How to make preserved plums

Plum is a fruit we often eat. Plum is nutritious, can promote digestion, prevent constipation, and promote the secretion of gastric acid. It is also good for protecting the liver. Making plums into preserved fruits is also a common method. Not only does it taste very good, it also has a good effect in health care. It has the effects of lowering blood pressure, relieving diarrhea and suppressing cough, and can increase gastrointestinal motility.

How to make preserved plums

To make candied plums, you only need to prepare these ingredients: 500 grams of fresh plums, 200 grams of white sugar, 40 grams of honey, and 150 grams of water.

The steps for making candied plums are as follows:

1. Select fresh plums with emerald green and slightly yellowish skin and wash them. Use a knife to cut the plum in half along the seam line and remove the pit. Put the pulp into boiling water and blanch it. When the color of the plum changes from green to yellow, take it out and put it into clean water to cool, then take it out and set aside.

2. Take 150 grams of white sugar and add 150 grams of water to boil into sugar liquid. Pour the plum flesh into the sugar solution and marinate for half a day. Then filter out the sugar liquid, add 50 grams of white sugar to dissolve, pour it into the pan and marinate for half a day. When marinating, turn it upside down frequently to stir it evenly.

3. Boil the pickled plums and sugar solution together for about 10 minutes, then pour in the honey and continue cooking for about 30 minutes. Remove the plums and let them cool to make candied plums.

What are the uses of plum preserves?

Plums are mild in nature, sweet and sour in taste; they enter the liver and kidney meridians. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, clearing the liver and removing heat, and promoting diuresis; it is mainly used to treat yin deficiency and internal heat, bone steaming and tuberculosis, thirst and drinking, damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, ascites, and difficulty urinating.

Preserved plums can aid digestion. Plums can promote the secretion of gastric acid and gastric digestive enzymes and increase gastrointestinal motility. Therefore, eating candied plums can promote digestion and increase appetite. It is a good food therapy for people with gastric acid deficiency, bloating after eating, and constipation.

Candied plums can clear the liver and promote diuresis. Preserved plums are very beneficial in treating ascites caused by liver cirrhosis.

Candied plums can lower blood pressure, promote catharsis and relieve cough. Candied plums can speed up intestinal peristalsis and promote the excretion of dry stools. They also have the effect of relieving cough and expectoration.

Preserved plums also have the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. Preserved plums can "remove powder residue and dark spots" and "make the face radiant". They are very effective for treating tinea versicolor and dark spots on the face.