How to Store Durian in Summer? Learn These Few Tricks to Keep It from Spoiling
If it is a whole, unopened durian, you can place it in a cool, ventilated spot to store it; if the durian has been opened, put the flesh in a food storage container, seal it, and then place it in the refrigerator's crisper compartment.
The value of durian:
1. Nutritional value
Durian is hot in nature and can promote blood circulation and dispel cold, relieve menstrual pain, and is especially suitable for women troubled by menstrual pain; it can also improve symptoms of cold in the abdomen, help raise body temperature, and is an ideal tonic for people with a cold constitution. Durian is extremely high in nutritional value; eating it regularly can strengthen the body, tonify the spleen and qi, tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang, and warm the body.
2. Economic value
Among the many fruits Thailand exports, durian has consistently held the top position in export volume. The main production areas for Thai durian are eastern and southern Thailand, and durian production area is growing at a rate of 4.63% per year to meet demand for Thai durian around the world.
3. Medicinal value
The entire durian plant can be used as medicine, with effects of nourishing yin and strengthening the body, dispelling wind and clearing heat, promoting gallbladder function and reducing jaundice, killing parasites and relieving itching, and tonifying the body.
Durian rind——moisturizes and nourishes yin. Boiling chicken soup with the inner flesh of the durian rind makes a nourishing soup for women that can dispel stomach cold. For eating durian rind, only the white part inside is eaten. Simmer the white flesh of the durian rind with a little lean meat or chicken to make soup; it tastes very fresh and sweet, and is very cooling, helping to reduce internal heat in the hot summer, with effects such as nourishing blood and boosting qi, and moisturizing and nourishing yin.
Durian seed——mildly tonifies the kidneys
Durian seeds also have certain medicinal value, and there is a folk practice of making soup with durian seeds. Compared with durian flesh, durian seeds are milder in nature, and drying them in the sun and boiling them in soup has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the spleen.
It can be used for conditions such as deficiency of essence and blood with premature graying of hair and beard, and aging. It can be used for conditions such as wind-heat. It can be used to treat jaundice. It can be used to treat conditions such as scabies and skin itching.