When Do Green Plums Ripen and Hit the Market? A Detailed Guide to Their Benefits and Price
Green plum, also known as green skin, sea plum, bitter fragrance, oil nan, green xiang, and plum fruit, grows in hilly and sloping forests at elevations below 700 m. So when does it usually ripen and hit the market? What benefits and effects does it have? How much does it cost per jin? Actually, its price is not too expensive, generally just 4~6 yuan per jin. Of course, the specific price varies depending on the region and the time it hits the market.
When does green plum usually ripen and hit the market?
It hits the market in late April to early May, and the picking period lasts only about 10 days.
A poem once praised it: “In the yellow plum season, rain falls on every household; frogs are everywhere by the green grass and ponds.” The rainy plum season, a poetic name, truly lives up to its name at this time of year. When this season arrives, it means green plums begin to ripen and be picked. And this time is exactly late spring, around May, so the green plum season is when the plums have not yet ripened, which is around mid-to-late April.
What benefits and effects does green plum have?
1. Relieves fatigue and boosts vitality
The fruit of the green plum is rich in organic acids such as citric acid, which have the effects of stimulating appetite, restoring physical strength, and relieving fatigue. It can also improve constipation, calm the nerves, and relieve vexation. The large amount of natural high-quality citric acid contained in green plum fruit can promote the tricarboxylic acid cycle, quickly expel fatigue elements from the body, maximize energy production, and allow food to be completely burned, which has significant practical value for athletes and high-temperature workers in restoring physical strength. In addition, green plum also helps the human body absorb calcium, making it the most suitable food to help children and the elderly supplement calcium.
2. Anti-tumor and clears blood waste
The fruit of the green plum is rich in citric acid and malic acid, with an extremely strong sour taste. These organic acids can not only expel lactic acid accumulated in the blood from the body, but also inhibit the production of new lactic acid, thereby cleaning the blood, while the rich VB2 also has the effect of preventing cancerous changes.
3. Significantly improves gastrointestinal function
Green plum fruit has the unique effect of regulating gastrointestinal function. The catechuic acid in plum fruit can promote intestinal peristalsis and regulate the intestines, while also promoting contraction of the intestinal wall, with a significant effect on constipation (especially in pregnant women). Its sour taste can stimulate the salivary glands, gastric glands, and other glands to secrete digestive fluids, promote digestion, moisten the stomach and intestines, improve gastrointestinal function, and promote intestinal absorption.
4. Protects the liver
The antibacterial and detoxifying effects of green plum products can decompose harmful substances in the human body and also remove toxins invading the body from inside and outside; at the same time, the sulfur compounds they contain are substances with antioxidant activity that can inhibit damage to membrane structures by lipid peroxides. Green plum fruit contains active substances such as pyruvic acid and oleanolic acid, which have a protective effect on the liver, can improve the liver's detoxification function, and enhance the body's ability to detoxify food toxins, water toxins, and blood toxins, hence it is called the “guardian of the human body.” Modern people eat no fewer than thousands of foods containing preservatives, pesticides, antioxidants, and so on, all of which need to be detoxified and excreted. Choosing green plum to promote internal organ function is the best way, thereby protecting the liver.
5. Antibacterial, deworming, and anti-allergic effects
Green plum and its products are fairly acidic and have certain antibacterial effects against various bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella, and also have a certain inhibitory effect on fungi such as Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Epidermophyton floccosum.
At the same time, it has a clear inhibitory effect on roundworm activity. Experiments have shown that plum products promote gallbladder contraction and bile discharge, help drain bile from the biliary tract, reduce and prevent biliary tract infection, and may also help reduce the presence of roundworm eggs. In addition, it also has certain anti-allergic and desensitizing effects.
6. Delays aging and maintains beauty
Green plum is rich in organic acids and minerals, especially calcium and others that can prevent osteoporosis in the elderly. Plum products can make the salivary glands secrete more parotin, which is a kind of hormone often called the “rejuvenation hormone.” It can rejuvenate blood vessels and tissues throughout the body, promote skin cell metabolism, and produce skin-beautifying and hair-beautifying effects; it can also promote the activation of hormone secretions, thereby achieving an anti-aging effect.