Rock candy is a crystal copy of sugar. Natural rock candy has white, yellow, light gray and other colors. In addition, there are all kinds of colored rock candy (mainly used for export) added with food pigments on the market, such as green, blue, orange, red, crimson and other colors. Because its crystal is like ice, it is named rock sugar. Also known as "ice particles".
Rock sugar is flat, has the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and is widely used in high-grade tonics and health products produced by food and pharmaceutical industries. Old people can also quench their thirst by containing rock sugar.
Pharmacological effects: It can replenish water and sugar in the body, and has the functions of supplementing body fluids, supplying energy, supplementing blood sugar, strengthening the heart, inducing diuresis and detoxifying. Indications: its 5% solution is isotonic solution, which is used for all kinds of acute poisoning and promotes the excretion of poisons; 10%~50% is a high solution, which is used for hypoglycemia and malnutrition, or for treating heart failure, brain edema and pulmonary edema.