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Sour plum tea has been a good summer drink since ancient times. The "salted plum water" mentioned in "Old Stories of Wulin" in the Southern Song Dynasty is also a refreshing drink similar to sour plum soup. In the Qing Dynasty, it was improved by the imperial dining room and became a drink for the royal court. Because of its effects of removing heat and cooling, relieving heartache,eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst,it is known as "Qing Palace Royal Black Plum Drink ". Later, it was introduced to the people and popluar in streets and alleys.