Making fig juice doesn’t require any special, unusual, or expensive ingredients! So you can easily prepare and enjoy this delicious syrup.
Fig Juice is one of the most popular drinks worldwide and is recognized as an international beverage. You can serve this delicious and beautifully colored syrup at your parties and gatherings. To learn how to make fig juice, continue reading with Saed News.
Dried figs: 150 grams
Water: 5 cups
Sugar: 3/4 cup
Rose water: 1/4 cup
First, rinse the figs with lukewarm water. Place the figs in a covered container, add cold water and sugar, and stir well until the sugar dissolves. Cover the container and refrigerate for at least 30 hours. After 30 hours, whenever you want to enjoy the syrup, add rose water, stir gently, and serve chilled with the figs inside the syrup.
According to traditional Iranian medicine, fig is warm and moist.
Fig contains a high amount of sugar; 50% of dried fig is sugar. It is also a good source of potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins C, B, and A.
Fig is rich in dietary fiber and a good source of magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and vitamins C, B, and A.
Lignin, an insoluble dietary fiber found abundantly in figs, plays a major role in preventing and relieving constipation.
Fig can be used in special diets like low-fat, low-sodium, high-fiber, weight loss, diabetic, and Mediterranean diets.
Fig contains no sodium or fat and, like other fruits, is cholesterol-free.
40 grams of fresh fig or one-quarter cup of chopped fig counts as one fruit serving.
1.5 dried figs equal one fruit serving or 15 grams of carbohydrates, mainly glucose and fructose.
Figs have high dietary fiber, providing 20% of daily fiber needs per serving, more than any other fresh or dried fruit.
Figs contain more minerals than other fruits. For example, 40 grams of fresh fig contains 244 mg potassium (7% of daily need), 53 mg calcium (6% daily need), and 1.5 mg iron (6% daily need).
Fig increases sweating.
It acts as a diuretic; if urine output is low, eating figs increases it.
It lowers body heat.
Figs promote weight gain and are useful for those wanting to gain weight; mixing figs with milk and eating between meals is recommended.
Fresh or dried figs relieve constipation and are one of the best fruits for cleansing the large intestine and treating constipation. Traditionally, fig syrup was used to treat constipation.
For chest ailments, about 20 grams of dates, jujube, dried figs, and raisins are mixed and ground, then boiled in one liter of water until half the volume remains. This decoction can be consumed as three cups a day.
Decoction of dried figs treats respiratory tract inflammation, kidneys, pneumonia, pleurisy, measles, smallpox, and scarlet fever.
A strong decoction of dried figs is very effective against colds; gargling it relieves sore throat.
"Fig coffee" is used to treat whooping cough, bronchitis, and pneumonia. To make it, dried figs are roasted and ground into powder.
Figs strengthen the digestive system and are useful for indigestion treatment.
Fig soup is very nutritious and increases milk production in breastfeeding women; to prepare, cook unripe figs with meat.
To treat throat swelling, soak 50 grams of yellow figs in 500 grams of milk for 15 minutes, then gargle and drink some. You can sweeten it with honey.
Boiled dried figs in milk are effective for treating angina, gum inflammation, and oral mucosa swelling.
One of the most effective treatments for arthritis and joint pain is a mixture of goat milk and black figs; this mixture detoxifies the body and relieves pain.
Fig, especially dried figs soaked in water or milk, is the most effective treatment for constipation.
Figs can be eaten with other fruits.
Figs are suitable for people with low blood sugar who suddenly feel weak because their sugar is quickly absorbed in the small intestine.
Eating figs increases sexual strength.
To treat swelling of the parotid gland and boils, make a poultice of dried figs with barley and wheat flour and apply it to the swelling.
A decoction of figs with fenugreek is useful for chest pain.
To reduce spleen swelling, soak figs in vinegar for 9 days and eat five figs daily with vinegar.
Figs have anti-cancer properties.
Figs are effective in treating skin diseases.
Fig jam and compote are effective for constipation treatment; you can cut 3 or 4 fresh figs into quarters, boil them in half a liter of milk until cooked, and eat with 12 raisins in the morning on an empty stomach.
Due to their small seeds, figs strengthen the stomach and intestines but may be harmful to weak livers.
Mixing equal amounts of fig and honey is very beneficial for stomach ulcers.
Figs, because of their potassium content, increase the body's alkalinity and are very effective in removing urea and blood fats.
Fig syrup soothes sore throat and cough.
Dried figs soaked in milk are very tasty and highly effective for severe constipation treatment. Also, eating dried figs soaked in olive oil on an empty stomach is effective against constipation.
