The four major benefits of drinking dried longan (guiyuan) infusion, and how many is best to eat per day?
In everyday life we often pair dried longan with red dates and goji berries to make an infusion, which has the effects of nourishing the blood and calming the mind, and is especially suitable for girls with irregular menstruation. Sometimes friends ask what the difference is between dried longan and fresh longan? In fact, dried longan is simply the product of drying fresh longan in the sun. So what are the benefits and effects of dried longan? How many is best to eat per day? It is said that drinking dried longan infusion has these four major benefits!
I. A brief introduction to dried longan
1. How is dried longan made? Making dried longan is very simple: just buy some fresh longan at the market, take it home, and dry it in the sun for about seven or eight days. At this point the shell is usually very dry; what we need to judge is whether the flesh inside is dry. You can pick one up and shake it to see if there is a rattling sound inside; if there is, it means it has been dried enough and can be stored. These days, however, the baking method is used more often.
2. The main producing areas of dried longan are distributed across Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, among other provinces. Of these, Gaozhou City in Guangdong Province, Bobai County in Guangxi Province and Putian City in Fujian are the three major producing areas, and the dried longan produced here is of the best quality.
3. Nutritional composition of dried longan
Water 26.9g, protein 5g, fat 0.2g, carbohydrates 65.4g, crude fiber 0.6g, ash 1.9g, calcium 30mg, phosphorus 118mg, iron 4.4mg, thiamine 0.10mg, riboflavin 0.6mg, nicotinic acid 2.5mg, ascorbic acid 34mg, and it also contains potassium 392mg, sodium 1.0mg, magnesium 98mg.
II. Do you know all 5 major benefits and effects of dried longan?
1. Replenishing qi and nourishing the blood
Dried longan is neutral in nature and fairly sweet in taste, and contains substances such as thiamine and nicotinic acid, giving it the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing the blood. Replenishing qi is mainly used to strengthen the spleen and kidneys; if your spleen and kidneys are weak, you can eat a moderate amount of dried longan to regulate them. The blood-nourishing effect of longan is well known, especially among women; when menstruation is irregular, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners will prescribe medicines to regulate it, and longan is among them.
2. Strengthening the brain and calming the mind
Dried longan has the effect of strengthening the brain and calming the mind; this is something the editor has experienced firsthand. For a period I had particularly severe insomnia, so I consulted an aunt who often wrote prescriptions, and she gave me a folk remedy containing mulberry + goji berries + lotus seeds + dried longan + red dates, among other things. I had ten doses made up, costing about 20 yuan in total, which is not very expensive; taken as a decoction in water at night, it has the effect of calming the mind and treating insomnia.
3. Nourishing the blood and calming the fetus
Expectant mothers can appropriately eat some dried longan during pregnancy, as it has the effect of calming the fetus, because during pregnancy the baby needs to absorb the mother's blood in order to grow, and longan has the effect of nourishing the blood, which further gives expectant mothers a good fetus-calming effect. However, when eating dried longan, be sure not to eat too much, and preferably eat it under a doctor's guidance.
4. Restoring physical strength after childbirth
Women who have just given birth are generally rather weak, and at this time they need to eat some nourishing substances; dried longan has a blood-nourishing effect, and can be stewed in soup with pork ribs or chicken to help mothers improve their recovery capacity after childbirth.
5. Treating spontaneous sweating and night sweats
What traditional Chinese medicine calls spontaneous sweating is sweating when the weather is not very hot, that is, under abnormal conditions; night sweats are the sweat produced while you sleep, especially in winter, when you wake up to find yourself soaked all over. These all belong to the body being rather weak and needing nourishment. In everyday life you can drink an infusion of dried longan with red dates to treat this.
III. How many dried longan is best to eat per day?
Some friends worry that eating too much dried longan will cause other ailments, so they keep agonizing over how many dried longan is best to eat per day. On this question the editor specifically consulted Doctor Wang Aiguo, and his answer was: eating within ten dried longan per day is fine and will not cause symptoms of excess internal heat; it is best to drink it as a tea or cook it in congee. However, everyone's constitution is different; if ten gives you internal heat, you can halve the amount and eat it together with red dates.
IV. Drinking dried longan infusion has these 4 major benefits!
1. Nourishing the brain
Using your brain too much at work every day can lead to fatigue; at such times we can appropriately drink a dried longan infusion at the office to give the brain a boost and help our minds return to clarity.
2. Treating insomnia
For people with insomnia, drinking a dried longan infusion an hour before bedtime can help treat insomnia, and over the long term can improve the problem of insomnia.
3. Reducing headaches
In winter, because the wind is too strong, being outside in the wind for a long time can cause ailments such as headaches; at such times you may feel a headache and head swelling, and you can appropriately drink a dried longan infusion to relieve it, which can effectively reduce the headache.
4. Nourishing the blood
Dried longan can nourish the blood; in ordinary times you can appropriately pair it with red dates in an infusion for an even better effect.
Summary: the above is some relevant knowledge about dried longan compiled for everyone, and I hope it helps you. This article is compiled from the internet.