Zezhou sweet persimmon

Sweet persimmon in Zezhou is warm, and the suitable areas are mainly hilly areas and rocky mountains below 1100 meters above sea level in Yangcheng, Zezhou, Qinshui, Gaoping and Lingchuan, which are mostly longer than the foothills. Sweet persimmon has been cultivated in Jincheng for more than 400 years, and it is a traditional local berry fruit. According to the Records of Yangcheng County during the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, "There were no persimmons in the old county. In the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, Wang Liangchen, a magistrate of a county, pitied his barren land and had few people and few goods, so he brought the seeds from his hometown and made the households plant them. At first, it was troublesome, then it was grafted into a forest, and the materials were implemented, and the people knew that they would benefit from it. " Zezhou sweet persimmon has high sugar content and good quality. Summer yellow persimmon, persimmon, early maturity, orange flesh, tight texture, less fiber, sweet juice and more seedless. If the ripe persimmon is pulpy and tastes like honey, it is a good tonic in autumn. Persimmon leaves can be used to make tea, which can relieve summer heat, reduce blood pressure and lose weight. Persimmon leaves are high in vitamin C, which is twice as high as that of lemon, which is called the vitamin treasure house. Persimmon has medicinal value. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Persimmon is the fruit of spleen and stomach blood separation. Its taste is sweet and flat, and its nature is astringent and can be harvested. Therefore, it has the functions of strengthening the spleen and astringing the intestines, treating cough and stopping bleeding. " Modern medicine believes that persimmon has the effects of clearing away heat, moistening intestines and lowering blood pressure, and has certain curative effect on hemorrhoid bleeding and constipation.
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