What are the beauty benefits of calendula?

The nutritional value of marigold is very high. In fact, kumquat not only contains a variety of vitamins, carbohydrates, etc., its nutritional value ranks among the best among citrus fruits. The vitamin C of marigold is stored in the peel, which is very effective for eye care, and the peel of marigold is sweeter than the flesh. It is a fruit that people like to eat. So what are the benefits of calendula? What are the functions of marigold?

Effects of calendula:

Calendula fruit is rich in vitamin A, which can prevent pigmentation, enhance skin radiance and elasticity, slow down aging, and prevent skin sagging and wrinkles. It can also prevent civilization diseases such as vascular diseases and cancer, and can regulate qi and relieve cough, strengthen the stomach, resolve phlegm, and prevent asthma and bronchitis.

Kumquat also contains vitamin P, which is an important nutrient for maintaining vascular health. It can enhance the elasticity of capillaries and can be used as an auxiliary conditioning food for hypertension, vascular sclerosis, and heart disease.

TCM perspective:

The characteristic of marigold is that the peel and the flesh can be eaten together. After chewing, you will feel the throat is moistened and the mouth is full of fragrance. 80% of the vitamin C in marigold is concentrated in the peel, up to 200 mg per 100 grams. Kumquats are not fresh

In addition, it can also be brewed into tea.

One of its major uses is to process it into white sugar kumquat cake, licorice kumquat cake, jam, orange peel wine, kumquat juice, etc. Aromatic oil can also be extracted from the peel. Kumquat has high medicinal value.

The Compendium of Materia Medica says that kumquat peel "tonic when used with tonic medicine, purgative when used with laxative medicine, ascending when used with ascending medicine, and descending when used with descending medicine.

"Chinese medicine believes that eating kumquat raw can regulate qi, replenish the middle, relieve depression, digest food, dispel cold, resolve phlegm, and sober up. It can be used to treat chest tightness, thirst, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough and asthma. Patients with cholecystitis, hepatitis, stomach disease, tracheitis, hypertension, and vascular sclerosis often eat kumquat or kumquat cakes, which has an auxiliary therapeutic effect.

According to a Japanese medical journal, kumquat can enhance the body's resistance to cold, prevent and treat colds, lower blood lipids, and is beneficial in preventing and treating senile diseases. Kumquat seeds can cure eye diseases, lymph tuberculosis, pharyngitis, etc. Kumquat root has the effect of promoting qi and dispersing nodules, and can treat stomachache, vomiting, hernia, lymph tuberculosis, etc.

Kumquat has anti-inflammatory, expectorant, anti-ulcer, digestion-aiding, blood pressure-lowering, heart function-enhancing, qi-regulating and cough-relieving effects, and has a significant therapeutic effect on bronchitis.

The fruit can be eaten raw or made into candied fruit, and can be used as medicine to regulate qi and relieve cough. The fruit is golden yellow and fragrant, and the fruit-bearing period is long, making it an excellent fruit-viewing flower. It is suitable for potted viewing and bonsai. It also tastes sweet and sour and is suitable for fruit tree cultivation in warm areas of the south.

Calendula's benefits:

Regulate Qi, relieve depression, resolve phlegm, quench thirst, help digestion, and sober up. Kumquat can enhance the body's resistance to cold, prevent and treat colds and lower blood lipids. It is suitable for people who suffer from chest tightness, loss of appetite, fullness, drunkenness and thirst; it is suitable for people with acute and chronic bronchitis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, hypertension, and rectal sclerosis. People with weak spleen and qi deficiency should not eat too much, and diabetics should avoid eating it. People who suffer from mouth and tongue pain, or swollen and painful gums should avoid eating it.

Kumquat has sweet and warm properties, and can regulate qi, relieve depression, and resolve phlegm. Its medicinal uses include: treating chronic bronchitis by stewing kumquat with rock sugar in water. To treat indigestion, boil kumquat, scorched malt and scorched hawthorn in water and drink it. To treat chronic hepatitis, you can boil kumquat and Scutellaria barbata into a thick juice and add sugar to drink.

For cold pain in the stomach, you can boil kumquat and Evodia rutaecarpa in water and drink it. Boiling kumquat, patchouli and ginger together can treat nausea caused by cold. Drinking the decoction of kumquat and codonopsis instead of tea can help stabilize the pregnancy.

Calendula is not only beautiful, but its fruit is rich in vitamin C and other ingredients, which play a certain role in maintaining cardiovascular function and preventing diseases such as hypertension. As a dietary health product, kumquat candied fruit can stimulate the appetite, and drinking kumquat juice can quench thirst. Therefore, people with the above diseases can eat more of this kind of food.