What are the effects of Eight Immortals Fruit?

The Eight Immortals Fruit is actually a common snack in our lives and belongs to the category of cold fruit snacks. The Eight Immortals Fruit is mainly made with dried tangerine peel, borneol, Poria cocos and other foods, and has a relatively strong taste. In fact, the Eight Immortals Fruit has many benefits to the human body, such as relieving sore throat, relieving asthma, moisturizing the throat, etc. You might as well use the Eight Immortals Fruit to relieve throat discomfort.

The Eight Immortals Fruit is a kind of cold fruit in Chinese history. It has a medicinal and minty flavor, can relieve throat itching, and relieve phlegm and cough. The preparation method of Eight Immortals Fruit is to stuff Chinese medicinal herbs such as dried tangerine peel, pinellia, poria, licorice, Erchen decoction, and borneol into the flesh of bergamot, air-dry it, and then cut it into pieces. Due to cost issues, grapefruit has been used instead of bergamot in recent years. Its main function is to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, and it is especially helpful for sore throat. The Eight Immortals Fruit is effective in relieving sore throats and coughs caused by simple colds, as well as dry throat and sore throat caused by smoking. In terms of traditional Chinese medicine, Baxian Fruit is effective for hot coughs but less effective for cold coughs. A hot cough refers to a common cold cough, or a cough caused by a sore throat, in which the air rushes upward.

Preparation method

Cut the grapefruit in half and stuff dried tangerine peel, pinellia, poria, licorice, Erchen decoction, borneol and other herbs into the flesh. These processed grapefruits are dried in the shade and then diced to become the Eight Immortals Fruit.

Preparation ingredients

Grapefruit, also known as "Zhuluan", is a member of the Rutaceae family and is native to the West Indies. It can be used for garden viewing, and its fruits are edible and medicinal.

Medicinal value (effect)

The main effect of the Eight Immortals Fruit is to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, and it is especially helpful for sore throat. The Eight Immortals Fruit is effective in relieving sore throats and coughs caused by simple colds, as well as dry throat and sore throat caused by smoking. However, if it is typical asthma, that is, symptoms caused by bronchial spasm, infiltration or inflammation, this type of asthma or cough caused by the lower respiratory tract, the Eight Immortals Fruit is less effective.

In terms of traditional Chinese medicine, Baxian Fruit is effective for hot coughs but less effective for cold coughs. A hot cough refers to a common cold cough, or a cough caused by a sore throat, in which the air rushes upward. Cold cough refers to allergic cough caused by asthma and elderly asthma (coughing when moving, but not when sitting down).

The main effect of the Eight Immortals Fruit is to relieve cough and reduce phlegm, and it is especially helpful for sore throat. The Eight Immortals Fruit is effective in relieving sore throats and coughs caused by simple colds, as well as dry throat and sore throat caused by smoking. However, if it is typical asthma, that is, symptoms caused by bronchial spasm, infiltration or inflammation, this type of asthma or cough caused by the lower respiratory tract, the Eight Immortals Fruit is less effective.

There are many varieties of Eight Immortals Fruit on the market, and the grades are also divided into good and bad. Among them, Taiwan Eight Immortals Fruit is the most famous, probably because it needs to go through customs. Taiwan Eight Immortals Fruit is about 50 yuan per kilogram, while the price of ordinary Eight Immortals Fruit on the market ranges from 15 to 40 yuan. However, consumers need to be reminded here that they need to carefully distinguish before purchasing, and do not buy inferior products for the sake of cheapness.