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Can white jade cherry be eaten for its efficacy?
White jade cherry belongs to the category of cherry, although its color is not particularly beautiful, its nutritional value is good, it contains iron elements, and has a good effect on blood supplementation. In addition, it also has a good effect in preventing urticaria. Eating it appropriately has a good effect on beauty and youth, and is welcomed by many girls. It also has certain effects in treating burns, preventing frostbite, etc.
The efficacy and function of white jade cherry:
1. Anti-Anemia
Promoting blood formation, cherry has a high iron content, ranking first among various fruits. Iron is the raw material for the synthesis of human hemoglobin and myoglobin, and plays an important role in human immunity, protein synthesis, and energy metabolism, and is also closely related to brain and nerve function, aging process, etc.
2. Prevention and Treatment of Measles
During the outbreak of measles, drinking cherry juice for children can prevent infection. The cherry kernel has the effect of promoting sweating, permeating macules, and detoxifying.
3. Wind-Dampness-Relieving and Insecticidal
Cherry is warm and hot in nature, with the function of invigorating the middle and Qi, can dispel wind and dampness, and has a good effect on pain in the joints and legs due to wind-dampness. The roots of the cherry tree also have a strong insecticidal and vermifuge effect, which can kill ascaris, pinworms, and tapeworms, etc.
4. Astringent and Analgesic
According to folk experience, cherry can treat burns and scalds, relieve pain, prevent the formation of blisters and pus at the wound, and can also treat mild to severe frostbite.
5. Beauty and Youth Preservation
Cherry is rich in nutrition, and the content of protein, sugar, phosphorus, carotene, vitamin C, etc., is higher than that of apples and pears. Especially the iron content is high. Chewing cherry juice and applying it to the face and wrinkle areas can make the facial skin red and tender, and remove wrinkles and spots.
White jade cherry is a bud mutation variety, and it is difficult to maintain its excellent characteristics in seed offspring, so it mainly adopts vegetative propagation. Grafting is the main method, with good affinity with common Prunus tomentosa, high seedling survival rate, and grafted seedlings can bear fruit in 2 years; the tree is small, suitable for dense planting and facility cultivation.
White jade cherry has many functions, and this white jade cherry is a fruit that can be eaten.