Description

Pear, an arbor plant of the genus Pyrus in the family Rosaceae, with a spreading crown; branchlets are strong and pilose when young: biennial branches are purple-brown with sparse lenticels; stipules are membranous, with glandular teeth on the margins; leaves are ridge-shaped or elliptic, with apex Acuminate or acute, with hairs on both sides at the beginning, and old leaves glabrous; umbellate racemes, peduncles and pedicels with hairs when young; fruit shaped or subspherical, slightly flat, brown; flowers are white; flowering period April ; Fruit period August-September.

It is recorded in "Tu Jing Materia Medica" that pears have the functions of moistening lungs, eliminating phlegm and coughing, clearing constipation, facilitating digestion, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, moistening lungs and relieving cough, and can improve the body's immunity. Pear is a cool fruit, especially for hypertensive patients with hyperactivity of liver yang or inflammation of liver fire, it can clear away heat and calm down, improve dizziness, help lower blood pressure, nourish and protect the liver. Pears are rich in vitamins and minerals, which can maintain the health of human cells. However, people with spleen and stomach deficiency, loose stools, diarrhea, and cough without phlegm should not eat pears. Diabetics should eat less. Pear is also known as "natural mineral water" because of its tender and juicy, sweet and sour taste.

Medicinal

It is recorded in "Tu Jing Materia Medica" that pears have the functions of moistening lungs, eliminating phlegm and coughing, clearing constipation, facilitating digestion, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, moistening lungs and relieving cough, and can improve the body's immunity. Pear is a cool fruit, especially for hypertensive patients with hyperactivity of liver yang or inflammation of liver fire, it can clear away heat and calm down, improve dizziness, help lower blood pressure, nourish and protect the liver.

Pears contain a variety of vitamins, potassium, and calcium elements. They have the effects of lowering blood pressure, clearing away heat, calming and diuretic, and have certain therapeutic effects on hypertension, heart disease, dizziness, palpitations, and tinnitus. Eating pears raw can relieve symptoms of yin deficiency such as dry and itchy throat, dry cough, polydipsia, and hot flashes caused by upper respiratory tract infection. Therefore, teachers, announcers and singers often eat pears to protect the throat, prevent laryngeal cancer, lung cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer. It is best to chew slowly when eating pears, so that the stomach can absorb them better.