Chapter. 1 Nobility
There are many historical records about Camellia oleifera. "Peng Zu made soup with camellia seeds and skillfully cured Emperor Yao's physical weakness" is the earliest allusion to Camellia oleifera. Throughout the dynasties, camellia oil has been used by emperors for their meals. "The oil from the ancient road is fragrant for three thousand miles, and the royal road nourishes the heaven and earth." is a widely circulated poem by Emperor Qianlong praising camellia oil.Concubine Yang Guifei, known as one of the "Four Beauties", was a lover of camellia oil. It was written in "The Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" that she "secretly accepted camellia oil and refused to tell the truth, but said that she was born with a royal appearance". In the past, only royal nobles had the opportunity to eat camellia oil, which was very noble.
Chapter. 2 Rare
Except for a small amount of cultivation in Japan, Vietnam and other countries, 90% of the world's camellia oil is produced in China. Camellia oleifera is extremely picky about the growing environment. It is mainly planted in the southern low mountainous and hilly areas at 112° east longitude and 27° north latitude, such as Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang and other provinces. Secondly, Camellia oleifera is a woody oil crop and has a longer growth cycle than herbaceous oil crops. The Camellia oleifera fruit needs to go through five seasons and thirteen months to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth before it can be picked and pressed. Noble among oils, they are rare and precious.
Chapter. 3 Organic
Camellia oleifera trees mainly grow in subtropical deep mountainous and hilly areas with good ecological environment and far away from industrial pollution. They have strict requirements on local temperature, light, precipitation, even soil salinity and air quality. No pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used during the growth process, relying entirely on natural nutrients and organic fertilizers. During the frost season in golden autumn and October, farmers manually pick and naturally dry the crops.
Chapter. 4 Nutrition
Camellia oil, as the first healthy high-grade woody edible oil recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is known as "plant soft gold". It has extremely high nutritional value and is rich in vitamin E, camellia glycoside, tea polyphenols, squalene, etc. Natural nutritional active substance, oleic acid content is as high as 80%..
Chapter. 5 Wide range of uses
In addition to cooking, you can also drink camellia oil directly in daily life. Drink 5-10ml of camellia oil on an empty stomach in the morning, which is good for the stomach and intestines. Camellia oil can also be used for skin care. As the saying goes, nourishing the skin with oil will make the skin moister. Keep some camellia oil at home, it can come in handy in all aspects.
