The fruit of the Chinese toon tree is a highly nutritious medicinal ingredient. It can be brewed into tea or cooked with other ingredients. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, especially in treating coughs.
1. Relieve cough and phlegm
You can directly prepare the Chinese toon fruit and steep it in hot water to make tea. Drink it daily. However, the water must be boiling. Drinking it regularly can improve your constitution and treat coughs, although the effect may be slower.
For patients with severe coughs, it is recommended to cook the Chinese toon fruit. Take about 5 qian (an ancient Chinese unit of weight). In addition to the methods mentioned above, you can also use the Chinese toon fruit as an ingredient in soups for stronger health benefits.
2. Strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach
Chinese toon fruit and Job's tears (coix seed) without shells, both 60 grams, and a fresh lotus leaf the size of a palm. Cook them with an appropriate amount of glutinous rice to make porridge.
3. Tonify the kidneys and consolidate essence
The Chinese toon fruit contains a large amount of acidic substances, which can help with astringency. It can treat conditions such as involuntary emission and impotence caused by weak kidneys and unstable essence.
4. Expel wind and eliminate dampness
The Chinese toon fruit contains substances such as toosendanin and citronellal, which have anti-rheumatic effects and can be used to treat rheumatic pain.
5. Clear heat and relieve summer heat
Take 30 grams of Chinese toon fruit. Boil it in water, remove the residue, and add white sugar. Take it once in the morning and once in the evening.
It is a remarkable medicinal herb. You can directly cook fresh fruits, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar for flavor, and drink it in the morning, noon, and night. It can clear heat, relieve summer heat, dispel cold, aid digestion, and effectively prevent constipation.
6. Prevent and fight against cancer
The ethanolic extract of the Chinese toon fruit contains compounds such as inositol, rutin, beta-sitosterol, taraxasterol acetate, and beta-amyrin acetate, which have anti-tumor and anti-cancer effects, thus preventing and fighting against cancer.
