Sugar-coated haws are traditional snacks in China. Why was it used as a good medicine in ancient times?

Sugar-coated haws are traditional foods in China. Because they are sweet and sour and look appetizing, they are deeply loved by women and children. So who invented this food with such a long history? It is said that sugar-coated haws were invented by a doctor during Shao Xi's reign in the Southern Song Dynasty. ?

In order to cure this strange disease, Song Guangzong posted a royal list, looking for doctors who can be treated among the people. At this time, a charlatan saw Yu Dan and volunteered to feel the pulse of the imperial concubine. After taking the pulse, he wrote a prescription, which is to cook hawthorn with rock sugar, and eat five to ten before each meal, and it will be fine for half a month. Unexpectedly, according to this recipe, the imperial concubine cooks hawthorn with rock sugar every day. Eat less than half a month, the imperial concubine rosy, slowly recover, Song Guangzong exultation, reward the doctor. ?

When I was a child, I always liked to eat Sugar-Coated Berry, a string of sweet and red Sugar-Coated Berry. When I bit them down, maslinic acid and sweetness were mixed in the syrup shell and opened in my mouth, which was the taste I missed most in my childhood. In the eyes of many people, when it comes to food, it is always associated with acid and sweetness, while drugs often remind people of bitterness and bitterness. However, do we know that this kind of Sugar-Coated Berry was not born to satisfy people's appetite? On the contrary, sugar-coated haws were originally used to treat diseases.

Sugar-coated haws, also known as sugar balls and red fruits in ancient times, are not only sweet and sour, but also beautiful. Its bright red appearance is very eye-catching, which can be said to be a delicious food for all ages. However, we know that sugar-coated haws have just started, but there are some remedies, which must start with its birth. According to legend, Huang Guifei, the darling of Emperor Guangzong Zhao Dun, suffered from a strange disease during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty. She was yellow and emaciated and wanted to drink tea very much. Many precious drugs were used in the palace to treat Huang Guifei, but it didn't work.

In desperation, Zhao Dun, Song Guangzong had to order the posting of the imperial list to reward the famous doctors who treated Huang Guifei all over the capital. Shortly after the official list was published, a charlatan was published in the palace. After checking the princess's pulse in the mire, he wrote a simple prescription and prescribed a folk prescription. He asked people to mix hawthorn with rock sugar to make it look like fruit. He suggested that the princess take 5 to 10 tablets before each meal, so that the medicine could cure the disease. Unexpectedly, after taking the concubine according to this medicated diet, my appetite recovered and my body became stronger and stronger.

Half a month later, he recovered from a serious illness. Hearing this news, Song Guangzong Zhao Dun offered a reward for catching the swindler. Since then, hawthorn food cooked with rock sugar has spread to people. For the convenience of use, people put hawthorn in one by one with bamboo sticks, which is convenient to eat in their hands. After the Song Dynasty, the raw materials of sugar-coated haws were not limited to hawthorn. On the basis of processing, people cooked clearly with ingredients such as sugar, and then gradually formed the present sugar-coated haws. As a member of life, people began to choose convenient food, such as Zhao Xiaoxi, that is, to retain the original flavor, improve health and carry forward traditional snacks.