Fruits are a delicious food that everyone can enjoy. Eating fruits can help keep our skin smooth and healthy, and provide our bodies with essential nutrients. However, different types of fruits have different benefits, especially for babies, who have specific nutritional needs. Today, we will introduce the benefits and nutritional value of 10 common fruits that are suitable for babies to consume.
1. Apple
【Taste】Sweet, cool.
【Consumption】Raw, juiced, or made into a paste. Can also be used in cooking, such as apple soup. Apples contain carbohydrates, mostly sugar, such as sucrose and reducing sugar. They also contain malic acid, quinic acid, citric acid, and other components.
【Benefits】Appetizing, promotes bowel movement, nourishes Qi (energy) and heart, clears lungs and relieves annoyance, moistens mouth and quenches thirst, relieves hangover.
【Suitable for】Indigestion, poor blood circulation.
2. Hazelnut
【Taste】Sweet, neutral.
【Consumption】Decoction or used in medicinal recipes. Dosage: 30-60 grams.
【Benefits】Regulates the middle burner, appetizing, improves vision.
【Suitable for】Post-illness weakness, poor appetite, fatigue, etc.
3. Pear
【Taste】Sweet, slightly sour, cool.
【Consumption】Raw, juiced, steamed, stewed, boiled, or made into a paste.
【Benefits】Moistens mouth and relieves annoyance, nourishes Yin (fluids) and moistens lungs to relieve cough, clears heat and resolves fire, transforms phlegm.
【Suitable for】Sore throat, nausea, acute bronchitis, cough with phlegm and wheezing, thirst, loss of voice, wind-heat, red and swollen eyes, etc.
【Note】This fruit has a sweet and cool nature, so it should not be consumed by those with weak stomach, cold diarrhea, and cough without heat or with white and foamy phlegm.
4. Orange
【Taste】Sweet, acidic, cool.
【Consumption】Raw, juiced, or boiled in water. 1-2 each time.
【Benefits】Appetizing and regulates Qi, relieves thirst, moistens lungs and relieves cough, stops diarrhea, relieves polydipsia. Orange core regulates Qi and relieves pain; orange leaves soothe the liver and regulate Qi, relieve rib pain, relieve food stagnation and abdominal distension, relieve stagnation in the chest.
【Suitable for】Indigestion, vomiting, dysentery, relentless diarrhea, lung heat with cough and excessive phlegm. Orange core treats small intestine qi, cold pain in the abdomen. Orange leaves treat liver qi stagnation, rib pain, food stagnation, bloating, stuffiness in the chest, etc.
5. Lemon
【Taste】Sour, slightly cold.
【Consumption】Raw, juiced, boiled in water. Dosage: 100-200 grams.
【Benefits】Clears heat and resolves toxins, moistens mouth and relieves thirst, harmonizes the stomach.
【Suitable for】Bronchitis, whooping cough, poor appetite, vitamin C deficiency, heatstroke with irritability and thirst, stomachache, esophagitis, cough, etc.
6. Peach (also known as water peach)
【Taste】Sweet, sour, warm.
【Consumption】Raw, boiled in water. Consume in moderation.
【Benefits】Moistens mouth and intestines, activates blood circulation, dissolves accumulation.
【Suitable for】Summer thirst, constipation, weak cough, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, etc.
7. Kumquat
【Taste】Spicy, sweet, warm.
【Consumption】Boiled in water or steeped in tea.
【Benefits】Regulates Qi, relieves depression, transforms phlegm, relieves hangover.
【Suitable for】Food stagnation in the stomach, chest tightness due to depression.
8. Banana
【Taste】Bitter, cold.
【Consumption】Fresh or stewed. This fruit contains vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, as well as a large amount of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
【Benefits】Moistens intestines, clears heat, detoxifies.
【Suitable for】Constipation, hemorrhoids, fever with irritability and thirst.
9. Breadfruit
【Taste】Sweet, slightly sour, neutral.
【Consumption】Can be eaten when ripe.
【Benefits】Aids digestion, boosts Qi, moistens mouth and relieves thirst.
【Suitable for】Children with indigestion.
10. Walnut kernel
【Taste】Sweet, warm.
【Consumption】Peeled and eaten raw or boiled in water. Dosage: 30-100 grams.
【Benefits】Moistens intestines and promotes bowel movement, tonifies kidneys and strengthens Yang, strengthens the waist and knees, warms the lungs and alleviates wheezing.
【Suitable for】Constipation, asthma, poor appetite, etc.
