Medicinal uses of grapefruit peel

Did you know that grapefruit peel has many uses in supporting and taking care of health very effectively?

According to traditional medicine, grapefruit peel has a bitter, spicy, aromatic taste, neutral properties, and has the effect of eliminating wind, dissolving phlegm, reducing swelling, and reducing edema. People often use the white pulp inside the grapefruit peel to prepare dishes such as cooking sweet soup, making salad, making vegetarian spring rolls...

According to traditional medicine, grapefruit peel has many uses in supporting and treating diseases.

The outer shell contains a lot of essential oils so it is often used in cases of indigestion and nausea due to morning sickness in women.

Cold relief

In folk medicine, people often use grapefruit peel and grapefruit leaves combined with some other types of leaves containing essential oils such as lemongrass leaves, lemon leaves, eucalyptus leaves... to cook water to steam to relieve colds.

You just need to put all the leaves such as lemongrass leaves, lemon leaves... with grapefruit peel into the pot, boil it and steam it, it will have an extremely effective cold relief effect!

Support asthma treatment

150g grapefruit peel, 30g lily, 20g dried onion, add white sugar, boil water to drink, divide into three times a day, continuously for 10 days.

Skin care

Grapefruit peel will reduce the appearance of wrinkles, freckles due to hyperpigmentation, as well as blackheads and whiteheads, dry skin.

How to make: Use about 3 grapefruit peels, wash them and put them in a heat-resistant glass pot (do not use a metal pot); pour olive oil over the grapefruit peels, heat gently; when the oil is warm, add clean water to half the pot.

Simmer for 4-5 hours on low heat, then filter out the residue. Put the grapefruit oil in a tightly sealed glass jar and store in a cool, dry place. This oil can be used gradually within 6 months.

In addition, grapefruit peel is often used to cook hair wash for postpartum women, helping to reduce hair loss, making hair shiny, soft and stronger.

According to Alobacsi.vn