Black Prunus armeniaca is very refreshing to eat, rich in sugar, vitamins, fruit acids, amino acids, and other nutrients. It has a good effect of moistening the throat, diuresis, nourishing the liver, detoxifying, and can also help us lower blood pressure, improve diarrhea, cough, and other problems, and has a certain effect of beauty and health.

1. Promoting Digestion

Prunus armeniaca can promote the secretion of gastric acid and digestive enzymes, and has the effect of increasing gastrointestinal motility. Therefore, eating it can promote digestion, increase appetite, and is a good health food for those with low gastric acid, postprandial fullness, and constipation.

2. Clearing the Liver and Promoting Diuresis

Fresh Prunus armeniaca flesh contains various amino acids such as glutamine, serine, glycine, and proline. Eating it raw is very beneficial for treating liver cirrhosis and ascites.

3. Hypotension, Laxative, and Cough-suppressing

The kernel of Prunus armeniaca contains amygdalin and a large amount of fatty oil. Pharmacological evidence shows that it has significant diuretic and hypotensive effects, can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, promote the excretion of dry stools, and also has the effect of cough relief and expectoration.

4. Beauty and Health

The Compendium of Materia Medica records that Prunus armeniaca flowers, when mixed with facial cream, have excellent cosmetic effects, which can ‘remove greasy dirt and dark spots’ and ‘make the face radiant.’ It is effective for treating freckles and black spots on the face. It has the functions of diuresis, clearing the liver and nourishing the liver, resolving depression, and clearing damp-heat.