Can monk fruit be eaten?

Luo Han Guo is a kind of fruit that grows in Guangxi. Luo Han Guo is not only edible, but also can treat some diseases. It is often used by Chinese medicine practitioners to treat some diseases such as bronchitis and arteriosclerosis. People in many areas are not familiar with monk fruit. Can fresh monk fruit be eaten? Usually people use raw monk fruit to make tea. Here I will tell you how to eat raw monk fruit.

1. How to eat raw monk fruit

Raw monk fruit is very sweet, so it cannot be tasted directly because it is too sweet and will make your tongue numb. Generally speaking, raw monk fruit is added with old ginger to make tea. Soaking raw monk fruit in water as tea is the simplest and quickest way to consume it, and it tastes good, so many people choose this method to consume it.

1. Take a raw monk fruit, drill a small hole at each end of it, put it in a teacup, pour in boiling water, cover it with a lid, and wait for about 15 minutes. The various nutrients and water in the fruit will dissolve, and now a cup of health care drink with a rosy color, sweet taste and mellow aroma is ready.

2. You can break the raw monk fruit into pieces, remove the appropriate amount of skin and pulp, put it into a teacup, brew it with boiling water, cover it with a lid and simmer it for 15 minutes before eating.

Raw monk fruit has high nutritional value, is rich in nutrients, and has a sweet taste. If you have the opportunity, you can try it. The above is how to eat raw monk fruit. I hope it can help everyone.

2. Can raw monk fruit be used to make tea?

Raw monk fruit is a precious medicinal and edible plant that is a specialty of Guilin, Guangxi. It is rich in nutrients such as vitamins, proteins, and amino acids. The vitamin C content of raw monk fruit is much higher than that of kiwi fruit, which is known as the "King of Vitamin C". In addition, the sweetness of its glycosides is about 300 times that of sucrose, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar. It can be used as a natural sweetener for patients with diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity.

It can be seen from this that the edible value of raw monk fruit is extremely high, and proper consumption is beneficial to human health. So, can raw monk fruit be used to make tea? This goes without saying. Raw monk fruit can be made into tea, which is an ideal natural health tea.

1. Raw monk fruit ginger tea

Prepare ingredients: one ripe fresh monk fruit and a few pieces of old ginger.

Method: Break the fresh monk fruit into pieces, crack the old ginger, put them into a boiling pot and add 1.5 to 2 liters of water. After it boils, simmer for another ten minutes and you can take the soup to drink.

In this tea, the role of old ginger is to neutralize the raw green taste of fresh monk fruit, making the taste of monk fruit tea less irritating. At the same time, ginger tea itself has the effect of dispelling cold and relieving cough, which complements the effect and function of monk fruit.

2. Monk fruit lung moistening tea

Prepare ingredients: dig out the pulp of 1 monk fruit and 15 grams of selfheal.

Method: Put these two ingredients into a pot and simmer over low heat. When the juice becomes thick, add water and boil again. Repeat three times. Take the juice and remove the residue, add brown sugar to the juice and stir well before eating.

This tea has the effects of cooling and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is an excellent treatment for pharyngitis, cough and excessive phlegm.

The above is the method of making Luo Han Guo tea. I hope it can help everyone.