HEALTH DRINK AND HEALTH FOOD USING CHAENOMELES UNRIPE FRUIT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a health drink or health food which makes it possible to supply Chaenomeles plant unripe fruits having not a utility value for drinks and foods, thereby enables the appreciation of the flowers and the utilization of the fruits on the identical Chaenomeles plant and the large reduction in the necessity of insect pest countermeasures in the cultivation of the fruits, and has a taste liked by people without relating to their ages, a nourishment- strengthening action traditionally known as an efficacy of the Chaenomeles plant, and further an allergic physical constitution-improving action in human bodies. SOLUTION: This health drink or health food is obtained by harvesting the Chaenomeles plant unripe fruits, boiling the fruits, preferably discarding the soup, again boiling the residues, further preferably again discarding the soup, further again boiling the residues, and then further preferably adding sugar or honey to the boiled residues.