Persimmons help lower blood pressure and prevent cancer.

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Persimmons have the effect of lowering blood pressure, curing bedwetting in children, treating sore throats and preventing cancer.

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Persimmon is a tree originating from Japan and China, imported into our country, and grown mainly in the North. According to traditional medicine, persimmon has a sweet and astringent taste, neutral properties, and the effect of strengthening the spleen and kidneys, moistening the lungs, reducing phlegm, and has medicinal effects.

According to modern medicine, ripe persimmons have a very high sugar content, from 14 - 20% including sugars such as glucose, sarcorose, fructose and carotene, lycopene, Fe, Ca, P salts, vitamins A, B, C and many tannins. Below are some specific effects of persimmons.

Lowering blood pressure: Persimmons contain Shibuol, a mixture of gallic acid and phloroglaciol, which has the effect of lowering blood pressure. However, middle-aged people often suffer from high blood pressure, but the digestive system at this time begins to work "slowly", so if you eat a lot of soaked persimmons, it will accumulate into residue, affecting the digestive process. Therefore, you should not eat too much, but it is best to eat ripe persimmons or drink the juice of nearly ripe persimmons.

Replenish water when exercising: Persimmons contain more than 80% water and are rich in vitamin C, so they are a good rehydration food for people who do heavy labor, exercise, and those who want to lose weight.

Cure sore throat, cough, dry and itchy throat: Simmer ripe persimmons, squeeze out the juice, put in a mold to dry, use a knife to cut and dry, eat several times a day.

Cure bedwetting in children: Take 7 - 9 dried rose ears, boil and drink.

Protects the heart and prevents cancer: Beta carotene (provitamin A 1.40mg/100g persimmon, and the effect of this antioxidant is also supported by other pigments such as lycopene, which can protect against cardiovascular diseases and prevent the development of many cancers.

Good for children and breastfeeding women: Persimmons contain vitamin B1, vitamin B9, calcium, and phosphorus, which are good for the nervous system and brain of children. They are essential minerals for pregnant and breastfeeding women, so you can add persimmons to your menu.

Although it has many functions, people with weak spleen and stomach, phlegm and dampness inside, diarrhea, and colds should not eat persimmons. After a meal with shrimp and crab, you should not eat persimmons. When hungry, you should not eat a lot of persimmons, especially eating the skin or unripe persimmons will cause stomach upset, and over time, stomach pain. Before eating persimmons, you should peel them, wash them thoroughly with clean water many times, then soak them in salt water to remove harmful substances (preservatives) if they have penetrated into the meat.

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