Amber or black at room temperature. A bottle of jujube honey looks transparent, and some of it is a little cloudy. If you take it out and put it on your hand, it will feel sticky and smell a different fragrance. This is also a way to distinguish other honey. It tastes sweet and greasy and plays a good role in health.
1, learn to look, the so-called look is to carefully look at its shape, whether it is the same as described.
2. Then you can try a proper amount of jujube nectar. Real honey is sweet and delicious, with a sticky taste. You can also take a proper amount and put it in your hand, then rub it with your fingers. Real jujube nectar will have a strong sticky feeling.
3. You can bring a piece of white paper when you buy it, and if necessary, you can take a proper amount of jujube nectar and drop it on the paper. If the honey on the paper oozes out slowly, it means that it is mixed with sucrose and water.
4. You can also bring iodine in small bottles. It is very useful to test whether jujube honey contains 100% fructose. Drop a proper amount of iodine into the cup, and then add a proper amount of jujube honey into the cup. If there is a color reaction, it means that the ingredients contain starch.
Characteristic appearance of jujube juice
It is amber and dark, and the honey juice is transparent or slightly turbid and shiny due to different varieties. The texture is sticky, jujube nectar is not easy to crystallize, and it takes a long time to see the slow crystallization process at low temperature.
The smell is turbid and fragrant, and there is a particularly strong smell (jujube flower fragrance). The taste is sweet and greasy, with great sweetness, slightly spicy throat and heavy aftertaste.
Sweet and delicious, especially suitable for ladies.
I. Introduction:
Jujube, jujube, jujube, jujube, Zizyphus jujuba, Zizyphus jujuba, Zizyphus jujuba, Zizyphus jujuba and deciduous trees, is one of the main honey source plants in northern China in spring. It is a popular honey product in China, and it is also one of the honey types that consumers admire.
The main producing areas in North China can produce honey 15 ~ 25 kg all the year round from May to early July, with a maximum of 40 kg.
Jujube nectar, also known as jujube nectar, is light amber, amber or dark, with iron red as the best, thick texture, sweet and greasy taste, heavy aftertaste, fragrant Chinese herbal medicine, difficult to crystallize and rough after crystallization.
Jujube honey contains alkaloids, generally fructose content is about 40%, glucose content is about 29%.
There is also a folk proverb in China, "Eat three dates a day and you will never get old". Regular consumption of jujube nectar has the dietotherapy effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, invigorating qi and tranquilizing mind, nourishing yin and blood, strengthening body resistance and consolidating constitution, and is especially suitable for children with dyspepsia, anorexia and recovery after illness.
Second, the nutritional value:
It is rich in glucose, fructose and various vitamins and minerals.
Mainly includes:
Sugar: fructose content is extremely high.
Vitamins: The content of vitamin C is particularly high.
Minerals: contains more iron and copper.
Third, the effect:
Jujube nectar is sweet and mild, with high vitamin C content and rich nutrition, which is the first choice for nourishing.
Jujube honey has the special effects of resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation, promoting granulation, moistening lung and intestines, invigorating spleen and kidney, detoxifying and protecting liver, strengthening heart and hematopoiesis, regulating blood pressure and blood sugar, regulating nerves, improving sleep, beauty beauty, prolonging life, resisting aging and strengthening body.
It is the first-class honey for preparing traditional Chinese medicine, and also the ideal honey for women, children, the elderly and the weak.
Fourth, eat:
1, suitable for the elderly, physical weakness and postpartum constipation. Take orally or make embolus with honey and put it into anus. It can also be used in combination with other intestine moistening drugs.
2, used for yin deficiency and lung dryness, long-term cough and sore throat. Used alone or in combination with lung moistening and cough relieving drugs. In addition, when using loquat leaves, coltsfoot flowers, aster and other expectorant and antitussive drugs to treat dry cough and chronic cough, this product is often fried with honey.
3, used for chronic debilitating diseases. Can be used as an auxiliary drug. Pills, ointments and other nourishing drugs are often used as nourishing and shaping drugs. Nourishing drugs are often baked with honey to enhance the nourishing effect. Has certain curative effect on ulcer and chronic hepatitis.
In addition, it can be used for treating sores and scalds, and has the functions of detoxifying and protecting the sore surface; It can also be used to reduce the toxicity of aconite and other drugs, and can be used as a drug guide to protect the liver.
Verb (abbreviation for verb) dose:
The general dosage of taking honey is: adults should take 60 ~100g every day, and the maximum dosage should not exceed 200g, which should be taken three times in the morning, at noon and at night. Take a large dose as an example, 30-60 grams in the morning; 40-80g； at noon; 30-60 grams at night. It is better for children to eat 30 grams of jujube powder every day, and it is better to take it with warm water several times. When used for treatment, two months is a course of treatment, and the effect is remarkable. The dosage is mainly due to the different purposes and needs of taking honey.
Six, taking method:
Fresh and ripe honey can be taken directly or made into saline solution, because aqueous solution is easier to absorb than pure honey. However, honey must not be brewed with boiling water or boiled at high temperature. Unreasonable heating will seriously destroy the nutrients in honey, make the enzymes in honey inactive, darken the color, volatilize the fragrance, change the taste and turn sour. So honey is best diluted with warm water or cold water below 40℃.
References:
Jujube nectar _ Baidu Encyclopedia