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Latin name: Durio zibethinus Murr.

Family Chinese name: kapok family

Corradin name: bombaccaceae

Genus Chinese name: durian

Genus Latin name: Durio

Domestic distribution: cultivated in Hainan, Guangdong

Foreign distribution:.

postpartum deficiency and cold can be used as tonic.

If you eat too much, you can eat several mangosteen immediately.

According to Compendium of Materia Medica, durian is "medicinal, sweet and non-toxic, and is mainly used to treat dysentery and cold air in your heart".

drug name: durian

pinyin: liú lián

source: the whole plant of durian in kapok family.

efficacy: nourishing yin, strengthening body, expelling wind and clearing heat, promoting gallbladder function, eliminating jaundice, killing insects and relieving itching.

indications: it can be used for diseases such as premature graying and senility due to deficiency of essence and blood. Can be used for treating wind-heat and other diseases. Can be used to treat jaundice. Can be used for treating scabies, skin itching and other diseases.

the nature and taste return to the meridian: pungent, sweet and cold (it should refer to the medicinal part of non-pulp, which may be durian flower, because its function is consistent with its indication and nature and taste, and it does not refer to the pulp part with heat and stagnation, so don't change it blindly until it is verified). Entering the liver, kidney and lung.

usage and dosage: 6-9g for oral administration, and decocted. External use: decoct in water or take a bath.

alias: Liulian (Taiwan Province)

Distribution of animal and plant resources: native to Malay Archipelago, with a small amount of introduction and cultivation in Taiwan Province, Guangdong and Yunnan.

Latin name: original plant Durio zibethinus murr

textual research: it was first published in Xinhua compendium of materia medica.

chemical components of traditional Chinese medicine: the fruit aroma components include hydrogen sulfide, ethylhydrodisulfide, several di-alkylpolysulfido, ethyl acetate, 1,1-diethoxyethane and ethyl-2-methylbutanonate ester. The fatty acids of fruits (including pericarp, pulp and seeds) are palmitic acid, arachidicacid and palmitinic acid.

durian is the most famous in Thailand, and is known as the "king of fruits". It has a strong smell, and those who love it praise its fragrance, while those who hate it complain of its smell. Therefore, hotels, trains, planes and public places are not allowed to be brought in. Thai people especially like durian, and are often attracted by its special fragrance. The popular proverbs in Thailand, such as "sarong, durian red, and empty suitcase", and "when a wife eats durian", show how much Thai people like durian. Yu Dafu, a China writer, wrote in the Travels of Nanyang that "durian smells like rotten cheese mixed with onion, and it smells like turpentine, which is really smelly, fragrant and delicious", but people who have never eaten durian will make you want to eat it more and more as long as they try their first bite boldly. Many tourists will have an endless aftertaste and even become addicted after tasting the delicious durian, so now Thai durian is sold all over the world, especially in Hongkong, Taiwan Province, Japan, Europe, America and other countries or regions, and now it is also sold to China.

durian is banned in some hotels in Malaysia. This prickly fruit may deter tourists because of its heavy taste, but many Malays like its sticky taste.

Durian is ovoid, generally weighing about 2kg, with a woody hard shell on the outside and rooms on the inside. Each room has three or four seeds the size of an egg yolk, and there are ten to fifteen * * *. The seeds are covered with a layer of ointment, that is, pulp, which is milky yellow. It tastes sweet and fragrant.

durian with rare varieties is worth 3-4 baht each, and the average variety also needs about 1 baht. From the epidermis, we can know the advantages and disadvantages of durian. Those with thick and sparse conical thorns generally develop well, with many fruits and thick and delicate pulp. If the thorns are thin and dense, the fruit grains and pulp are thin and the meat is thick.

Durian has a high nutritional value. Besides high sugar content, it contains 11% starch, 13% sugar and 3% protein, as well as various vitamins, fats, calcium, iron and phosphorus. Durian is a hot fruit, so drinking is forbidden within nine hours after eating durian. Durian is a treasure all over the body. The stone can be boiled and roasted. It tastes like a half-cooked sweet potato. The water of cooked durian can treat skin sensitive sores and itching. Durian shell and other chemicals can be synthesized into soap, and can also be used as medicinal materials for dermatoses.

Durian, a plant of Diospyros, is the tallest fruit tree in the tropics, with a trunk as high as 25 to 4 meters. A tree can produce eighty durians every year. Durian will ripen in ten days after it is picked from the tree. There are 2 varieties of durian in Thailand, and there are 6 to 8 kinds widely planted at present.

Among them, there are three most famous species: the light species are Yi Luan, Jiao Lun Tong, Chun Fu Shi, Jin Zhen and Cha Ni, which bear fruit after four or five years; Medium-sized species have long stalks and valleys, and bear fruit in six to eight years; The heavy species are Gambang and Ina, which bear fruit in eight years. They bear fruit once a year, and the maturity time is one or two months apart.

Among them, people are familiar with (1) "Golden Pillow" and "Mengtong", which is the most popular one at present. The meat is rich and sweet, and the flesh is golden yellow. Often, one of the petals is larger, which is called "main meat", because the smell is not too strong, so it is very suitable for beginners to "get started" eating this smelly and fragrant fruit. Nowadays, gold pillows can be eaten all year round, but the price varies with the season. The price is the cheapest and the best in the peak season.

(2) "Chani", in which the leaves are small, the head is small, the meat is rich, and the core is small, the price is cheaper than the gold pillow, and the pulp is dark yellow.

(3) Long stalk: It is named because the stalk of this durian is longer than other varieties. The stalk of this variety is long and round, and the whole durian is mainly round. The pulp and stone are also round, with bluish green skin, dense thorns, large stone, less pulp but delicate and strong flavor;

(4) Gu Yetao: The meat is particularly delicate, sweet as honey, and the tip of the stone is small, which is welcomed by the "eaters" and is the most expensive durian. The durian in Thailand has a vast producing area, ranging from nonthaburi in the central part to Rayong in the mobile part, and the durian in Bazhenburi has won the championship. Durian in southern Thailand is inferior to that in central and eastern Thailand, with big kernel and small meat. However, due to its late maturity, after the other durian seasons, it is "scarce".

choosing durian is also a kind of learning. Whether a durian is delicious or not is not only related to the variety, origin, climate, fertilization and picking time, but also very important to cut it open in time to eat.

durian meat is hard and light, and tastes like chewing wax, so it won't taste good. Therefore, when buying, you may wish to consult vendors. They will tap durian with small bamboo sticks to identify the maturity, and at the same time decide whether it can be cut open by sniffing, or you can choose the ones that have been cut and peeled and only sell meat in fruit stalls or supermarkets, so that you can see and feel whether they are ripe by pressing with naked eyes and fingers. At the same time, one person can't eat a durian at a time, and it is also a good idea to buy some of them at a time.

There are two theories about the origin of durian in Thailand. One is that it originated in Malaysia and was introduced to Thailand during the Dacheng Dynasty. Malaysian calls durian "Tuliang", and Thai still calls it this way, and Chinese translates it as "durian". Another way of saying this is that it was introduced from Tahuai, Mali and Danaoshi in Myanmar.

There are also two legends about this. One is that when the Siamese army attacked Myanmar in 1787, it tried to seize his arms, but it could not be conquered. During the siege. Due to the difficulty in transportation and the lack of food and grass in the army, the generals had to order the soldiers to look around for wild fruits to satisfy their hunger. The soldiers found a huge and thorny fruit durian in the forest. When they tried to cut it open, it was unexpectedly sweet and delicious. Later, when returning to Bangkok, many officers and men brought durian stones with them and planted them around their houses.

It is said that durian trees grew for 1 to 15 years in the courtyards of descendants of officers and men who had been to Myanmar in Bangkok before. Due to the two major floods in 1871 and 1942, these durian trees died out. The second is that it was introduced into southern Thailand by merchant ships between Thailand and Myanmar, and later spread from Surat Thani to Bangkok and other places.

≮ Efficacy ≯

Durian is rich in protein and lipids, which has a good nourishing effect on the body and is a good nutritional source of fruits.

Durian has a special smell, and different people feel it differently. Some people think it stinks like cat excrement, while others think it is fragrant. This smell of durian has the effect of appetizing and promoting appetite, and the dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis.

≮ Suitable crowd ≯

Generally healthy people can eat it.

it can be used to nourish the body of deficiency-cold after illness and postpartum.

≮ Applicable dosage ≯

No more than 1g per day.

≮ Taboo ≯

Cantonese people say, "One durian and three chickens". Both Cihai and Compendium of Materia Medica say that it is "medicinal, sweet and non-toxic, and mainly used for treating dysentery and cold air in the heart." But don't eat more at a time, because of its rich nutrition, you will get angry when your stomach can't fully absorb it. People with certain diseases may even cause sudden death. The Thai Ministry of Health advises the public not to eat more than two pieces of durian a day.

If durian is eaten too much by accident, resulting in heat phlegm stagnation, dyspnea, redness and bloating, you should eat several mangosteen immediately, because mangosteen is the coldest thing, which can restrain the heat of durian. Only the queen of fruit can surrender to the king of fruit. You can also use durian skin+salt water to decoct.

Although durian is rich in cellulose, it will absorb water and swell in the stomach. Excessive consumption will block the intestine and cause constipation.

cancer patients or recovered patients should be more careful, so as not to be greedy for instant gratification and lead to the deterioration of their condition.

From the medical point of view, no matter how weak people are, people with cancer always carry some toxic heat. By the same token, people suffering from skin diseases or liver heat due to yin deficiency should also abstain from eating durian to avoid trouble.

1. durian should not be eaten with wine: because both wine and durian are hot and dry, if diabetics eat them together, it will lead to blood vessel blockage, and in severe cases, blood vessel burst and stroke will occur, so it is not suitable for eating.

2. Eating durian due to hot air, sore throat and cough, cold, yin deficiency, and trachea sensitive person will worsen the condition, which is not good for the body and should not be eaten.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that durian is warm in nature, and if eaten too much, it will cause dryness and fire to rise, and symptoms of dampness and toxicity will appear. If you want to relieve discomfort, you should drink kelp and mung bean soup or selfheal soup.

4. Durian contains high calories and sugar, so obese people should eat less.

5. Durian contains high potassium, so patients with kidney disease and heart disease should eat less.

6. Durian should not be eaten more at a time. If you smell the ripe durian with alcohol, it means that it has gone bad and cannot be eaten.

In addition, drinking more water after eating durian or eating more fruits with more water can also relieve the dryness and heat, among which pears and watermelons are good choices.

It is worth noting that eating durian and mangosteen at the same time can avoid getting angry, but it may cause constipation. Because these two kinds of fruits are rich in cellulose, they will absorb water and swell in the stomach and intestines. Excessive consumption will block the intestines and cause constipation.

≮ Main nutrients ≯

The nutrients contained in durian per 1g are as follows

Calories (147. kcal), Vitamin B6 (.14 mg), protein (2.6 g), Fat (3.3 g), Carbohydrate (28.3 g) and Folic acid (2.6 g). Carotene (2. micrograms), Thiamine (.2 milligrams), Riboflavin (.13 milligrams), Nicotinic acid (1.19 milligrams), Vitamin C (2.8 milligrams), Vitamin E (2.28 milligrams), Calcium (4. milligrams), Phosphorus (38. milligrams), Potassium (. milligrams). Iodine (5.6 μ g), magnesium (27. mg), iron (.3 mg), zinc (.16 mg), selenium (3.26 μ g), copper (.12 mg) and manganese (.22 mg)

New varieties

After ten years of research, experts from the Ministry of Agriculture of Thailand (Note: Chien Chuen Phu is the main producing area of durian in Thailand. )