What is Luo Han Guo of Medicine and Food?

According to the pharmacopoeia
This product is the dried fruit of Cucurbitaceae plant Luo Han Guo, harvested in fall when the fruit is dark green from the tender green side, dried for several days and then dried at low temperature.
Properties: the product is ovoid, ellipsoid or spherical, 4.5-8.5cm long, 3.5-6cm in diameter. the surface is brown, yellow-brown or green-brown, with dark patches and yellow pilose, some with 6-11 longitudinal lines. There are stylar remnants at the tip and fruiting peduncle scars at the base.
The body is light, brittle, and the pericarp is thin and easily broken. Fruit flesh (meso- and endocarp) spongy, light brown. Seeds flattened round, numerous, about 1.5cm long, about 1.2cm wide; light red to brownish red, both surfaces slightly concave in the middle, surrounded by radial grooves, with grooves at the edges. Slight gas, sweet flavor.
Taste and Meridian: sweet, cool. Attributed to the lung and large intestine meridians.
Functions and Indications: Clearing heat and moistening the lungs, inducing pharynx and opening the voice, lubricating the intestines and passing stools. Used for lung-heat and dry cough, sore throat and loss of voice, intestinal dryness and constipation.
Usage and dosage: 9-15g
Nutritional Value and Health Functions
Luo Han Guo contains a variety of nutrients and bioactive factors, including vitamins, trace elements, essential amino acids, flavonoids, polysaccharides and sweet glycosides. Luo Han Guo contains 7.2% protein, 9% crude protein (slightly different values due to differences in origin), and about 14% sugar in fresh fruit.
The nutritional value of Luo Han Guo mainly includes medical value and therapeutic value. The medicinal value mainly includes moistening the intestines and lungs, relieving cough, relieving constipation, and also has a new type of pharmacological effect such as strengthening resistance, antioxidant, liver protection, and prevention of caries. The therapeutic value of Luo Han Guo is dependent on its pharmacological function, which is manifested in the fact that Luo Han Guo has a sweet flavor and belongs to the lungs, which can be consumed by decocting the soup and soaking it in boiling water to alleviate the symptoms of lung-heat and cough, sore throat or loss of voice, and constipation.
Application of Luo Han Guo
1. Pharmacological applications of single-party application of Luo Han Guo is the easiest way to consume is to soak in boiling water or decoction with water, 1 Luo Han Guo broken, you can soak about 3L of water, can be used for coughing, whooping cough, tonsillitis and cackling yellow thick phlegm and other patients, can prevent caries, moistening of the lungs, the best effect is to drink in the afternoon.
Compound application with other drugs At present, with Luo Han Guo with other drugs made of compound drugs have been commonly used, there are significant antibacterial, analgesic effect, clinical observation applied to patients with chronic pharyngitis 121, the total effective rate of up to 97.5%, indicating that the drug has a significant therapeutic effect on patients with chronic pharyngitis.
2.Food industry 2.1 As a food additive Luo Han Guo Sweet Glycoside has been widely used in food processing since it was discovered. 1995 FDA approved the addition of Luo Han Guo Sweet Glycoside to food, and in 1996 China approved its use as an additive in food. The Japanese added 0.005% rosmarinus officinalis glycosides to the pickling solution, reducing the amount of salt used for pickling by half, and the final product did not lose its crisp texture. The production of starch fudge, add 0.012% of Luo Han Guo sweet glucoside that is compared to other sweeteners better quality fudge.
2.2 as a food raw material Luo Han Guo can be used for both food and medicine, just add the right amount of auxiliary materials in Luo Han Guo, the product categories have been varied, tastes endless, additional effects are also colorful. Cooked fruit drying, crushing, seeding, grinding into powder, sieve, add a certain proportion of glutinous rice flour and sugar, add water and stir evenly into a paste, poured into a square plate, scrape with a small board to 2 ~ 3cm thick slice, steamed on a drawer, cooling and drying, that is, to get soft, fruity taste of luohan guo cake.
In the development of new beverage alcohol, researchers with Luo Han Guo water extract, sugar (monosaccharide, disaccharide can be) and starch fermentation, fruit wine acidity of 1% to 2%, with the unique sweet flavor of Luo Han Guo, mellow wine, no spicy stimulation of taste, with wheezing cough, lower cholesterol and other efficacy, the old and the young.
Again, such as Luo Han Guo single crystal rock candy, amber-like, crystal columns well-proportioned, strong moisture resistance, moderate sweetness, no pollution, in addition to direct consumption for candy, can also be boiled high-level tonic such as gelatin bird’s nest.
3. Health care products 3.1 R & D new health drinks white flower snake Tongue grass Luo Han Guo health drinks are Yu Xin, etc. according to Luo Han Guo extract: white flower snake Tongue grass extract: citric acid: vitamin C = 15mL: 100mL: 0.1g: 0.2g of the proportion of the blend, the entrance is fragrant, sweet, with Luo Han Guo and white flower snake Tongue grass unique flavor, the product has a low calorie value, it is beneficial to diabetic patients with natural Chinese herbal medicines. Health Drink.
Luo Han Guo health drink is not only this one, there are also low-sugar cola-type health drink, with Luo Han Guo, licorice, wolfberry plus beverage additives made of amino acids and vitamins, have the effect of strengthening the spleen to relieve the summer heat.
3.2 R & D of new low-sugar and lipid-lowering health products to Luo Han Guo as raw material to develop a low GI nutritional powder, its main nutrient content is similar to full-fat milk powder, but carbohydrates and calorie value are lower than full-fat milk powder, dietary fiber content is also higher than full-fat milk powder. In addition, the product also contains a variety of biologically active ingredients of Luo Han Guo, which is a boon for diabetes and obesity patients.
Applicable people of Luo Han Guo
1、Frequent smoking, drinking, need to wash the lungs, liver protection, stomach and intestinal cleansing of the people. 2、Actors, teachers, broadcasters, salespersons and other need to protect the pronunciation of the organs. 3、Late-night overtime work, easy to fire, the detoxification ability of the people who have been reduced. 4、Long sitting in the office, breathing the fresh air outside the impact of the lungs. 5、Outdoor activities, exercise, the body water is easy to lose. 6、Outdoor activities, sports, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water, water.
How to eat Luo Han Guo?
You can crack open the Luo Han Guo and crush it, pour hot water and soak it for 3-4 minutes. If you are alone, you can soak half a Luo Han Guo at a time, if you are a family, you can soak one to three at a time.

Luo Han Guo can not only make tea, you can also do dishes, especially to the Chinese medicine recommended Luo Han Guo boiled pork bone soup, add pig heart, can nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind, in addition to the annoyance of phlegm. Many young people do not pay attention to dietary habits, resulting in acute gastritis, usually can also drink more Luo Han Guo honey water to regulate, can make the qi smooth, lifting and lowering to be adjusted, the stomach can be restored, so as to effectively improve the gastritis disease.