This kind of fruit was once a favorite of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, but eating too much would hurt people.

May is the season when a large number of fruits are produced in rural areas. The most popular seasonal fruits in the market are cherries, loquats, peaches, litchi and so on. They are loved by the public because of their sweet taste, and they always have a good market in the market. There is also a kind of yellow fruit, which tastes sour and sweet and delicious, but it is not bad in taste, but it is not welcomed by farmers and city dwellers. Few people sell this fruit in the market. Why?

This kind of fruit is mountain apricot, its surface is covered with dots, it does not sell well, but this is not the reason why it is unpopular. There is a saying in the countryside: "Peach nourishes people, apricots hurt people", so that many people are unwilling to eat mountain apricots for fear of hurting people. Most of the folk saying is handed down by word of mouth from the older generation. If you reason carefully, you will find that it still has some truth. Because mountain apricot is a kind of warm fruit, eating too much will cause fever, and even eyebrow and hair loss, affecting eyesight. So people who like to eat mountain apricots, do not eat too much at a time, eat 3-5 tablets is enough.

Eating apricot in the right amount can supplement vitamin A, vitamin C and carotene needed by the human body. The flesh of mountain apricot is yellow, and generally yellow fruits contain high carotene. The carotene content of mountain apricot ranks second in fruit, second only to mango. The mature mountain apricot is sweet and succulent, and the northern mountain apricot has the best quality. There is also a folklore about mountain apricot.

It is said that when Tang Taizong Li Shimin was out hunting, he saw a golden mountain apricot on the mountain. After eating it, he was full of praise and ordered it to be sealed as an imperial apricot. Every autumn and winter, people will order people to pick this kind of mountain apricot for him to taste. Local people call Li Shimin's favorite mountain apricot Tang Wang Yu Xing, which is now hard to find.

In ancient Chinese medicine, almond is considered to be "hurtful", but its almond is an excellent ingredient for both medicine and food. In the Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist, almonds are described as follows: "almonds taste bitter, warm and poisonous." Enter the lung and large intestine meridian. It has the effect of relieving cough and relieving asthma, moistening intestines and relieving defecation. " Here we are talking about northern almonds, that is, bitter almonds, which cannot be eaten raw, but are non-toxic when fried or cooked, and are often made into almond tea, almond cakes, almond soup and so on.

Readers, have you ever eaten this kind of mountain apricot covered with dots? It is very nutritious, but remember not to eat a lot at once, so as not to "hurt" people if you eat too much.