Pear flowers are white, or slightly yellow, pink, with five petals. The shape of the fruit is round, or the base is thinner and the tail is thicker, which is commonly known as "pear shape".
The peel colors of different varieties are quite different, including yellow, green, yellow with green, green with yellow, yellow-brown, green-brown, reddish-brown, brown, and individual varieties also have purple-red. The fruit diameter of wild pears is smaller, between 1 and 4 cm, while the fruit diameter of artificially cultivated varieties can reach 8 cm in diameter and 18 cm in length.
The fruit of pears is not only delicious and juicy, sweet and sour, but also rich in nutrients and contains a variety of vitamins and cellulose. Different types of pears have completely different tastes and textures. Pears can be eaten raw or cooked. In terms of medical efficacy, pears can clear constipation, facilitate digestion, and are also good for cardiovascular.
Pear also has the functions of promoting body fluid and moisturizing dryness, clearing heat and resolving phlegm. It can be used for sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, or dry mouth caused by fever and body fluid injury. It can be eaten directly or boiled with rock sugar. If the exogenous wind-cold is not treated in time, it will enter the interior to turn heat, and the lung heat will refine the liquid into phlegm, resulting in cough and yellowish-colored phlegm. Pear has the effect of clearing heat and resolving phlegm. Pear flesh has a certain effect of invigorating the lung and yin. Dry cough, no phlegm, or dry mouth and throat caused by persistent respiratory diseases can be eaten directly. In the late summer and early autumn, the residual heat of the summer heat has not diminished. If you adjust the intake, you will feel the Qi of autumn dryness. It can be seen that you have a sudden dry cough, no phlegm, dry mouth, and dry throat. You can use pear peel rock sugar to boil water to drink. The pharmacological effect of pear peel is much larger than that of pear flesh, and pear peel is used as medicine.
Seasonal pears taste better than pears from other seasons. However, sometimes the purchased pears may not be eaten at one time, and if you store them in the refrigerator for too long, you are worried that the taste will change. It does not matter, pears can also be made into other delicious foods. Such as rock sugar Sydney tremella soup. The white fungus is soaked in advance, washed and broken into small pieces, and placed in a casserole. Add water and rock sugar to a boil, turn to low heat and simmer out the gum, about an hour or so. Peel the pears, cut them into small pieces, put them in, and continue to simmer for about 20 to 30 minutes. Finally, put the washed wolfberry in and cook for a while and turn off the heat.