some old and frail people, or young children with symptoms such as intestinal dryness and constipation to moisten their intestines with pine nuts. Plus, pine nuts taste good and will not be rejected when eaten.

At present, some middle-aged and elderly people will use pine nuts for diet therapy when they are habitually dry in intestines, dry in body fluids and have poor stool. According to medical research records, grinding about 100g of fresh pine nuts, then mixing with about 50g of honey, and drinking on an empty stomach every morning can effectively relieve habitual constipation and other symptoms.

2. Application of pine nuts in moistening lung and relieving cough

The moistening effect of pine nuts can also take the lung meridian, thus better moistening the lung and relieving cough. Li Shizhen pointed out in Compendium of Materia Medica that pine nuts can "moisten lung, remove dryness and relieve cough" when used as medicine, which shows that Li Shizhen highly recognized the effect of pine nuts on moistening lung and relieving cough.

For example, when the lungs have the evil of dryness and heat, accompanied by dry cough with little phlegm and dry throat, you can cook porridge with some pine nuts and walnuts, which can play a certain role in moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

Or we can fry pine nuts with honey. Insisting on oral administration can also play a role in moistening lung dryness, tonifying lung deficiency and relieving cough.

As a kind of food, it doesn't matter how much pine nuts you eat. However, from the health point of view, pine nuts are not suitable for eating in large quantities. First, pine nuts are rich in oil, and eating too much will increase body fat; Secondly, these nuts are easy to get angry when eaten too much, which is not good for your health.