What are the medicinal properties of oranges in traditional Chinese medicine?

Orange is a very delicious fruit and is loved by many people. In fact, orange is not just a delicious fruit, it is also a medicinal ingredient that is often used by traditional Chinese medicine. Many people don’t know that oranges have such functions. Well, next, let me present some detailed information that I have specially compiled to popularize the knowledge about oranges as medicine.

Tangerine peel, Qi-regulating herb, nature and flavor, meridians: warm; pungent, bitter; spleen and lung meridians

Functions and indications: Regulating Qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. Used for chest and abdominal distension, poor appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, cough with excessive sputum. 1. Oranges are rich in vitamin C and citric acid. The former has a beauty-enhancing effect, while the latter has an anti-fatigue effect.

2. The thin skin inside the orange contains dietary fiber and pectin, which can promote bowel movements and lower cholesterol.

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Hesperidin can strengthen the elasticity of capillaries, lower blood pressure, and dilate the coronary arteries of the heart. Therefore, oranges are foods that prevent coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. Studies have confirmed that eating citrus fruits can reduce the cholesterol deposited in the arteries and help reverse atherosclerosis.

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Fresh citrus juice contains a substance called "Nomilin" which has strong anti-cancer activity. It can decompose carcinogenic chemicals, inhibit and block the growth of cancer cells, increase the activity of detoxifying enzymes in the human body by several times, prevent carcinogens from damaging the cell nucleus, and protect the integrity of genes.

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Orange flesh, peel, vein, core and leaves are all medicine. Orange peel, also known as tangerine peel, is one of the important medicines. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that tangerine peel is "tonifying with tonic medicine, purgative with laxative medicine, ascending with ascending medicine, and descending with descending medicine." Tangerine peel is a herb that regulates qi,

The above content is some specific information about the medicinal properties of oranges that the editor wants to share with you. If conditions at home allow, people can also use a fruit frying machine to fry oranges and make juice to drink. But at the same time, you should also be careful not to eat too many oranges, because oranges are cold in nature, and eating too much will not benefit the human body but will have a bad effect.