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What is rock sugar?

Rock honey, also known as rock honey, refers to a kind of honeycomb weakly alkaline sugar product made of sugarcane juice mixed with honey, with or without auxiliary materials such as chrysanthemum, Siraitia grosvenorii, red dates and medlar. It is made by boiling and fermenting with a special process. It is used to flavor sweet soups, drinks, desserts and syrups.

Dietotherapy: Bee honey itself is squeezed from sugarcane, and contains many essential amino acids, such as lysine and citric acid, as well as organic acids such as fumaric acid, succinic acid, glycolic acid, malic acid, citric acid and oxalic acid, and vitamins B 1, B2, B6 and C, etc. In addition, every100g of honey contains 90 mg of calcium; It contains 5 mg of iron and 80 mg of sodium. In addition, it also contains riboflavin, nicotinic acid and trace elements such as manganese, zinc and chromium.

Bee sugar is sweet and flat, and belongs to spleen and lung meridians; It has the effects of moistening lung, promoting salivation, relieving cough, harmonizing middle warmer, benefiting lung, soothing liver, nourishing yin, flavoring, eliminating halitosis, and relieving bittern toxicity. The added auxiliary materials, such as honey and chrysanthemum, have their own corresponding effects. Honey has the effects of purifying blood, protecting liver, moistening intestines and beauty beauty, while chrysanthemum has the effects of dispelling wind and clearing heat, clearing liver and improving eyesight, detoxifying and diminishing inflammation.