Effective medicine from lychee

Lychee is a familiar fruit in the summer, besides being used as food, there are also some very effective medicinal recipes from lychee.

Lychee is a delicious and nutritious fruit. Not only that, lychee has long been used by our people as a medicine. Below are some remedies from lychee and notes when using it.

Overview of lychee

Lychee trees are grown throughout Vietnam, and are also found in Cambodia, Laos, China, Thailand, and northern India.

Lychee is harvested in May and June and is eaten fresh or dried, or canned for later use. Lychee seeds are thinly sliced, dried, or used as medicine under the name of Lychee seed.

In the seed coat (tử y) we often call lychee segments, the main sugar is glucose (66%); a little in the form of sucrose (5%); protein 1.5%; fat 1.4%; vitamin C (average 40mg in 100g of seed coat liquid); vitamin C2, vitamin A and B (these two vitamins are usually only found in fresh seed coat, when dried they are often lost), citric acid.

Lychee seeds contain 1-1.5% tannin, 1-1.2% ash, 10-12% moisture, and 5-6% fat. Lychee seeds contain methylencyclicopropylglycine.

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Uses and dosage of lychee

According to the article on the Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital website, the seeds have been used as food and medicine for a long time. In ancient documents, it is said that the seeds are sweet and sour, neutral or warm, and non-toxic. They have the effect of nourishing blood, relieving thirst, reducing swelling, treating acne, and eating a lot makes you look better. However, in ancient authors, there are also authors who say that eating a lot will cause fever, nosebleeds, and toothache (Mau Hy Ung and Hoang Cung Tu). Use 10-16g of dried seeds per day.

Lychee seeds (Lễ chi hạ) are also a medicine that has been used for a long time. According to ancient documents, Lychee seeds are sweet, astringent, warm, and non-toxic. Lychee seeds have the effect of dispersing cold, dampness, and stagnant gas, and are a medicine for treating painful swelling of the scrotum (hernia). It is also used to treat diarrhea in children. Use 4 to 8g per day in powder form or decoction.

In addition, people also use flowers, bark and roots to make water to gargle to treat sore throat and toothache.

Some remedies with lychee

Health & Life Newspaper quotes Professor Pham Xuan Sinh for some remedies from lychee:

Stomach ache, nausea: Roast lychee seeds, peel off the outer shell and eat about 6 - 8g/time. 2 times a day.

Stomach ache: 3g lychee seeds (prepared as above), 2g magnolia bark. Grind into fine powder, drink with warm water. 2-3 times a day.

Menstrual cramps or postpartum abdominal pain: Burn 20g of lychee seeds, 40g of Cyperus rotundus, grind into fine powder, take 6-8g per day with diluted salt water or rice water. Twice a day.

Women with lower abdominal pain (adnexal pain) like needle pricks: Slice lychee seeds as above, roast until black, roast star anise in equal amounts (4-8g), grind into fine powder, drink with warm wine, 3 times a day. Drink for many days until symptoms disappear.

Gas flukes in men (inguinal hernia, painful orchitis): Process lychee seeds as above, stir-fry until golden brown, star anise (stir-fry), kumquat seeds (tangerine seeds) stir-fry until golden brown.

All 3 ingredients are equal in amount, ground into fine powder, taken with warm water, 2-3 times a day, 6-8g each time.

Children reduce dose according to age

We can also use only litchi seeds burned into charcoal, mixed with alcohol to drink, with a dose of 4-6g. Or take litchi seeds processed in the above way, tangerine peel, equal amount 10g, fried until golden, sulfur 3g. Use in the form of fine powder. Divide into 2 doses to drink during the day.

Diarrhea due to spleen deficiency: 7 lychees, 5 jujubes. Boil to get the water and drink many times a day.

Cure hiccups: 7 lychees, 6g fresh ginger, 4g brown sugar. Boil and drink.

Swollen and painful teeth: Green lychee, add a little salt or burn it to ashes, grind it finely, and rub it on the tooth root.

Some notes when eating lychee

Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper quoted the National Institute of Nutrition as saying:

- Consumers should absolutely not eat green lychee or unripe lychee, avoid eating lychee seeds or chewing or biting lychee seeds.

- Consumers should not eat lychee when hungry because the sugar content in fresh lychee will cause blood sugar to increase suddenly, leading to heat inflammation or symptoms of dizziness, lightheadedness, nausea. Accordingly, to ensure safety, people should eat lychee after meals to avoid hypoglycemia.

The Institute of Nutrition also noted that people in lychee growing areas need to have glucose available to prevent hypoglycemia if poisoning from eating lychee is suspected.

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