八仙果 Square Nut

主要效用係止咳化痰，尤其對喉嚨好有幫助。包括單純感冒所引起嘅喉嚨痛、咳嗽，及抽煙導致喉干、喉嚨症狀，八仙果都能夠有緩解效果。另外，八仙果對熱咳較有效，但對冷咳症狀沒有作用。然而，由於八仙果含有大量糖分，若大量進食，會可能促使痰液增加，令症狀變得更嚴重。
 
Eating square nut can relieve cough and reduce sputum. Apart from it, square nuts are more effective in relieving the symptoms of cough due to lung-heat. However, since square nuts are contain a lot of sugar. If a large amount of sqaure nuts are consumed, it may lead to an increase of sputum secretion, which may worsen the situation.