In the middle of the sim ripening season, people in some localities in the province invite each other to go to the mountains to pick sim. Sim fruit has brought income to many people in the mountains.
In recent times, sim fruit has been a hot-selling item on the market, and the area for cultivating, caring for, and growing sim fruit in localities has been maintained and expanded. At this time, sim hills in Thanh Chuong, Do Luong, Anh Son, Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen, Yen Thanh districts... are in the peak of the fruit ripening season. In the photo: Sim hill in Thanh Xuan commune (Thanh Chuong). Photo: Huy ThuThese days, people in communes with many sim trees in Thanh Chuong, such as Thanh Xuan, Thanh Lam, Thanh Ha, Thanh Duc... are entering the sim fruit harvest season. Every day from 5-6am, people go up the mountain to pick sim trees. Households with large sim trees and unable to pick all have to hire local workers to pick them. Photo: Huy ThuThanh Chuong people often bring bags, sacks, water, etc. When picking sim, they often hang a bag in front of their stomach or on their side, and put the sim in there when they pick it. When the bag is full, they pour the sim into the sack. Photo: Huy ThuPeople who go to pick sim often do not wear gloves because wearing gloves will make it difficult to operate, sim fruit is small, easy to fall, picking with bare hands will be faster. People are required to pick only ripe fruit, pick clean trees, and pick clean areas. When going up the mountain, people pick sim in horizontal rows or spread out, each person picking in an area. Photo: Huy ThuA woman from Thanh Xuan commune who was picking sim in the forest said: This year's sim has quite a lot of fruit, but the price is not as good as previous years. To pick a lot of sim, the picker needs to be quick-handed, quick-eyed, and diligent in "picking and packing". Photo: Huy ThuPeople who pick sim fruits for hire are usually paid by the owner of the sim hill according to the product. Currently, people who pick 1kg of sim fruit are paid 10,000 VND. During the sim season, each day of hard work on the mountain, a person can pick about 15kg of fruit. As the season progresses, sim fruits become scarcer, and the number of sim fruits picked decreases. Photo: Huy ThuMs. Nguyen Thi Thao in Kim Son hamlet, Thanh Xuan commune said that her family has about 2 hectares of sim. During the sim ripening season, she and her husband often go to the mountain to pick sim. On days when sim is ripe, she has to hire more people in the area to pick. Depending on each family, some families pick once a day, some pick once every two days. On average, each year, selling sim fruit, her family earns about 20 million VND. Photo: Huy ThuSim trees in the middle of barren hills will produce small fruits. On the contrary, sim hills that are fenced off and carefully cared for will produce large, ripe fruits. In sunny weather, sims taste sweeter. Ripe sim fruits fall easily, just a light wind, rain or the picker touching the tree, the ripe fruit will fall to the ground. Photo: Huy ThuOn this occasion, many students also go to the forest to pick sim to earn extra income. Nguyen Van Thiet (17 years old) in Thanh Xuan commune shared: "In the past few days, my mother and I have gone to pick sim for households in the village. On sunny days, we have to leave early to come back early. On average, each time we go to the forest, we can pick about 25-27 kg". Photo: Huy ThuFor students, summer days following their relatives to the mountains to pick blackberries will be unforgettable memories. Photo: Huy ThuAround 10am - 11am, when the heat starts to get intense, the sim pickers will stop their work and bring the sim bags down the mountain. Sim fruit is being purchased by local establishments at 20,000 VND/kg, and they buy as much as they can pick. The ripe sim season is bringing income to both the sim hill owners and the hired sim pickers. Each time they go up the mountain to pick sim, a person can earn 80,000 to 150,000 VND. Photo: Huy ThuPeople of Thanh Xuan commune (Thanh Chuong) go picking blackberries in the hot sun. Video: Huy Thu
Sim is a medicinal plant that in Oriental medicine books is called Son Nam, Cuong Nam, Nam Tu, Duong Le, Dao Kim Nuong, Hong Sim...
The scientific name is Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Wight, family Myrtaceae or Myrtaceae family (according to the name of the genus Rhodomyrtus). Myrtle is native to South and Southeast Asia, from India east to southern China, Taiwan and the Philippines, and south to Malaysia and Sulawesi...
Oriental medicine believes that sim fruit has a sweet and astringent taste; neutral properties. It has the effect of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, astringing intestines, and consolidating essence. Used to treat blood deficiency, hemoptysis, nosebleeds, hematuria, dysentery, hernias, tinnitus, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea...
When the fruit is ripe, it can be used fresh or dried for later use; dosage is 12 - 15g dried (30 - 60g fresh) boiled with water or soaked in alcohol to drink; for external use, burn to ashes, grind finely, and apply to the affected area.
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