Grove Grow Notes Dried Longan 12 Oz

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Health / Medicinal Benefits: •Longan is used as remedy for stomach ache, insomnia, amnesia, and dropsy. •The fruit is said to invigorate the heart and spleen, nourish the blood and have a calming effect on the nervous system. •A spoonful of longan tonic made of equal quantities of longan flesh and sugar simmered in water till it is reduced to a syrup consistency is recommended twice a day. •A decoction of the dried flesh is taken as a tonic and treatment for insomnia and neurasthenic neurosis. •In Vietnam, the "eye" of the longan seed is pressed against snakebite in the belief that it will absorb the venom. •The seeds are administered to counteract heavy sweating, the pulverized kernel, which contains saponin, tannin and fat, serves as a styptic (substance that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions).