What is the white frost on dried persimmons? What should they not be eaten with? Can pregnant women eat them?

Dried persimmon, a traditional Chinese medicine name. It is a cake-shaped food made from the processed fruit of the persimmon plant of the Ebenaceae family, and there are two kinds: white persimmon and black persimmon.The dried persimmons you buy have a layer of white frost on them, so what is the white frost on dried persimmons? What should they not be eaten with? Can pregnant women eat dried persimmons?

1. What is the white frost on dried persimmons

Fresh persimmons contain a large amount of water, as well as glucose and fructose. When they are dried into dried persimmons, the water gradually evaporates, and the glucose and fructose contained in the flesh permeate to the surface. These two sugars have different properties: fructose tastes very sweet and easily absorbs water, so when it permeates to the surface of the dried persimmon, it grabs the moisture in the air and sticks to the skin of the dried persimmon, similar to the syrup on the outside of candied fruit. Glucose is less sweet than fructose but does not easily grab moisture from the air, so when it permeates to the skin of the dried persimmon, it becomes a layer of white powder that happens to wrap around the sticky fructose, keeping the whole dried persimmon dry. It turns out this layer of white powder is glucose powder.

Persimmon frost can treat dry and painful throat, mouth and tongue sores, cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis and other conditions. Take 10 grams of persimmon frost, 5 grams of mint and 0.5 grams of borneol, grind them together and apply, which can treat mouth sores and angular cheilitis.

2. What persimmons should not be eaten with

1. Sweet potato

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with sweet potato. Eating the two together makes it easy to develop gastric persimmon stones, and in severe cases can cause gastric perforation and endanger life. Sweet potato contains a lot of starch, and after eating it the stomach produces a large amount of gastric acid. If you then eat some dried persimmon, the dried persimmon produces a precipitate under the action of the gastric acid. The precipitate accumulates together and forms a water-insoluble mass that is both hard to digest and hard to excrete, making a person prone to gastric persimmon stones, and in severe cases causing gastric perforation and endangering life.

2. Black jujube

Black jujubes and dried persimmons contain relatively large amounts of tannic acid and pectin. After eating large amounts of black jujubes and dried persimmons, these tannic acids and pectins combine with gastric juice and coagulate and precipitate, thus forming hard lumps——that is, forming stones, so that a person can neither digest them nor excrete them, often producing symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, persistent upper abdominal pain and loss of appetite. In mild cases, where the stone is small, traditional Chinese medicine can be used to expel it; in severe cases, surgery is necessary, otherwise it can endanger life. Therefore, black jujubes and dried persimmons should not be eaten in large amounts, and even less should they be eaten at the same time.

3. Seafood

Fish, shrimp, crab and algae in seafood are all foods rich in protein and calcium, while dried persimmons contain relatively large amounts of tannic acid. If the two are eaten at the same time, the protein and calcium in the seafood easily react with the tannic acid in the dried persimmon, forming a precipitate and combining into a substance that is hard to digest, causing irritation of the stomach and intestines and leading to food poisoning symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea in the person who eats them.

4. Eggs

Dried persimmons are not suitable to be eaten with eggs, otherwise they will cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. So if it has been within 1 to 2 hours since eating, the method of inducing vomiting can be used. Immediately take 20g of table salt and dissolve it in 200ml of boiled water, and after it cools, drink it in one go; if you do not vomit, you can drink it several more times to quickly promote vomiting. Alternatively, you can pound fresh ginger to extract its juice and take it mixed with warm water. If it has been a longer time since eating, take some laxative as soon as possible to expel the toxic substances from the body.

5. Seaweed

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with seaweed. Seaweed is also a food rich in calcium ions, and eating it with dried persimmons, which contain too much tannic acid, will produce insoluble complexes, for the same reason as the relationship between kelp and dried persimmons.

6. Milk

Dried persimmons and milk should not be eaten together, because they will cause lumps and affect digestion. Dried persimmons contain tannic acid and pectin, which after being eaten easily coagulate with gastric acid; they also easily coagulate into lumps with the protein in milk, forming gastric stones and intestinal stones. Older people, because their digestive function declines, are also prone to gastric and intestinal persimmon stone disease. Therefore, dried persimmons should not be eaten together with high-protein foods such as milk, soy milk, and fish and shrimp.

7. Acidic dishes

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with acidic dishes; eating the two together may lead to gastric stone disease. After eating dried persimmons, please do not drink much acidic vegetable soup or drink too much water. Because after eating pickled vegetables, the stomach produces a large amount of hydrochloric acid, which will react with the gastric acid produced by the dried persimmons in the stomach to produce a precipitate, and the precipitate accumulates together to form a water-insoluble mass, thus forming gastric stone disease. 8. Goose meat

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with goose meat; eating the two together can cause death in severe cases. Goose meat is complete protein, high-quality protein. When protein meets the tannic acid in persimmons, it easily coagulates into tannic acid protein, which gathers in the stomach and intestines and can cause death in severe cases.

8. Vinegar

Do not eat vinegar before or after eating dried persimmons. Otherwise, the persimmon gum contained in dried persimmons will react with the acetic acid to form lumpy objects that remain in the human stomach, and in severe cases gastric stones may occur.

9. Crab

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with crab; eating the two together causes food poisoning symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal bloating and diarrhea. Crab contains rich protein. If you eat crab when eating dried persimmons, the protein in the crab meets the tannic acid in the dried persimmon and can coagulate in the human stomach, becoming a mass that is hard to digest and absorb, causing symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting or diarrhea.

10. Kelp

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with kelp; eating the two together causes gastrointestinal discomfort. When calcium ion-rich kelp and tannic acid-rich dried persimmons are eaten together, the calcium ions in the kelp can combine with the tannic acid in the dried persimmon to form insoluble complexes, which easily affect the digestion and absorption of certain nutrients and cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

11. Octopus

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with octopus; eating the two together harms the stomach and intestines and easily causes diarrhea. Octopus is sweet in flavor, salty and cold, non-toxic, and its medicinal nature is cold but not purgative, and it can nourish the blood and boost qi. Dried persimmon is sweet and astringent and cold in nature, belonging to cold medicinal nature, so the two should not be eaten together, otherwise they will harm the stomach and intestines and easily cause diarrhea.

12. Alcohol

Dried persimmons should not be eaten with alcohol; eating the two together causes intestinal obstruction. Alcohol is sweet, pungent and slightly bitter in flavor, very hot in nature and toxic, while dried persimmon is cold in nature, so the two should not be eaten together. Moreover, when people drink alcohol they mostly eat meat and other dishes with it, and protein foods are even more incompatible with dried persimmons; after biochemical reactions they form clots that are both hard to digest and hard to excrete, and over time will cause illness. In addition, alcohol entering the stomach stimulates increased intestinal secretion, and the tannic acid in persimmons meets the stomach and forms a thick sticky substance that easily twists together with cellulose to form persimmon stones, causing intestinal obstruction. Therefore, the related saying that “persimmons can sober you up” is not credible.

3. Can pregnant women eat dried persimmons

Pregnant women can eat dried persimmons in moderation.Women during pregnancy will show signs of yin deficiency, and eating a small amount of dried persimmon, which is cold in nature and sweet in flavor, can relieve the yin-deficient constitution and prevent conditions such as constipation. Therefore, women during pregnancy can eat a moderate amount of dried persimmons. The following are the benefits of pregnant women eating dried persimmons:

1. Relieving pregnancy-induced hypertension

Dried persimmons contain a large amount of mineral elements, and eating them can promote the excretion of sodium ions in the body and has the effect of improving osmotic pressure, which can relieve hypertension, and the rich carotene they contain can enhance the elasticity of capillaries and also has the effect of relieving hypertension

2. Relieving constipation in pregnant women

The pectin and other dietary fiber contained in dried persimmons have the effect of promoting intestinal peristalsis and improving intestinal flora, and at the same time the cold-natured dried persimmon has a certain lubricating quality, so it has the effect of relieving constipation in pregnant women.

3. Beauty and skin care

Dried persimmons contain rich carotene and vitamin A, both of which have the effect of fighting free radicals and can prevent the aging caused by the large amount of free radicals produced during pregnancy damaging the body, while vitamin A can enhance the skin's resistance, smooth the skin and promote the skin's water-oil balance, so it can beautify and care for the skin.

4. Keeping a pleasant mood

Dried persimmons contain a large amount of magnesium ions, and magnesium ions have the effect of soothing the nerves, calming and sedating, relieving depression and increasing good mood. Therefore, eating some dried persimmons during pregnancy can keep the mood pleasant and prevent conditions such as prenatal depression.

5. Quickly replenishing blood sugar

Dried persimmons have a very high carbohydrate content, a large part of which is glucose and fructose. After eating, they are absorbed through the villi of the small intestine and quickly enter the blood, rapidly raising blood sugar and having the effect of preventing low blood sugar in pregnant women.

4. How many dried persimmons can a pregnant woman eat in a day

1. A pregnant woman should eat at most one dried persimmon a day

If a pregnant woman eats dried persimmons, she should eat at most one a day, about 70 grams, and it is not recommended to eat it all at once; it is best to divide it into two servings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Dried persimmon is cold in nature, and pregnant women can eat it in moderation, but it is also not recommended to eat too much at one time, because after pregnancy a woman's own digestive function is weakened, and adding the cold-natured dried persimmon further affects the digestive function, so eating half at a time is enough.

2. Pregnant women can occasionally eat dried persimmons in moderation; long-term consumption is not recommended.

A woman's constitution is constantly changing during pregnancy, so eating dried persimmons when there is yin deficiency is suitable, but if the constitution changes or too many dried persimmons are eaten, making the constitution become cold, that is not good. Therefore, long-term consumption is not recommended; they can be eaten occasionally in moderation.

3. Women whose own constitution is cold are not advised to eat dried persimmons.

After a pregnant woman becomes pregnant, because of hormones and the expansion of the uterus, her own digestive function is weakened. If she then eats cold-natured dried persimmons, it aggravates the cold in the spleen and stomach, once again affecting the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and intestines, and affects the pregnant woman's absorption of nutrients, and affects the development of the fetus, which is bad for health.

5. Precautions for pregnant women eating dried persimmons

1. Not suitable to eat on an empty stomach

Dried persimmons contain a large amount of tannic acid and pectin. Eating dried persimmons on an empty stomach means their carbohydrates will stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, and a large amount of gastric acid will react with the tannic acid and pectin to precipitate, easily forming gastric persimmon stones and causing indigestion.

2. Eat in moderation

The tannic acid in dried persimmons will form compounds with minerals such as calcium, zinc, magnesium and iron in food that cannot be absorbed by the human body, affecting the absorption of nutrients, and at the same time the large amount of sugar may lead to high blood sugar during pregnancy.

3. Rinse the mouth after eating

Dried persimmons are high in sugar and contain pectin, and after eating there will always be some left in the mouth, especially between the teeth. Together with the weakly acidic tannic acid, it very easily erodes the teeth and forms cavities, so pregnant women must rinse their mouths after eating.