6 amazing uses of star fruit

Green star fruit has a slightly sour and astringent taste. When ripe, it has a sour and sweet taste and is cool in nature. It has the function of strengthening the stomach, producing body fluids, eliminating hunger and thirst, stopping coughs, reducing phlegm, and is used to treat many diseases such as mouth ulcers, dry mouth, itchy throat, sore throat, vomiting due to pregnancy, drunkenness, rashes, swelling, itching, etc.

1. Treat mouth ulcers, thirst, itchy throat, sore throat

Take ripe star fruit, soak it in sugar or salt and eat it the same day. Or take 4-6g of dried star fruit pulp, boil it with 2 bowls of water until half a bowl remains, drink after breakfast. Or take 8g of dried star fruit pulp, soak it in boiling water and drink it during the day. Use for a week.

2. Treating morning sickness for pregnant women

Use star fruit to cook soup with crucian carp or duck meat to help you recover quickly. Or use green star fruit soaked in sugar to drink to help reduce nausea and vomiting, but do not drink too much because it can cause high blood sugar for pregnant women.

3. Cough treatment

15g fresh star fruit pulp, soak with a little salt, gargle 3-5 times a day, best in the morning and evening before going to bed.

Or boil 25g of fresh star fruit pulp with 250ml of water until 100ml remains, divide into 2 doses, add sugar when drinking. Drink for 3 days.

Or take star fruit and flowers, boil with 300ml of water until 100ml remains, divide into 2-3 times to drink during the day.

Cough treatment for children: Steamed star fruit flowers with honey and give to children to drink several times a day for effective results.

4. Improve digestion

Steamed star fruit with sugar makes a refreshing drink to drink during the day. Or use fresh star fruit to cook sour soup to eat immediately.

5. Cure hangover

Use 4-6g of dried star fruit pulp to boil and drink the water or soak it in boiling water to drink. Or use star fruit juice soaked in sugar and ginger to drink, it is very effective.

6. Treat acne, itching

Use fresh water spinach leaves to boil water for bathing or wash clean, crushed star fruit leaves, wrap in clean gauze and apply on acne.

Dishes with star fruit have a cooling effect.

Water spinach and amaranth soup with star fruit is a favorite dish on hot summer days. It has the fragrant, sour taste of star fruit and the effect of cooling, quenching thirst and stimulating digestion.

In summer, fresh star fruit is often used to cook sour soup with minced lean meat, sour rib soup, beef soup, fish soup. Or stewed with duck meat, which is both delicious and detoxifying.

Pickled plums are a great thirst quencher.

Braised pork ribs with star fruit or braised duck with star fruit are delicious dishes on hot summer days.

You can freeze green star fruit to use all year round in sour soups in winter to create a refreshing taste and effectively reduce internal heat.

Pickled star fruit with ginger, sugar, chili and a little fish sauce will stimulate the taste buds, make the meal more delicious, and also help with digestion.

Ripe star fruit eaten with a little salt and chili is an attractive snack for girls but has a great thirst-quenching effect.

great

Pickled plum juice with sugar and a little ginger and a few ice cubes will be a refreshing drink to cool down the hot summer.

Dried apricots and apricot jam are especially delicious, an unforgettable specialty of Hanoi.

According to SK&DS