4 amazing uses of grapefruit peel you should not miss
According to traditional medicine, grapefruit peel has a bitter, spicy, aromatic taste, neutral properties, and has the effect of expelling wind, dissolving phlegm, reducing swelling, and eliminating 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...
Grapefruit has the scientific name Citrus grandis (L) Osbeck. In folklore, it is also called duu, bong, loi duu, huong loan, phao, van gep... In grapefruit peel essential oil, there is 26% xitrala and ester. In grapefruit peel, in addition to essential oil, it also contains pectin, naringin, peroxydaza enzymes, amylase, rhamnose sugar, vitamins A, C, hesperidin... so it has many uses.
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The outer peel contains a lot of essential oils, so it is often used in cases of indigestion and nausea due to morning sickness. In addition, grapefruit peel is often used to boil water to wash the hair of pregnant women, helping to reduce hair loss, making hair shiny, soft and stronger.
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.
Here are some of the uses:
- Cure cough with phlegm:10g grapefruit peel, wash, cut into strips, put in a bowl, add sugar, steam and drink, 3 times a day, very effective.
- Helps hair grow faster and smoother:Boiling grapefruit peel in water to wash your hair or after washing, squeezing grapefruit peel essential oil into your hair will help your hair become shiny, strong, smooth, and grow hair. This method is especially effective for mothers after giving birth.
- 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.
-Beautify skin:Grapefruit peel will reduce the appearance of wrinkles, freckles due to hyperpigmentation, as well as blackheads and whiteheads, dry skin. How to do: 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 to cover the grapefruit peel, heat gently; when the oil is warm, add clean water to half the pot. Leave on very low heat for 4-5 hours, then filter out the residue. Put the grapefruit oil in a sealed glass jar, keep in a cool, dry place. This oil can be used gradually for 6 months.