This post is all about cherry! Did you know that cherries are a stone fruit, like peaches, plums, and apricots? They’re especially popular in pies and jams, but they’re also great in salads, smoothies, and other dishes. In this post, we’ll explore the history, nutrition, and health benefits of cherry, as well as some creative recipes and ways to use them. We’ll also discuss how to select and store cherries for the best flavor and texture. So, let’s get started and learn all about cherries!
Cherry Nutrition Facts and Calories Chart
Cherry is a nutritious fruit that are packed with vitamins and minerals. It is a great source of antioxidants, which can help protect your cells from damage caused by free radicals. They are also high in fiber, which can help keep your digestive system functioning properly. Additionally, cherries can help reduce inflammation, improve sleep quality, and lower cholesterol. They may also help reduce the risk of certain cancers, as well as heart disease. Nutritional value per 100 g Cherries:
- Biotin: 0 mcg
- Calcium: 10 mg
- Carbohydrates (Carbs): 11.7 g
- Chloride: 4 mg
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Choline: 5.4 mg
- Chromium: 0.1 mcg
- Copper: 0.1 mg
- Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
- Energy (Calories): 50 kcal
- Fat: 0.3 g
- Iodine: 0.5 mcg
- Iron: 0.3 mg
- Magnesium: 6 mg
- Manganese: 0.1 mg
- Molybdenum: 0.5 mcg
- Pantothenic Acid: 0.2 mg
- Phosphorus: 15 mg
- Potassium: 122 mg
- Protein: 0.7 g
- Saturated fat: 0 g
- Selenium: 0.1 mcg
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Sugars: 9.2 g
- Vitamin A: 49 IU
- Vitamin B1 (Thiamin): 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 0.1 mg
- Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid): 0.2 mg
- Vitamin B6: 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B9 (Folate / Folic Acid): 7 mcg
- Vitamin B12: 0 mcg
- Vitamin C: 6.5 mg
- Vitamin D: 0 IU
- Vitamin E: 0.1 mg
- Vitamin K: 4.2 mcg
- Water: 84 g
- Zinc: 0.1 mg
Cherry In India
A small tree with red or yellow fruit, cherry plum is often grown as hedging and windbreaks. It flowers from early spring, with delicate pale pink flowers. Cherry teaches you how to be young at heart. It attract love, expand your spiritual awareness, and increase fertility. Cherry blossoms are very showy and sweet smelling. The fruit is sweet and demands a high price because of the high cost of production.
- Scientific Binomial: Prunus avium
- Common English: Sweet Cherry / Wild Cherry
- Ayurvedic: Elavaaluka / Elaya / Harivaaluka
- Unani: Gilaas / Krusbal
- Sanskrit
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- Bengali
- Marathi
- Telugu
- Tamil: Selappazham
- Gujarati
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Oriya
- Punjabi / Sindhi
- Assamese
- Kashmiri
- Konkani
- Manipuri
- Dogri
- Bhojpuri
Home Remedies
It is interesting to note, since people eat wild cherry just off the tree, that its leaves and cherry pits are poisonous. Don’t eat them. But the bark of the tree bought prepared is the perfect antidote to a prolonged cough.
- For dry skin, you may find relief by applying a pulp of fresh cherries to your face at night, before going to bed. Leave it on for 15 minutes, and then rinse off. This will give you a beautiful complexion.
- Cherries contain high levels of melatonin, which helps improve sleep, builds up the immune system, and helps improve the functioning of the heart.
- Cherry is useful in the treatment of arthritis, asthma, menstrual disorders, bronchitis, gout, food poisoning, influenza and obesity.
- Cherry Plum is useful for uncontrolled tantrums in children, when they are frightened by their own loss of temper. It is for the fear of letting go or of losing control. If you are quick to anger and sometimes fear you might become violent, use Cherry Plum.
- Some women experience barely controllable, violent rage as a symptom of PMS. If this happens to you, Cherry Plum will help you resolve your tension.
- Children who are plagued by recurring destructive impulses should take Cherry Plum. Cherries restores control and trust of the mind and emotions.
- Cherry bark is useful to treat phlegm in the throat, tuberculosis, coughs, bronchitis, heart and blood pressure. For a very bad cough, the key is to take wild cherry bark and boil it for ten minutes, then let it stand before drinking. A cup of this mixture should be taken in the morning and the evening, but not more often. This is supposed to be effective for asthma, but check with the herb doctor to make sure you take the right dosage. Though it helps coughs, it does not treat the infection that may be causing the cough. Do not use during severe infection.
- Cherries are symbolic of youth and fertility. Carrying cherry blossoms in your bridal bouquet will ensure a long, happy, and prosperous marriage.
- When you want to deepen your meditations and see into the future, burn the bark as incense.
- Place a cherry branch over your front door to provide protection for your home, but make sure you put a new one up each year.
- For gout, sweet or sour cherries are an effective remedy. To start with, the patient should consume about 15 to 25 cherries a day. Thereafter, about 10 cherries a day will keep the ailment under control. While fresh cherries are best, canned cherries can also be used with success. OR Eat fresh berries as snacks or for dessert, and drink a glass of cherry juice every day. Cherries neutralize uric acid. Black, sweet yellow, and red sour cherries are all effective. They contain compounds that help neutralize uric acid. Cherries are also a source of anti-inflammatory compounds. So if you feel an attack of gout coming on, try eating a handful or two or cherries right away. If they aren’t in season, buy canned cherries or black cherry juice. Black cherry juice can be drink 1 to 2 cups by mixing it with pineapple juice. Alternatively, you can take cherry fruit extract pills, which are available at health-food stores. The recommended dose is 1,000 milligrams once a day for maintenance or three times a day for attacks.
- For bursitis and tendinitis, consider black cherry juice, an old-time folk remedy. It contains an antioxidant plant pigment called quercetin, which works as an anti-inflammatory. Quaff 16 ounces a day, and there’s a good chance your pain will dissipate.
- A tea made from cherry bark and other ingredients is a useful antidote to counteract the effects of bad shellfish and spoiled fish in general. Bring 1 pint of water to a boil. Then add 1 tsp. each of cherry or wild cherry bark, fresh, grated ginger root and finely chopped Bermuda onion. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 7 minutes. Then remove from stove and steep for an additional 20 minutes or so. Drink both cups when lukewarm.
Popular Types
The hundreds of varieties on the market today may be classified in terms of sweetness and color. Bing and Royal Ann cherries are both sweet, but Bings have deeply colored juice, whereas the juice of the other variety is colorless. Sour cherries the ones most favored for pies, tarts and turnovers are similarly divided: morellos have colored juice and amarelles colorless liquid. The very popular tart cherry, Montmorency, is light to dark red with red juice. Cherry Juice – Prunus cerasus is a tart cherry juice, not the sweet cherries from the supermarket. It must be taken raw, can be bought in juice, juice concentrate, or in capsules; diabetics look for sugar free formulas.