Food and medicine from oranges

Uses of oranges

According to traditional medicine, oranges have the following effects:

- OrangeSweet and sour taste, cool properties; effects of quenching thirst, generating body fluids, cooling the lungs, reducing phlegm, clearing heat and diuretic.

- Orange peelSpicy taste, aromatic smell, expectorant effect, clears stagnant air, aids digestion. Orange peel contains a lot of carotene, 0.93 - 1.95% essential oil, can be used as a medicine to strengthen the spleen and regulate aroma. Orange peel has the effect of relaxing the spleen, lowering the air, treating coughs, dissolving phlegm... effective for chronic bronchitis.

Orange peel can be used instead of tangerine peel but is less effective. It is used as a digestive stimulant, to treat stomachache, bloating, heartburn, and diarrhea.

Fresh peel can be rubbed on the face to help treat acne. Drinking boiled orange peel juice can help increase intestinal motility and prevent constipation.

In addition, people can use dried orange peels, then put them in scented bags, hang them in the bedroom, kitchen or wardrobe; it has the effect of stimulating good sleep, repelling mosquitoes, and purifying the air.

- Orange peel is sweet, slightly spicy, cool; has the effect of reducing bloating, regulating the spleen and stomach.

- Orange leaves are used to treat yellow discharge or pus from the ear. Orange leaves are often used to extract essential oils and orange blossom water is used to make medicine.

Chemical composition of oranges: Fresh oranges contain 87.5% water, 0.9% protein, 8.4% glucid, 1.3% organic acid, 1.6% cellulose, 34mg% calcium, 23mg% iron, 0.4mg% carotene, 40mg% vitamin C. The fruit is a source of vitamin C, up to 150mg in 100g of juice.

In India, the fruit juice is also used in the treatment of biliousness and bloody diarrhea.

- Orange seeds:Orange seeds can be used as a mask by taking 2 tablespoons of orange seeds and putting them in a blender, mixing them with distilled water to make a paste-like mask. Apply it to the face to help increase the resistance of the skin's capillaries, achieve the purpose of shrinking and tightening the mucous membranes and skin, and limit acne. Apply 1-2 times a week.

Dry orange seeds in the shade, roast until golden brown, then grind into powder and mix 3-5g with boiled water to cool to help treat rheumatism.

Medicinal dishes from oranges

Dan Tri newspaper quoted multidisciplinary physician Bui Hong Minh (Vice President of the Ba Dinh Oriental Medicine Association, Hanoi) as saying that, in addition to using them to make desserts, we can take advantage of the plump oranges to make super simple medicine according to the instructions below:

- Used as a medicine to treat fever, treat exudation, help increase appetite, and sober up:Squeeze orange juice, add a little water and enjoy to effectively treat these diseases.

- Thirsty mouth, sore throat, cough with lots of phlegm:Squeeze fresh oranges to get the juice, add chrysanthemum water and use to help produce new fluids to quench thirst, clear heat and detoxify, dispel wind-heat, stimulate appetite and digest food, and clear qi and phlegm.

- Cure constipation:250g orange peel, add 2 bowls of water and cook until soft, eat gradually during the day.

- Treatment of edema in pregnant women:Dry orange peel, grind into powder, drink one teaspoon of this powder with 30 ml of rice wine each time, drink 3 times a day for 3-5 days.

- Treats bloating and indigestion:250g orange peel, finely chopped, 1 whole pork spleen, put in 3 bowls of water, simmer until there is only 1 bowl left, use both the water and the solids.

- Support treatment of dengue fever patients:Orange juice, drink 3 times a day, 1 orange each time, 250g.

- Treatment of loss of appetite:250g orange peel, 50g old ginger, dry all, grind into powder, mix well and drink twice a day before meals, 1 teaspoon each time, continuously for 3-5 days.

- Rheumatism treatment:Dry orange seeds in the shade, roast until golden brown, then grind into powder and mix 3 - 5g with cooled boiled water.

Above are some medicinal dishes from oranges. Hope this information will be useful to you.