Tet Jam: Not just food

Not only is jam an indispensable attractive dish during Tet, it is also a medicine that can cure many diseases, because most of the fruits and tubers used to make jam are effective folk medicines.

Jam is both a delicious dish and a medicine to treat many diseases. Illustrative photo

Lotus jam:Lotus seeds are a medicine to treat spleen deficiency, chronic diarrhea, painful urination, spermatorrhea, vaginal discharge, anxiety, insomnia, physical weakness, poor appetite, and poor sleep.

Lotus seeds and lotus roots also contain a special enzyme that has the effect of "healing and restoring" proteins in the body and keeping the skin youthful.

In addition, lotus seeds are also rich in kaempferol, a very useful natural flavonoid that has anti-inflammatory effects, especially anti-inflammatory effects on gum tissue.

Therefore, jam made from lotus seeds and lotus roots is considered the most nutritious jam, having a sedative effect on people with weakness, poor appetite, insomnia due to drinking too many stimulants (alcohol, coffee, cigarettes), and also helping to nourish the body.

Red artichoke jam:Red artichoke (also known as roselle, roselle, sour vegetable, impermanent flower) has the effect of supporting blood pressure reduction, cholesterol reduction, cooling, detoxifying, providing vitamins for the body, rejuvenating the skin...

Red artichoke flowers contain some antibiotic substances, so they are used by people as a remedy for coughs and sore throats by steaming red artichoke calyxes with rock sugar and honey and drinking the water several times a day.

Therefore, artichoke jam is not only considered a delicious jam for Tet but also a precious medicine.

Ginger jam:Ginger has detoxifying effects, prevents vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain due to irregular eating, and is used to prevent respiratory infections. Ginger combined with sugar also helps warm the body and stimulate digestion.

Gingerol in fresh ginger, when dried, becomes shoagol jam. Shoagol is hotter than gingerol so it has a warming effect. Not to mention, ginger jam contains many minerals such as potassium, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, zinc, ... carotene, vitamins B, C, E.

In particular, ginger has stronger antioxidant and anti-aging effects than vitamin E because it contains 12 antioxidants.

Therefore, ginger jam is an indispensable dish during Tet in families in the North and Central regions.

Kumquat jam:According to Oriental medicine, kumquat has a sweet and sour taste, warm properties, and affects the lungs, stomach, and liver meridians. It has the ability to dissolve phlegm, treat coughs, regulate qi, relieve depression, digest food, and sober up.

The essential oils in the peels of kumquats, tangerines, and oranges can prevent the development of liver, esophageal, colon, and skin cancers. Kumquat peels are also rich in vitamin C; fiber is beneficial for digestion and lowers cholesterol, strengthens blood vessels, and prevents high blood pressure. Kumquat seeds stop bleeding, prevent vomiting, and reduce coughs.

Kumquat jam also has the effect of detoxifying alcohol and tobacco, reducing phlegm, and preventing vomiting very well.

Winter melon jam:Winter melon has diuretic, anti-edema, cooling, anti-inflammatory, heart-cooling, and acne-reducing effects. Winter melon peel cures painful urination, cloudy urine, and acne.

Winter melon seeds are also roasted and eaten and are used to treat coughs, detoxify, and treat snake bites. Crushed winter melon leaves mixed with vinegar are used to treat swollen and painful fingertips (fingernail fungus).

Winter melon jam is not only fragrant and crunchy but also a very good heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine.

Carrot jam:Carrots have the effect of enriching blood and stimulating appetite, so they are very suitable for people with indigestion, thinness, anemia, children with slow growth, slow teething and prolonged diarrhea due to malnutrition.

Carrot jam can also cure chronic dysentery. Because it is rich in vitamin A, it also helps prevent eye diseases such as dry cornea, cataracts, night blindness; helps wounds heal quickly and increases the body's resistance.

Apple jam:Apples have sedative, sleep-inducing, analgesic, anticonvulsant, antipyretic, antihypertensive, burn-treating, and night-perspirant effects. Apple jam also helps smooth the skin and prolong life.

Persimmon jam:If you have physical weakness, malnutrition, chronic cough and frequent urination at night, eat about 40g of persimmon jam every day and the disease will subside.

Coconut jam:Coconut pulp can be used to treat epigastric pain or pressed to extract coconut oil to treat burns and boils. Refined coconut oil is an easily digestible fat that prevents atherosclerosis.

Coconut jam has a laxative effect and is a remedy for constipation during Tet due to eating a lot of protein.

Buddha's hand jam:Buddha's hand fruit is used to treat bloating, stomach pain, vomiting, loss of appetite, persistent cough with phlegm; thirst quencher, fever reducer, sedative, and headache treatment.

Buddha's hand jam has the effect of stimulating the respiratory system and curing coughs. People with anxiety and poor digestion should use Buddha's hand jam.

Tomato jam:Many vitamins A are used for malnourished people and workers in hot, toxic places because they have the effect of cooling, quenching thirst and increasing energy.

Sweet potato jam:Not only does it have the effect of cooling, detoxifying, sobering up, and treating acne, sweet potato jam also has nourishing and laxative effects.

Notes when preparing and using Tet jam

Jam is often too sweet, not suitable for diabetics, people with high blood sugar, obesity, or people on a diet.

Some types of jam contain a lot of beta carotene or vitamins A, C such as tomato jam, carrot jam, apple jam, plum jam, kiwi jam... will decompose because the temperature and processing time of the jam is too long, which will lose the effect of the vitamin groups.

Because of the high sugar content, jam mainly produces energy, but does not provide enough nutrients, especially vitamins and minerals, for the body compared to fresh jam, so it is not good for the elderly, children and pregnant women during pregnancy.

You should not eat too much or replace other foods because eating too much jam can easily cause bloating and reduce hunger, which will limit food intake in the 2 main meals.

According to Chinhphu.vn