Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, remove phlegm and cough, and nourish the skin.
Note: Dragon fruit, whose scientific name is elenicereus undatus, is commonly known as pitaya, common night blooming cerus, red skin dragon fruit.
The corolla of dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) is huge, in full bloom, reckless, heroic and domineering.
People were shocked by its momentum and praised it as dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus).
Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) is also called sword flower.
This is because it gathers essence and breeds from the branches with swords drawn and crossbows drawn.
So people named it Jianhua with its image.
The flower products of dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) sell well in domestic and foreign markets.
It is mainly used to make flower delicious soup, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body, clearing and nourishing health.
Efficacy and function of dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus)
1. Nutritional value
Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) has high nutritional value.
We analyzed some nutrients of cactus edible plant dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus).
The results showed that the nutritional content of dry products per 100 g dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) was 9.570 g of water, 1.812 g of protein, 2.785 g of crude fiber, 1.547 g of ash, 961.27 mg of calcium and 328.45 mg of phosphorus.
In particular, the test analysis shows that dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) contains at least 13 amino acids.
Threonine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine and lysine are essential amino acids for human body.
For example, every 100ug of free amino acids in dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) are: 210 mg aspartic acid, 112 mg alanine, 25 mg isoleucine, 188 mg glutamate, 208 mg proline, 38 mg phenylalanine, 108 mg serine, 122 mg tyrosine, 26 mg lysine, 78 mg arginine, 59 mg valine, 28 mg threonine, 42 mg leucine, etc.
In addition, it also contains Cu, N, Cr, CD, CA, Zn and other elements that play an important role in human body.
2. Medicinal value
Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) is sweet and slightly cold in nature. It has obvious curative effect on cerebral arteriosclerosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, cervical lymphatic tuberculosis, mumps and cardiovascular diseases.
It has the functions of clearing heat and moistening lung, removing phlegm and relieving cough, nourishing and nourishing face, and is an excellent tonic soup.
3. Dietary value
Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) is used for cooking, mainly making old fire soup.
Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) is sweet and cool in nature. It enters the lung and has the effects of clearing heat and phlegm, removing accumulated heat, stopping Qi pain and regulating phlegm and fire.
Therefore, dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) soup has the functions of clearing the heart and moistening the lungs, clearing heat and relieving heat, removing phlegm and relieving cough.
Secondly, dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) soup has obvious curative effect on adjuvant treatment of cerebral arteriosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, cervical lymph tuberculosis, mumps and other diseases, as well as nourishing and nourishing functions.
Moreover, after making soup, dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) has a delicate flavor and sweet and smooth soup, so it is deeply loved by Cantonese people who make soup.
And it is an excellent tonic soup.
4. Edible method of dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus)
1. Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) is used for cooking, mainly making old fire soup. Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) soup has the functions of clearing the heart and moistening the lungs, clearing heat and relieving heat, removing phlegm and relieving cough.
Secondly, dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) soup has obvious curative effect on adjuvant treatment of cerebral arteriosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchitis, cervical lymph tuberculosis, mumps and other diseases, as well as nourishing and nourishing functions.
Moreover, after making soup, dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) has a delicate flavor and sweet and smooth soup, so it is deeply loved by Cantonese people who make soup.
And it is an excellent tonic soup.
2. When making soup, Cantonese people are used to using dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) to boil pig bones, add honey dates or a little Momordica grosvenorii, and boil it for 1 ~ 2 hours to form an old fire and beautiful soup.
We can also use dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) and pig tongue, pig lung, lean meat, chicken, white gourd and other raw materials to make soup, which is sweet, fragrant and beneficial.
3. Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) can be eaten fresh and stained with sugar water.
We can also make soup with fresh dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus).
Let’s take off the roots of the dragon.
Then we’ll slow down with a trickle of tap water.
We should not only clean the whole flower, but also protect the nectar from being washed away.
The root of the flower is gently pinched out and left.
Finally, we tear a flower into 4 pieces, put it into a casserole and various raw materials after water, and then cook it slowly over low heat for about 2 hours to season.
4. Dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) soup is mainly made of dried finished products as raw materials.
Local people collect net flowers in summer and autumn, cut the dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) longitudinally (connected at the base), steam it slightly, and then dry it in the sun for standby.
Purchasing skills of dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus)
The dried dragon fruit (elenicereus undatus) is in an irregular long bundle shape, and its length is about 15 ~ 17 cm.
Its perianth is brownish brown or yellowish brown, and the slender part of calyx tube is twisted in a strip bundle.
The outer side has shrunk scales, the upper perianth is long and narrow lanceolate, with longitudinal veins, and often pasted together in several rounds.
There are many stamens in the perianth, with weak gas and slightly sweet taste.
And it is better to have large flowers, bright colors and sweet taste.