Plum Essence is the king of alkaline foods. Extracted from greengage plums, through the process of filtration, clarification and boil over slow fire. It takes 60kg of greengage plum to make 1kg of the finest plum essence. Plum Essence can be taken with an empty stomach. The recommended daily intake is 3gs in order to neutralize excess acid in the body.

Characteristics Of Efarm Plum Essence:

• Relatively higher percentage of organic acid (55.8%) as compared to Japanese plum essence (51%).
• Main active ingredients are of a higher HMF value (0.8g/100g) as compared to Japanese plum essence (0.1g/ 100g).
• Technical cooperation with Taiwan Council of Agriculture, Kaohsiung Medical University and China Medical University, using high-tech extraction, to achieve the peak of HMF value.
• Approved by FDA, export to United States, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore.

Health Benefits Of Plum Essence:
Anti-bacteria Effect
– Rice or bento with preserved prunes have longer shelf life, this is an ancient knowledge of Japan.
– The cholera epidemic during Edo to Meiji era gave fear of death among the Japanese. At the time, plums were used as an effective weapon against cholera by the Japanese.
– Plum essence has a strong anti-bacteria effect for a variety of gastrointestinal bacteria. It contains citric acid that helps improve condition of diarrhea.

Strong Alkaline Food
– Supports balance of acidity and alkalinity of the blood to keep the body healthy. 100g of white sugar (acidic food) only need 2g of plum essence for neutralization.
– Helps to prevent anxiety, mental stress, headaches, dizziness, shoulder pain, insomnia, stomach cancer, diabetes and other symptoms caused by acidosis.

Improve Gastrointestinal Function
– Helps to improve gastrointestinal health and irritable bowel movement problems.
– It contains abundant of organic acids that promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, prevent constipation and acid reflux.

Strengthen Liver Function
– Plum essence is rich in organic acids which can improve liver function; detoxify and prevent fatty deposits in the liver and blood vessels.

Improve Blood Circulation
– Plum essence has the effect of regulating blood circulation, which can help to maintain a healthy and smooth blood flow.
– In the refining process of plum essence, the combination of citric acid and the sugar of plum produce a new compound called “Mumefural”, it has an amazing effect to improve blood circulation and inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

Improve Calcium Absorption
– Citric acid can increase calcium absorption and plum essence can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and promote nutrient absorption, it helps to activate metabolism and bone formation.

Regulate Blood Pressure
– Experiment results have shown that plum essence is an effective reducing agent for excess sodium which is the cause of high blood pressure.
– Weaken ACE enzyme activity, excrete excess sodium to regulate blood pressure.

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Lower Blood Sugar
– Promote rapid conversion of blood glucose into energy and lower blood sugar.
– For people with weak body constitution or poor immune system, take 3 to 6 grams daily; for maintenance purposes, take 1.5 to 3 grams daily.

Improve Immune Cell Function
– The key of improving immune system is to enhance the macrophages; macrophages will kill invading pathogens, harmful chemicals, waste formed in the body, cancer cells, damaged cells, excessive product in human body.
– Plum essence can promote health of macrophages. It increases the number of macrophages by 2 times and improves its capabilities.

Prevent Stone Formation
– Plum essence is rich in citric acid. Once the blood calcium combined with citric acid, excess calcium can be dissolved to prevent stones formation.

Prevent Gout
– Plum essence is a strong alkaline food which can alkalize the body to dissolve tophi. It helps to prevent acidity of blood and urine, to build an alkaline environment for the body and prevent high uric acid.

Elimination of Fatigue and Relieve Stress
– Plum essence with high organic acid concentration up to 55.8%, when combine with the minerals taken from daily food, are able to access into the citric acid cycle and aid in digestion and metabolism.
– Contains 10 times more citric acid than lemon. It allows excess nutrients to convert into energy and eliminate wastes from the body to prevent the accumulation of lactic acid, which is produce by incomplete combustion of foods that burden the body.
– Effectively reduce fatigue related conditions such as muscle stiffness, shoulder pain and other symptoms.

Anti-Cancer Effect
– Suppress carcinogen mutation. Experiments have proved that plum essence can prevent normal cells from becoming cancerous and force cancer cells to commit suicide.
– Weaken the toxicity of anticancer agents, reduce their side effects.
– It is also effective for leukemia patients.

Anti-Allergic Effect
– Poor immune system is one of the main causes of allergies; plum essence can reduce allergy symptoms.
– It is also effective in preventing and improving hay fever, atopic dermatitis and asthma.

Analgesic Effect
– Experimental results have shown that the analgesic effect of BG (Benzyl-beta-D-glucopyranosid) which is found in plum essence is comparable to aspirin.
– Plum essence can prevent or relieve headache symptoms.

Cosmetic Effect
– Promotes the secretion of rejuvenation hormones. It also has astringent properties, helps to prevent acne, blemishes, pimples and winkles.

Antioxidant
– Plum essence can eliminate the culprit of aging and cancer – “Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) “. ROS refers to some oxygen inhaled becomes aggressive due to chemical reaction in the body. This can cause aging and normal cells to become cancerous.

Reference:
日本梅博士 — 松本紘斉著；廖梅珠译<2003>，青梅精惊人的十六大效用。青春出版社
奕青酒庄庄主 — 吴佳懋著；青梅精的健康智慧。大康出版

Instructions to consume Plum Essence:

• Step 1 – Scoop 3g of plum essence, can be swallowed directly.
• Step 2 – Adults and children who are afraid of sourness can put plum essence in water then swallow directly, do not stir it in water.
• Step 3 – Avoid contact of plum essence with the teeth. This is to prevent softening of tooth enamel and for better oral health.