Approaching the Spring Festival, no matter what you are going to buy, there is always one fruit indispensable during the Spring Festival, that is, "orange", which is appetizing and regulating qi, quenching thirst and moisturizing the lungs, and the whole body is a treasure.
Tangerine. Sugar oranges.
Red oranges. Ugly orange.
The family gathered around the fire, blowing up the shells, setting up the dragon gate array, showing off a few oranges, oops, it was just right.
Tangerine, sweet and sour, warm, into the lungs.
As a fruit of the Rutaceae family, oranges are brightly colored, sweet and sour, and generally orange in color, and are one of the most common fruits in winter.
Tangerines are very nutritious, an orange almost meets the vitamin C content required by the human body in a day, and also has the effect of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and phlegm, meat, skin and leaves can be used as medicine, it can be said that the whole body is a treasure.
Today, I will take you to understand the value of oranges.
Orange peel
The Compendium of Materia Medica says tangerine peel (orange peel)."The same tonic is supplemented; with laxatives, then laxatives; The same liter of medicine will rise; If you drop the medicine, you will fall. "It can be seen that in ancient times, people have recognized the medicinal value of oranges.
After taking the medicine, tangerine peel can be used to relieve abdominal distension and pain, lack of food, nausea and vomiting, belching, hiccups, loose stools, diarrhea, cold phlegm and cough, and relieve fish and crab poison.
Tangerine
The reticulated meridians on the orange pulp are called orange meridians, which have the effect of dissolving phlegm, smoothing qi and activating blood, and are often used for phlegm stagnation and cough.
The vitamin P content in oranges is high, so it can effectively prevent and treat high blood pressure, and eating more oranges for the elderly is very good for their health.
Tangerine pits
When I was a child, adults always said that when eating oranges, you should spit out the orange core, otherwise oranges will grow in your stomach.
The orange core taste is bitter and non-toxic, the taste is slightly warm and bitter, and it has the effect of dispersing knots, regulating qi and relieving pain, and has a good effect on swelling pain, hernia pain, breast lump and swelling pain, low back pain, etc.
Orange flesh
It has the effect of appetizing and regulating qi, relieving cough and moistening the lungs, relieving hangover and awakening the mind.
It is mainly used for the treatment of vomiting and appetite, dry mouth, pulmonary fever and cough, excessive drinking and other diseases, and can also assist ** hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis and a variety of cardiovascular diseases.
Note: Oranges should not be eaten in excess, eating too much will cause carotenemia, ** dark yellow, like jaundice.
If your palms turn yellow due to eating too many oranges, as long as you stop eating for a while, your complexion will gradually return to normal.
Zhang Yefang of the Ming Dynasty had a soft spot for oranges, according to him"Good sex eats oranges, oranges are ripe, stacked between beds, nothing more than oranges, self-publication does not give, and several servants are ordered to peel them off", until the hands and feet are yellow.
If you eat too many oranges, you will also be prone to fire, and symptoms such as mouth and tongue sores, dry mouth, sore throat, and constipation will occur.
Because the flesh of oranges contains certain organic acids, in order to avoid irritation of the gastric mucosa and cause discomfort, it is best not to eat oranges on an empty stomach.
Children in particular should not eat too many oranges.
For this fruit that is full of treasures, although the way to eat it is simple, it is also easy to mislead, let's take a look at some wrong ways to eat oranges.
Myth 1
When eating oranges, the white tendons on the outside of the orange pulp are completely torn off, and only the orange flesh remains.
In fact, this way of eating is not fully utilized.
The white reticulated tendons on the outside of the orange pulp are"Tangerine"It is not only a good food therapy for patients with chronic diseases such as chronic bronchitis and coronary heart disease, but also has an auxiliary effect on chest and rib pain caused by long-term cough.
Of course, some people may not like to eat oranges very much, and it is okay to remove them, but it cannot be said that oranges cannot be eaten.
Myth 2
Soak the orange peel in water and drink.
After eating oranges, many people use orange peel to soak in water and drink, and use fresh orange peel as a tangerine peel that dries and dissolves phlegm, thinking that drinking fresh orange peel water often is very good for health care and disease prevention, but in fact, this is a misunderstanding.
Although tangerine peel has the effect of regulating the atmosphere, drying and dampness, and dissolving phlegm, tangerine peel is not fresh orange peel, it is a ripe orange peel that is dried or dried. Fresh orange peel refers to the fresh peel peeled off when eating oranges, fresh orange peel contains more volatile oil, does not have the medicinal effect of tangerine peel, soaking in water with fresh orange peel, not only can not play the medicinal value of tangerine peel, because the smell of volatile oil is strong, it will stimulate the stomach, therefore, fresh orange peel can not be used to soak in water at will.
Oranges are good, but don't eat too much.
Recommend a different way to make an orange, which children really like: orange jelly.
Source:
1500 grams of oranges, 30 grams of fish gelatin powder, 5 strawberries.
Method:
Peel the oranges and take out the flesh, leave 100 grams of pulp for later use, and squeeze the remaining pulp with a tool to produce fresh juice.
When the orange petals are almost mashed, strain the juice through a strainer and set aside.
Set aside the strained juice, wash the strawberries, and soak the gelatin powder with a little juice.
Pour the juice into a milk pot and bring to a boil over medium-low heat.
Melt the gelatin powder into a liquid form through water, and keep the liquid in warm water to prevent the gelatin powder from solidifying.
Pour in the gelatin powder solution while the juice is boiling, and then slowly stir the juice until the gelatin powder is completely integrated and the juice boils, turn off the heat and let it cool.
Wait until the juice is completely cool, pour it into a small bottle with orange pulp, and then add other fruits you like, in this case, strawberries, and put them in the refrigerator overnight.
Tips: Natural juice is not very sweet, if you don't feel sweet enough, you can add 30 grams of white sugar to the juice and boil it together.