Medicinal value of Yangmilk fruit

Nowadays, many plants have multiple functions. For example, they can be used for viewing and eating. Many plants also have certain medicinal value and can be used as medicine to help people treat various diseases. For example, goat milk fruit is a plant with many medicinal values. It can achieve the purpose of treating diseases such as vomiting blood, sore throat and colds. Below I will introduce to you some relevant knowledge about goat milk fruit!

1. Value

The scientific name of goat milk fruit is Elaeagnus densiflora, and its roots, fruits and leaves are used as medicine. It is mainly used to treat vomiting blood, hemoptysis, sore throat, colds, infantile convulsions, sores and ringworms. It can relieve cough and asthma, astringe and stop diarrhea. It can also treat asthma, weak cough, chronic bronchitis, enteritis, diarrhea, bruises and swelling, rheumatic pain, and jaundice.

2. Form

The goat's milk fruit is a perennial evergreen climbing shrub of the Elaeagnaceae family. It is native to tropical Asia and is distributed in Vietnam, Malaya, India, Yunnan and southern Guangxi in my country. The flowering period is October-November and the fruiting period is March-April of the following year. The fruit is rich in nutrients, with an edible rate of 73.3-91%. Every 100 grams of fresh fruit contains 2.45% crude protein, 2.8% crude fat, 5.1% total sugar, 90.6% water, 1.45% total acid, etc. The fruit is juicy and non-toxic. It can be eaten fresh or processed into juice, soda, canned food, candied fruit and other foods. Because its fruit matures early, it can be used as a new variety for the fruit off-season market and as raw material for the food industry.

3. Varieties

Goat milk fruit is generally used as fruit. There are two varieties, one is sweeter and the other is smaller. The small fruit can still be found wild in the mountains. The taste of goat milk fruit is sweet and sour. In addition to eating it raw, it is usually pickled with salt and pepper. If you use sugar to make fruit pills, they will taste good. The goat's milk fruit is now cultivated, but in the past most of it was wild. The cultivation of goat milk fruit can be done by sowing seeds or cuttings, and it is relatively easy to grow.

IV. Features

The scientific name of the goat's milk fruit is Elaeagnus densiflora. Every March and April, the early-ripening goat's milk fruit rushes into people's eyes. It is oval in shape, blood-red in color, and slightly larger than pigeon eggs. If you pick up one and put it in your mouth and take a light bite, the sweet and sour juice will gush out, but the sour taste is too strong and makes your teeth crisp. If you soak it in sugar water, it will taste very delicious. Elaeagnus rubra usually grows in mountain mixed woods or beside sunny valleys. Sometimes it grows on trees such as Acer truncatum or Quercus acutissima, forming a strange sight of trees growing on trees. With the improvement of people's living standards, Elaeagnus chinensis is often used as a bonsai for viewing leaves or fruits.