烏梅 Smoked Plum
進食烏梅可刺激唾液分泌，生津解渴，又能增加食欲，止咳止瀉，防治便秘，抗老抗衰，解酒醒神及治口臭。
Eating smoked plum can help to produce saliva and slake thirst. It can also help increasing appetite,relieving cough and diarrhea, preventing constipation, anti-aging, dispelling the effects of alcohol and treating ozostomia.
起源
早在商周時期，我哋嘅祖先就已經知道用梅子提取酸味作為飲料。而著名嘅成語-望梅止渴背後嘅淵源正正是與烏梅有關。
食用方法
烏梅除了是受歡迎嘅涼果，更可用來製成烏梅湯，烏梅汁等。其中烏梅汁更有助夏天消暑之用。