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 Roseapple
Syzygium jambosa, PU TAO
The roseapple, pu tao (cat-tail peach) is also called shut pu tao (water
cat-tail peach) and xiang guo (fragrant fruit). It is an evergeen tree
growing to a height of 10 meters. It has white flowers composed of a ball of
fine hairs. The fruit is round with a diameter of 30-50mm and the outer
surface is smooth. The unripe fruit is green and changes to pale yellow when
ripe.
Beneath the surface the skin is dark, 5mm thick and slightly spongy. The
flesh has a fragrant perfume and sweet, slightly astringent flavor. Inside
the fruit are 2-3 seeds, not attached to the skin, so that they make a sound
when the fruit is shaken.
The fruit ripens at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. Its
nature is warm and it contains no poison. The fruit can cool the blood and
is astringent. It contains carbohydrates, various vitamins, tannin, etc.
APPLICATIONS
1. HICCUPS THAT WILL NOT STOP. Take 30-60 grams of fresh fruit, discard the
stones and eat. Wait for two hours and again eat the same amount if
necessary.
2. COLD FEELING IN THE STOMACH; SWOLLEN STOMACH. Eat 30 grams of the fresh
fruit in the morning and in the evening.
3. LUNGS WEAK; COUGH CAUSED BY 'WIND-EVIL'. Take 60 grams of fresh fruit and
15 grams of sugar. Add water, steam till cooked, discard the stones and
mash, then eat.
4. STOMACH PAIN AND DIARRHOEA CAUSED BY ENTERITIS OR DYSENTERY. Take 60
grams of fresh fruit and crush, including the stones. Add water and steam
till cooked then serve. Do this three times a day.
5. HAEMORROIDS, BLEEDING. Take 60 grams of fresh fruit flesh and 30 grams of
fruit stones. Stir-fry the stones till they turn yellow. Add the flesh,
cover with water and simmer. Drink this amount of liquid every day both in
the morning and in the evening.
6. DIABETES. Take 30 grams of fruit stones, stir-fry till yellow then crush.
Cover with water and simmer. Drink this in the morning and the same amount
in the evening.
7. BLEEDING FROM WOUNDS. Take some fruit stone charcoal grind to
dust and sprinkle on the wound.
8. SORES ON THE LOWER LIMBS. Take some fruit stone charcoal
grind to a fine powder and blend to a paste with some rape oil. Apply this
to the affected parts.
PREPARATIONS
FRUIT STONE CHARCOAL. Take dry fruit stones and stir-fry till the outside
changes to charcoal, but the inside is still a yellow-brown color. This is
fruit stone charcoal.
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