Su Dongpo, a famous poet who likes health preservation, also has a famous saying, "Three hundred lychees a day, you don't hesitate to be a Lingnan person". It can be seen that lychees are not only delicious, but also beneficial to health preservation. Modern medical research believes that litchi is rich in nutritional value and high in medicinal value. Proper consumption can effectively improve human health.
Litchi is rich in nutrition.
Litchi is rich in protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. The sugar content of its pulp reaches one fifth, which can be quickly absorbed by human body to supplement the energy needed by human body.
Litchi juice is also rich in vitamin C and protein, which can provide basic nutrition for human body. In addition, litchi also contains bioactive components such as citric acid, fruit acid, carotene, riboflavin and nicotinic acid, and trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, potassium and phosphorus, which is helpful to promote the nutritional balance of human body.
Litchi is good for health.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that litchi is warm, sweet and slightly sour, and enters the liver and spleen meridians. It has the effects of warming and nourishing liver and kidney, invigorating spleen and nourishing blood, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, dispelling cold and relieving pain, and can treat stomach cold pain, diarrhea, thirst, hiccup, fatigue, nameless swelling and pain, liver disease, kidney disease and other diseases.
Modern medicine believes that litchi contains glucose, sucrose and other sugar components that can be directly absorbed by the human body, which can quickly replenish energy and eliminate fatigue. Litchi contains vitamins and active ingredients that can protect brain cells, strengthen brain and improve intelligence, and has a good therapeutic effect on fatigue, insomnia, forgetfulness and other symptoms. Litchi can also enhance human immunity. Beauty is an excellent health fruit.
Litchi is full of treasures.
In addition to delicious pulp, litchi pericarp and stone are good Chinese herbal medicines. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that litchi peel has the purest yang, which is warmer than pulp and has obvious convergence effect. It has strong effects of regulating qi, relieving pain, stopping bleeding, quenching thirst and enriching blood, and can be used for treating stomach pain, toothache, blood collapse, eczema and other diseases.
Litchi stone is warm, sweet and slightly bitter. Entering the liver and kidney meridians has the functions of dispelling cold and relieving pain, soothing the liver and regulating qi. Modern medical research has found that litchi seed contains hypoglycemic components, which can be used as an adjuvant therapy for diabetic patients.
Litchi should not be eaten more.
Litchi is delicious and nutritious, but it's overheated. Eating too much is prone to symptoms such as swollen gums, excessive internal heat and nosebleeds. Therefore, people with bad teeth or excessive internal heat should not eat litchi. It is most suitable for healthy people to eat about ten lychees at a time. Eating too much is bad for your health.