Wensu Red Dates [Xinjiang Wensu Specialty]

What is Wensu jujube? Authentic Xinjiang Wensu Specialty: Wensu Red Dates

Summary:Do you want to know what Wensu Red Dates are? This article is a detailed introduction to the local specialty of Wensu in Xinjiang - Wensu red dates. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Wensu red dates. The full text takes about 5 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Wensu red dates and their nutritional value? How did the history of Wensu red dates come about? The production method of Wensu red dates, etc

Basic Introduction to Wensu Red Dates

Red dates, also known as jujubes. Since ancient times, it has been listed as one of the "Five Fruits" (peach, plum, plum, apricot, jujube) with a long history. The most prominent feature of jujube is its high vitamin content. A clinical study abroad showed that patients who continuously eat jujube can recover more than three times faster than those who only take vitamin supplements. Therefore, jujube has the reputation of being a "natural vitamin pill". Red dates are temperate crops with strong adaptability. Red dates are known as the "hardcore crop" and have the characteristics of drought and flood resistance. They are the preferred variety for developing water-saving forestry and fruit industry

What are the nutritional values of Wensu red dates

1. Jujube can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: Pharmacological studies have found that jujube can promote the generation of white blood cells, reduce serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, protect the liver, and contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and even transform them into normal cells.

2. People who regularly consume fresh jujube rarely suffer from gallstones because the rich vitamin C in fresh jujube converts excess cholesterol in the body into bile acids. When cholesterol is reduced, the probability of stone formation is also reduced.

3. Jujube is rich in calcium and iron, which play an important role in preventing and treating osteoporosis and postpartum anemia. Middle aged and elderly people often suffer from osteoporosis during menopause and are growing and developing.

Adolescents and women during peak periods are prone to anemia, and jujube has an ideal therapeutic effect on them, Its effects are usually incomparable to drugs. 4. It also has a good nourishing effect on people with physical weakness after illness. 5. Rutin contained in jujube is a substance that softens blood vessels and lowers blood pressure, which has a preventive and therapeutic effect on hypertension. 6. Jujube can also resist allergies, eliminate fishy odors, calm the heart and mind, promote intelligence and brain health, and enhance appetite

Method of making Wensu red dates

The method of processing red dates into honey dates is to pick eight ripe dates, cut the edges of the jujube skin with a needle tip, boil them in a pot of hot water, cool them with cold water, air dry them, and then put them back into the pot to boil in a 1:1 ratio of jujube and sugar until the jujube absorbs enough sugar. Remove and cool them, pinch them into a saddle shape by hand, and dry them in the sun to become dense dates