Pen Luozi, also known as wild Pen Luozi, "honey pill", "pipa fruit", is known as the "Three Friends of Fruits" along with cherries and plums. Pen Luozi is soft, juicy, and sweet, with delicate flesh. It is abundant in nutrients and is a nutritious and healthful fruit that is in season from March to April every year.
Pen Luozi is rich in fiber, pectin, carotene, malic acid, citric acid, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium, and vitamins A, B, C. The abundant vitamins B and carotene have the functions of protecting vision, maintaining healthy and moisturized skin, and promoting the physical development of children. Among them, vitamin B17 is also a nutrient that prevents cancer! Therefore, Pen Luozi is also known as the "king of fruits" and can promote appetite, aid digestion, prevent cancer, and delay aging.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Pen Luozi has a sweet and sour taste, a neutral nature, and the effects of nourishing the lungs, relieving cough, relieving thirst, promoting digestion, and diuresis. It is used for pulmonary tuberculosis with cough and phlegm.
In addition to the fruit, Pen Luozi leaves and Pen Luozi seeds are also commonly used Chinese medicinal materials. Pen Luozi leaves have the functions of clearing lung and stomach heat, and resolving phlegm. They are used for pulmonary heat dry cough, stomach pain, nosebleeds, and gastric heat-induced nausea and vomiting. Pen Luozi seeds are used to treat hernia, eliminate edema, and benefit joints.
