"Chinese medicine store prepared sour plum soup" is popular, but 4 types of people are not suitable for drinking it

According to media reports, recently, videos of Chinese medicine version of sour plum soup have become popular on various social platforms, sparking a craze among young people to go to Chinese medicine clinics to buy sour plum soup. The related topic "Buying sour plum soup at Chinese medicine stores" has become a hot search, and netizens from all over the country have been going to Chinese medicine stores to experience sour plum soup. There is even a situation where sour plum soup in some provincial and municipal Chinese medicine hospitals is in short supply.

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With the coming of summer, whether it is an afternoon nap or a gathering with friends, sour plum soup is an indispensable drink in many occasions. Many people believe that sour plum soup has health benefits, but some people think that sour plum soup is not suitable for everyone.

How to make a bowl of delicious sour plum soup correctly

Guo Xu, a pharmacist at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Pharmacy of Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, introduced the proportion and preparation method of a sour plum soup.

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It is made of black plum, hawthorn, tangerine peel, licorice, rock sugar and osmanthus, with the ratio of the first four being 6:6:3:1.

Wash the black plums, you can wash them several times to remove the medicinal smell from them, and put them in a casserole for later use.

Wash licorice, tangerine peel and hawthorn and put them into a casserole.

The amount of water in the sour plum soup needs to be adjusted according to the total amount of ingredients and the size of the pot. Add 30 grams of black plums to 2000 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.

The most critical step is to add water for the second time. In fact, making sour plum soup is like making Chinese medicine. After the first boil, add two-thirds of the first water for the second boil, so that the substances in the raw materials can be fully boiled out. After adding water for the second time, it is enough to boil for another 10-15 minutes.

Finally, smell the tea to see if it is done, and taste it to see if it is suitable. If it is not suitable, you can add rock sugar to adjust it. Then put the osmanthus flowers into the pot, simmer for a while, then turn off the heat, filter out all the ingredients with a colander, and drink it after it cools down. If the weather is hot, it tastes better when it is chilled.

Sour plum soup cannot change the pH value of the human body

The raw materials of sour plum soup on the market are generally mainly black plum, hawthorn, etc., plus crystal sugar, its main effect is to remove oil and relieve greasiness, and moisturize the heart and lungs. This is because black plum can reduce the absorption of greasiness by the stomach and intestines, and can help fat dissolve quickly; black plum is also rich in organic acids, such as citric acid, malic acid, etc., especially the special citric acid in black plum, which can effectively inhibit lactic acid. Excessive lactic acid content in the body is an important cause of fatigue. In addition, hawthorn has the effects of removing oil and greasiness, lowering blood pressure, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

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There are rumors that drinking sour plum soup can change the body's pH. In fact, the acidity and alkalinity of food cannot affect the body's acidity and alkalinity. Although some studies have shown that daily intake of a large amount of acidic food and an increase in acidic metabolites will affect the body's acid-base balance. But in fact, our body will not easily become alkaline just because we eat an extra pound of alkaline food (such as black plum) one day. The human body has a very powerful regulatory system to maintain acid-base balance, so that body fluids are in a very precise weak alkaline range. For normal people, it is difficult to change the body's acidity and alkalinity through a general diet. Therefore, it is very unreliable to change the body's pH by drinking sour plum soup.

It is said that black plums are rich in polyphenol antioxidants, which are beneficial in removing peroxidation products of fat metabolism, accelerating lipid metabolism, helping to remove excess fat in the blood, and thus helping to control weight (body fat).

The color of black plums is close to black, and this color mainly comes from polyphenol antioxidants. Generally speaking, the darker the color of the fruit, the more antioxidants it will contain. Studies have found that fresh black plums are rich in polyphenols, and the total antioxidant content in 100 grams is about 175-345 mg. However, current research evidence cannot prove that these antioxidants can help with weight loss. Moreover, very few black plums are used to make sour plum soup, and there are actually very few antioxidants in the soup. If you want to get more polyphenol antioxidants, you might as well eat more vegetables and fruits. Eating black plums directly is better than drinking sour plum soup.

Not everyone is suitable for drinking sour plum soup

The following four types of people are not suitable for drinking too much:

Cold patients who need to sweat should not drink too much sour plum soup, because it may cause the cold to last for a long time. Patients with gastric ulcers are also not suitable for drinking sour plum soup, which may cause gastric bleeding. Children and the elderly with relatively weak gastrointestinal function should not drink a lot of sour plum soup.

In addition, sour plum soup contains a lot of sugar, so it is not suitable for people with diabetes and obese people. When making sour plum soup, in order to make it taste good, the general practice is to add more sugar. Usually, when you cook black plum soup at home, you will add a lot of rock sugar, and this kind of black plum soup beverage on the market often has a high sugar content. A 500 ml bottle of beverage contains about 50 grams of white sugar. The latest recommendation of the World Health Organization is that the daily intake of added sugar per person should not exceed about 50 grams, and it is best to control it to about 25 grams. Countries are also limiting the sugar in beverages. Excessive sugar intake increases energy intake, which will increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as obesity and hyperlipidemia, which is not good for the human body.

Therefore, drinking too much sour plum soup is not healthy. It is okay to drink sour plum soup occasionally as a summer drink, but as for its health benefits, it is better not to be too superstitious.