Can cinnamon be eaten raw?

Sweet-scented osmanthus fruit is the fruit of sweet-scented osmanthus. Every year after sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms, it will leave some small green gems in the treetops. When sweet-scented osmanthus is ripe, its appearance is similar to that of grapes. The dark blue appearance will make people have the impulse to bite. So can sweet-scented osmanthus fruit be eaten raw?

Can sweet-scented osmanthus fruits be eaten raw

The sweet-scented osmanthus fruit can be eaten raw, as long as it has not been sprinkled with pesticides before, it can be eaten as soon as it is picked and washed, and it can also be soaked in water after drying, but the taste of the sweet-scented osmanthus fruit is very poor, the green sweet-scented osmanthus fruit is astringent, and it has a bitter taste, even if it is ripe, the sweetness is general. This is probably one of the reasons why no one picks cinnamon.

The fruit of sweet-scented osmanthus generally matures from April to May and can be harvested when the pericarp changes from green to purplish blue. In traditional Chinese medicine, the main function of sweet-scented osmanthus fruit is to warm the stomach, calm the liver and disperse cold, for deficiency and cold stomachache, sun-dried sweet-scented osmanthus fruit can warm yang, whiten skin, dispel toxins in the body, relieve cough and reduce phlegm, nourish health and moisturize the lungs and so on. But not all sweet-scented osmanthus trees will bear seeds, in the cold climate of the north osmanthus trees will not easily seed.

Second, the planting history of cinnamon

Sweet-scented osmanthus trees have a long history of planting in China, and their varieties are also very various. 32 varieties of sweet-scented osmanthus have been preliminarily determined, and in terms of flower color, they can be divided into golden osmanthus, silver osmanthus and cinnamon. As early as the Spring and Autumn and warring States period, "the ostentatious mountain and many cinnamon" was mentioned in the Nanshan Classic of the Spring and Autumn and warring States period. Qu Yuan's "Nine songs" also has "help Beidou Xi drink cinnamon pulp, Xinyi car Xi knot cinnamon flag". It can be seen that Guishu entered people's field of vision a long time ago. At present, there is a Han Gui plant in the holy water southeast of Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. it is said that it was planted by Xiao he under Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, with a crown covering an area of more than 400 square meters, luxuriant branches and leaves, vigorous and majestic, and many people go to watch the flowers bloom every year. "three Autumn Guizi, ten miles of lotus" recorded by Liu Yong in the Song Dynasty is even more magnificent.

That's all we have to say about Guizi. For animals and plants that are not sure whether they can be eaten raw, it is best not to eat them, so as not to cause poisoning.