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How to eat Cephalotaxus?

The correct way to eat Cephalotaxus:

Eating Cephalotaxus, more than teeth bite the shell, which is both costly teeth and indecent. In fact, the hard shell of each grain of Cephalotaxus has two cracks at one end, commonly known as "Cephalotaxus eye".

As long as the thumb, forefinger and two fingers hold down the "Cephalotaxus eye" a press, the shell is a crack for two. Then, the kernel will be pressed in the shell slightly back and forth rotation, the fruit coat can be removed.

Expanded Information:

Tephrosia sinensis has been used as a medicine for more than 1000 years. The fruit is rich in nutrients and crispy in flavor, and has been used for medicinal purposes as early as 1,000 years ago, and then gradually used as a health food as people understand its value. The fruit acid and tree oil in Tephrosia contains more than 50% oil, rich in high quality proteins and fats that can be easily absorbed by the human body, and rich in mineral elements and vitamins.

The content of phosphorus and calcium in the seed kernel is more than 20 times that of general dried fruits and fruits, which has good health care effect; the seed oil of Cephalotaxus tephriticus is a high-grade edible oil.

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