据都市频道7月26日报道，近日，一位刚到广东一个月的女子想学当地人煲汤，特意去市场花100元买了个4.5升的大砂锅，还听当地人的建议买了排骨、赤小豆、五只毛桃，说是用“五只毛桃”煲汤可以祛湿。



A woman who recently moved to Guangdong mistook the traditional soup ingredient wuzhi maotao, or ficus hirta, for five fuzzy peaches after trying to follow local advice on making a soup believed to help dispel dampness.

The woman had been in Guangdong for only a month when she decided to learn how locals make soup. She bought a clay pot, pork ribs, red adzuki beans and what she believed were "five fuzzy peaches".

因为市场卖的都是油桃，女子特意找了很久才买到毛桃。但是她不理解为什么要把桃子放水里泡着，还要用满是桃毛的水煲汤。“不知道炖汤的话桃子要不要切，水果还能和排骨炖一起吗？”

After finally finding fuzzy peaches at a market, she wondered whether the fruit should be sliced before being cooked with pork ribs and why it was supposed to be soaked in water with the fuzz still on. To find answers, she went to social media, where she posted her questions.

有网友好心提醒五指毛桃是一种像树根一样的药材，女子还在评论区坚定反驳称“不是树根，人家说了买五只毛桃”。

The misunderstanding amused many online. Even after some internet users explained that wuzhi maotao is actually a medicinal root rather than a fruit, she initially insisted vendors had told her to buy "five fuzzy peaches".





五指毛桃煲汤前须知

在广东人心目中，五指毛桃一直是“拯救春困秋乏”最常用的祛湿汤材之一。

广州医科大学附属中医医院药学部主任李丽明主任中医师介绍，五指毛桃为桑科粗叶榕的干燥根，味甘，性微温，归肺、脾、胃、大肠、肝经，有益气健脾、祛痰化湿、舒筋活络的功效。

临床研究表明，五指毛桃在治疗脾虚湿困、气机不畅导致的食欲不振、消化不良等症状方面具有显著疗效，同时对于关节炎、风湿痹痛等病症也有一定的缓解作用。

In fact, wuzhi maotao is the dried root of the rough-leaved fig, a plant widely used in soups and traditional Chinese medicine. According to Li Liming, a chief physician at the Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, it is traditionally believed to strengthen the spleen, dispel dampness and improve digestion.



市场中常见的五指毛桃。图源：美食导报

在选购五指毛桃时，除关注外观和气味特征外，还需综合考量药材来源、加工方法等因素，并且不建议自行采挖。

此外，土壤质量对五指毛桃的有效成分含量和品质具有重要影响。为确保用药安全，建议通过正规渠道购买五指毛桃，选择具有资质的药材供应商或医疗机构，以降低误食断肠草等有毒植物的风险。

如何挑选五指毛桃

首先，五指毛桃并非越粗大，价格就越高，功效就越好，恰恰相反，小根比大根价格贵出1倍多，功效也要比大根好得多。

其二，不能贪便宜。很多中药档口卖的廉价五指毛桃，几块钱就有一斤，其实都是充满杂质的树根，不是真正的五指毛桃。

再者，闻起来有股酸酸的霉味（经过熏硫）的不可买，存在二氧化硫严重超标的问题。

真正好的五指毛桃应该是生长周期达到三年以上，外表呈棕黄色或褐色，闻之没有硫磺味，汤喝起来带有淡淡椰香味的。

Consumers are advised to buy wuzhi maotao only from reputable suppliers to avoid mistaking it for toxic look-alike plants. Genuine products should be free of sulfur or moldy odors and produce a soup with a light coconut-like aroma.

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来源：广州日报 都市频道 美食导报 健康有约