What is peach gum? What are the benefits of peach gum?

It is said that women are made of water, which means to remind everyone to drink more water as much as possible. However, drinking too much water is particularly easy to feel full, which is very uncomfortable. Some friends don’t like to drink water, so how to replenish water? Eating peach gum can replenish water and play a good role in promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. At that time, you still have to drink water in moderation! Friends! Because water is indeed a good thing.

Contents of this article

1. What is peach gum?

2. What are the benefits of peach gum?

3. How to eat peach gum

What is peach gum

Peach gum is a resin secreted from the bark of peach or mountain peach in the Rosaceae family. It is also known as peach oil, peach fat, peach blossom tears, peach gum, and peach gel. It is a natural secretion of peach trees, or wounds caused by external forces, and the secretion of peach gum is conducive to the self-healing of wounds. The relatively viscous liquid evaporates under the sun to produce solids. The dry peach gum is crystalline and hard, and looks a bit like amber. Peach gum has sufficient water solubility and appropriate viscosity. It softens after being soaked in clean water for more than ten hours. It has the effects of clearing blood and reducing fat, relieving stress, and anti-wrinkle and skin rejuvenation. The main components of gum are galactose, rhamnose, α-glucuronic acid, etc. It contains carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

What are the benefits of peach gum?

1. Nourishing and Rejuvenating the Skin: Peach gum is very good at clearing blood and lowering fat, relieving stress. The plant collagen in it has the benefits of anti-wrinkle and skin rejuvenation. Regular consumption can also make the skin elastic, with a rosy and shiny complexion.

2. Producing body fluids and quenching thirst: It is said that women are made of water, but some people say that they drink a lot of water every day, but after drinking, they feel very thirsty and want to drink again. In fact, this is caused by abnormal body fluids in the body. Eating peach gum can replenish water and play a good role in promoting body fluids and quenching thirst.

3. Lubricates the intestines and promotes bowel movements: Peach gum is a tonic and also a medicine, but it has no side effects. Regular consumption can promote gastrointestinal motility, reduce the accumulation of garbage in the stomach and intestines, and achieve the effect of lubrication and laxatives.

How to eat peach gum

Peach gum has sufficient water solubility and appropriate viscosity. It will become soft after soaking in water for more than ten hours. After soaking for a long time, peach gum will become a transparent substance like jelly. It is tasteless, but if you taste it carefully, it has a little fragrance. The taste is like jelly, fresh and smooth, so it goes best with "sweetness".

Peach Gum Tremella Snow Lotus

Ingredients: 4-5 peach gums, half a white fungus, 20 snow lotus seeds, some yellow sugar

practice:

1. Soak peach gum and snow lotus seeds in clean water overnight.

2. Soak the Tremella in clean water overnight.

3. Drain the soaked peach gum and white fungus and remove impurities.

4. Remove the roots of the Tremella and tear it into small pieces.

5. Pour peach gum, white fungus and snow lotus seeds into the electric stew pot.

6. Add appropriate amount of water and simmer.

7. When the peach gum and white fungus are cooked until they are soft, sticky and thick, add appropriate amount of yellow sugar. It is ready to eat after the sugar melts.

Peach Gum Pork Belly

Ingredients: 500g pork belly, 20g peach gum, 1 shallot, 5 slices of old ginger, seasoning: rice wine, dark soy sauce, white sugar, salt to taste

practice:

1. Soak peach gum in cold water for 12 hours, change the water once in the middle, pick out impurities and sand, drain the water and set aside.

2. After washing the pork belly, scrape off the dirt on the surface with a knife, and cut it into small pieces of 2 cm square with the skin.

3. Heat over high heat, add a proper amount of oil, heat to 50% hot, add the pork belly and stir-fry until the surface changes color and some lard is boiled out.

4. Add rice wine and dark soy sauce, stir fry evenly.

5. Add scallion knots and ginger, add enough water,

6. Add white sugar, turn to low heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

7. Add peach gum, stir evenly, and turn to high heat to reduce the sauce.

Gleditsia sinensis peach gum milk

Ingredients: peach gum, saponin rice, rock sugar, milk.

practice:

1. Soak peach gum and sapodilla rice in cold water overnight and wash them clean.

2. Add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat, add rock sugar, and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.

3. Add milk to the stewed peach gum.

Peach gum, barley and snow pear stew

Ingredients: 40g peach gum, 40g coix seed, 2 pears, water, appropriate amount of rock sugar (peach gum and coix seed are estimated)

practice:

1. Soak the peach gum one night in advance and wash away impurities

2. Soak barley for 2 hours

3. Wash the peach gum and coix seed, add appropriate amount of water and put them all into the electric stew pot.

4. Simmer on low heat for two hours

5. Wash and peel the pears, and dig out the bottom.

6. Put it in the electric stew pot and simmer for another hour. Add appropriate amount of rock sugar in the last ten minutes.

Note: Although peach gum is suitable for all ages, pregnant women and girls during their menstrual period must not eat it greedily!