​Luo Han Guo,  known as the fairy fruit,  is a specialty of Guilin.The fruit is rich in glucose, fructose and a variety of vitamins, and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving heat, relieving phlegm and relieving cough, cooling blood and relieving bones, clearing the lungs, intestines, and replenishing thirst.

Luo Han Guo, a fruit of the perennial vine of the Cucurbitaceae family. t is mainly produced in Longjiang Township, Longsheng and Baishou Towns of Yongfu County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Luo Han Guo is a precious native product of Guilin. It is also one of the first batch of dual-use food and medicine approved by the country. Its main effect is to relieve cough and reduce phlegm. The fruit has a high nutritional value, and is rich in vitamin C (400 mg to 500 mg per 100 grams of fresh fruit), as well as glycosides, fructose, glucose, proteins, lipids, etc.

Luo Han Guo has a sweet and cool flavor, and it returns to the lungs and the large intestine meridian. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs and relieving cough, replenishing and quenching thirst, suitable for lung heat or dry cough, whooping cough, and heat-stroke, and thirst.

Luohanguo (罗汉果  /lwor-han-gwor/), is a dried brown fruit, the size of a small orange. It has long been used as a natural sweetener in China due to its lack of calories. It is also used in traditional Chinese medicine, often to make tea which can relieve a sore throat and chronic coughing. All of these items can be found in large supermarkets or local specialty stores.

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