When do figs usually ripen and come on the market? What is its effect and function?

Fig, also known as natural son, Yingri fruit, Ampelopsis grossedentata, milk berry, honey fruit, is the thousands of dried flower receptacle of Moraceae figs, because of dioecious flowers, hidden in the saccular receptacle, the appearance only see flowers but no fruit, hence the name fig. When do figs usually ripen and come on the market? What is its effect and function? Let's take a look at it with the editor of Tuliu.com.

When do figs usually ripen and come on the market?

1. Figs usually begin to ripen in mid-July and can last until the end of picking in November.

2. Due to dimension, region, temperature difference. Figs in the south generally begin to ripen in July, while figs in the north are put off until August and September.

Second, the efficacy and function of figs

According to traditional Chinese medicine, fig tastes sweet and flat, entering the spleen and stomach meridians, invigorating the stomach and clearing intestines, clearing heat and detoxification, dredging breast and reducing swelling. It is suitable for lung hoarseness, sore throat, carbuncle, scabies, persistent diarrhea, dysentery, or constipation, hemorrhoids, prolapse of anus and so on. The diet of living with rest says that it can clear away heat, cure hemorrhoids, moisturize the intestines and benefit the throat. The Compendium of Materia Medica says that "appetizer, stop diarrhea"

"South Yunnan Materia Medica" said its "apply all unknown swelling poison, carbuncle scabies and leprosy, yellow water sore, fish mouth poison, breast, acne broken". Figs fresh, old, or internal, external use, or medicinal, edible, can be called high-quality. Nutritional analysis shows that figs contain a variety of sugars (such as glucose, fructose, sucrose, etc.), organic acids (such as citric acid, succinic acid, malic acid, oxalic acid, etc.), and a variety of enzymes (such as amylase, lipase, protease, etc.). It also contains vitamin C and mineral calcium, phosphorus, iron and so on. Cancer prevention and treatment researchers in Japan and Jiangsu in China have found that fig milk contains an anticancer ingredient. It can inhibit transplant sarcoma in rats, spontaneous breast cancer in mice, delay the development of adenocarcinoma, leukemia and lymphoid sarcoma, or degenerate it. It has obvious anti-cancer, anti-cancer and enhance human immune function, so it has become popular all over the world in recent years. Especially loved by the elderly, women and children, it has become a best-selling health food. Regular consumption of figs can improve the defense function of the cellular immune system, strengthen the physique, fight cancer and prevent cancer, and can also reduce cancer pain and side effects of cancer patients after radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Fig leaves contain furan coumarin, do not bask in the sun after selection, so as not to expose the skin to sunlight and produce photosensitive dermatitis.