Lam olive olive fruit plants. Probably before recorded history, people began to grow olives; olive Bible frequently mentioned. From the Greek peninsula, Athens limestone hill record, may be the first place where the human planting olive trees. Spaniards brought to California in 1769.

Olive pulp carbohydrates, and a small amount of protein, fat, vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E, niacin, minerals, calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, copper, selenium, essential oils, incense alcohol resin, tannic acid, etc., including calcium, iron and vitamin A content rich. The bitter taste of olives, which is due to the sugar contained phenol and olive bitter elements. Astringency is because it contains large amounts of tannic acid. When fully ripe, pulp oil reached 15% -35%, pyrenes about 5% oil.
Of olive oil containing saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Olive oil is the greatest nutritional characteristics enriched in monounsaturated fatty acids, i.e. oleic acid. Olive oil contains fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, K. While other active ingredients, such as plant sterols, squalene, poly phenolic compounds and the like. Olive oil is rich in oleic acid can reduce blood total cholesterol, bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol, thus preventing cardiovascular disease. In addition, poly-phenolic compounds in olive oil also has a function to reduce coronary heart disease.
Olive Effect: Health and body fluid, Chufan hot appetizers reducing gas, Qingyan thirst, diarrhea bone, detoxification hangover. Turtles can answer all the poison. Southern coastal fishermen when eating puffer fish to put in the pot habit several olives. Take liquid distilled with olives, olives were exposed, but also lung, throat, thirst effect, also appropriate for sore throat, cough, bloody sputum, thirst, and tetrodotoxin poisoning in those who drink wine.