Black Forest cake uses cherries as the main ingredient in its decorations, sauces, and creams.
1. Cherries contain a large amount of iron, anthocyanins, various vitamins, and trace elements such as calcium and phosphorus. The vitamin content is higher than that of grapes, apples, and oranges.
At the same time, cherries are warm in nature, sweet and slightly sour in taste, and enter the spleen and liver meridians. They have the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, dispelling wind and dampness, and can treat symptoms such as weakness and fatigue after illness, shortness of breath, palpitations, fatigue, poor appetite, dry throat and thirst, rheumatic back and leg pain, numbness of limbs, difficulty in flexing and extending joints, and frostbite .
2. Cherry juice has a moisturizing effect on the skin and can eliminate acne and scars; cherry jam has the effects of regulating the middle energizer, tonifying the middle energizer, promoting body fluid production and quenching thirst, and is suitable for patients with rheumatic back and knee pain, numbness of limbs, dry throat and thirst. Note: Cherries are warming in nature. People with febrile diseases, coughs due to deficiency heat, and diabetes should avoid eating them. People with a history of allergies should eat them with caution. The kernels contain cyanogenic glycosides, which produce hydrocyanic acid after hydrolysis. Be careful of poisoning when consuming them.