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Can pregnant women eat black plums?

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Asked on:Apr 03, 2026 03:43 AM

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    Apr 03, 2026

      The black plum drupe is spherical or oblate in shape, with a diameter of 1.5 to 3 cm. The surface is black or brown, wrinkled and uneven, and there are round fruit stalk marks at the base. The pulp is soft or slightly hard. The core is hard, oval, brown, with concave spots on the surface. The seeds are flat and oval, light oval, light yellow, slightly odorous, and taste extremely sour and astringent. The ones that are large, thick, tender, and extremely sour are the best.

      nutritional value

      1. Concentrate the lungs and relieve cough. It is used for chronic cough and dry cough caused by lung qi deficiency.

      2. Astringent intestines and antidiarrheal. Treats weak spleen and chronic diarrhea.

      3. Produce fluid and quench thirst. It is suitable for thirst caused by deficient heat and dry mouth caused by fever and body fluid damage.

      4. Ascariasis relieves pain. Treats biliary colic caused by roundworms.

      This product is sour and astringent, and has good astringent properties. It can astringe lung qi at the top and astringent the large intestine at the bottom. When it enters the stomach, it can promote fluid production and relieve ascariasis. Chronic cough, chronic diarrhea, roundworms stomach ache It is commonly used for treating internal heat and quenching thirst.

      Edible effect

      It tastes sour, slightly astringent, and has a neutral nature. Returns to the liver, spleen, lung, stomach and large intestine meridians. The texture is moist and astringent. Black plum is the immature fruit of plum, a deciduous tree plant in the Rosaceae family. It contains citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, sugar, sitosterol, vitamin C and other ingredients, and has ideal antibacterial effects. Black plum is a product of the same origin as medicine and food. It is one of the processed Chinese medicinal materials of green plum. It is warm in nature and sour in taste.

      Applicable people

      Do not take it if the evil symptoms are not resolved; take it with caution if there are actual evils inside.