Wuxi peach producing area

Wuxi peach is also known as Yangshan peach. Yangshan peach is produced in the western suburbs of Wuxi on the shore of Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River. Facing the beautiful Taihu Lake in the south and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the north, Xinchang Railway and Xi-Yi Expressway pass through the border, with superior geographical location and convenient land and water transportation. There are nearly 20,000 mu of peach orchards with Yangshan as the center (including Yangshi, land area, Hu Hu, Lotus Prunus).

Yangshan peach is one of the famous specialties in Wuxi, which has been cultivated for nearly a hundred years. It is famous at home and abroad for its beautiful shape, colorful color, good taste, fine meat, tough and easy to peel, thick juice, strong flavor, import and so on.

Yangshan peach fruit is large in shape, beautiful in color, rich in aroma, juicy and sweet, and unique in flavor. Peach flesh contains 8mur13% sugar and 0.2Mel 0.9% organic acid, as well as protein, inorganic salt, calcium, iron, carotene, vitamin C and other substances. Yangshan peach is juicy and rich in iron, which can increase the amount of human hemoglobin.

Medicinal value:

1. Anti-anemia, promote blood production, peach pulp has a high content of iron, second only to cherries in all kinds of fruits. Because iron is involved in the synthesis of human blood, eating peaches has the ability to promote hemoglobin regeneration and can prevent and cure anemia caused by iron deficiency.

2. Anticoagulant, pharmacological studies show that the alcohol extract of peach kernel can increase the level of platelet and inhibit platelet aggregation, showing a certain anticoagulant effect and weak hemolytic effect.

3. Anti-hepatic fibrosis, Lidan peach kernel extract can dilate intrahepatic portal vein, promote hepatic blood circulation and liver collagenase activity, and promote the catabolism of collagenase in liver. Liver fibrosis has a good therapeutic effect. It can also increase the flow velocity of red blood cells in liver microcirculation and promote bile secretion.

4. Relieving cough and relieving asthma, peach kernels contain bitter almond type, bitter almond enzyme and other substances, which have a calming effect on respiratory organs and can relieve cough and asthma after hydrolysis.

5. anti-cancer and anti-cancer, hydrocyanic acid and benzaldehyde, the hydrolysates of bitter almonds in peach kernels, have a synergistic destructive effect on cancer cells, while the further metabolites of hydrocyanic acid and benzaldehyde play a certain role in improving anemia and relieving pain in tumor patients.

6. Diuretic Tonglin, yellow detumescent peach blossom contains striped phenol, with diuretic effect, can remove moisture, detumescence full, treatment of jaundice, gonorrhea syndrome and so on. At the same time, peach blossoms can catharsis, but have no irritating effect on intestinal wall.