The origin of longan's name

A long time ago, in Fujian, there was a dragon. Every August, when the tide comes, it makes waves, destroys crops, destroys houses and kills countless people and animals. People around had to flee their homes and hide in caves. There is a local boy with strong martial arts, named longan. When he saw the dragon making waves, he was determined to kill the people and fight the dragon.

In August, the tide came, and he prepared good wine and pork and mutton and put them together. When the dragon came ashore, he saw the pork and mutton drooling and ate them up in a few mouthfuls. Because pork and mutton were soaked in a lot of wine, they lay motionless on the ground before the dragon went away.

Just then, longan raised the steel knife and stabbed the dragon's left eye. Longan was poked out and the dragon rolled back and forth in pain. When he was about to escape, longan caught the dragon horn and rode on it. When the dragon tried to get rid of the longan, the longan stabbed the dragon in the right eye with a steel knife. The dragon lost his eyes and screamed in pain. After a fight, the dragon bled to death.

Longan died because he was seriously injured in the fight. Finally, this place grows a kind of fruit called "Longan" or "Longan".

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The main value of longan

1 medicinal

Because its aril is rich in vitamins and phosphorus, it is beneficial to the spleen and brain, so it is also used as medicine.

2 nutrition

Nutritionists found that every 100g longan meat contains total sugar 12%-23%, glucose 26.9 1%, tartaric acid 1.26% and protein 1.4 1%. Dry after treatment. Every100g contains 74.6g of sugar, 35mg of iron, 2mg of calcium,1100mg of phosphorus,1200mg of potassium and other minerals, as well as various amino acids, saponins, X- glycine and tannins.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-longan