Chapter 11 Section 8 Luo Han Guo in Yao Township

China is the hometown of Luo Han Guo.Because there are many farmers in Yaoxiang, Guangxi, it is often called Luo Han Guo in Yaoxiang.Luo Han Guo is a perennial climbing vine of Cucurbitaceae.Wild Luo Han Guo is mainly distributed in the mountainous areas of northern Guangxi, and it is also distributed in Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Guizhou.Dioecious plants, sprouting branches in Yangchun, blooming and bearing fruit in golden autumn.Luo Han Guo is a gourd [huhu] fruit, the skin is yellow-brown, green-brown, brown, covered with fluff, round or oblong, obovate, the individual is light and brittle, the skin is thin and easy to break, the fruit can be used for drinking or medicine .Yao people often use Luo Han Guo for health care, and it is lauded as "longevity fruit" and "sacred fruit".It can cure bronchitis, reduce phlegm and cough, clear heat and moisten the lungs. It has a significant effect on asthma and pharyngitis, and can lower blood pressure and blood lipids, and treat diabetes.Luo Han Guo is fragrant and sweet, containing 14% fructose and glucose, and 1% of the sweet substance "S-5" (300 times sweeter than sucrose) belonging to "triterpene [tie paste] glycoside [gan Gan]", which is rare Premium sweetener.In recent years, it has been discovered that Luo Han Guo has anti-cancer medicinal ingredients, so the extracts, granules, cough syrup, Dingchuan pills, and juice crystals made from Luo Han Guo are very popular at home and abroad. Southeast Asian countries, Japan, Canada, the United States, Australia.