Sweet and sour oranges are the favorite of many people. Oranges are rich in vitamins, which can also relieve the loss of appetite. They are the fruits that the elderly and children like to eat. However, if you eat too many oranges, you will easily catch fire. How many oranges are the best to eat in a day?
Oranges moisten the lungs and quench thirst, orange peel invigorates the spleen and stomach
According to traditional Chinese medicine, orange is sweet and sour, warm in nature, entering the lung and stomach meridian; it has the effect of appetizing and regulating qi, relieving thirst and moistening the lung; it is used to treat the Qi in the thoracic septum, nausea and regurgitation, lack of stomach yin, thirst in the mouth, lung heat, cough and excessive drinking.
Orange peel is called "orange peel". It has the functions of regulating qi and drying dampness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, strengthening spleen and stomach. It is often used to prevent and treat chest and flank pain, hernia, breast swelling, breast caking, stomachache, food accumulation, gas transmission and other diseases.
The reticular meridians on the pulp of orange are called orange collaterals, which have the effects of dredging collaterals and resolving phlegm, smoothing Qi and activating blood circulation, and are often used to treat phlegm stagnation and cough. The content of vitamin P in orange is high, so it can effectively prevent and treat hypertension. The old people usually eat more oranges, which is good for their health.
Orange nucleus has the effect of dispersing knots and relieving pain. It is often used to treat testicular swelling and mastitis swelling and pain.
Don't eat more than three oranges a day
The nutrition of orange is very rich. Eating one orange can almost meet the vitamin C requirement of human body every day, and it should not exceed 3 at most. Because orange has a high sugar content and a large amount of calories, if you eat too much at one time, you will 'catch fire', and promote stomatitis, periodontitis and other diseases, so it is not suitable to eat more.
How to choose a good orange?
When selecting oranges, no matter the variety, there is a ring in the middle that is female, which is usually sweeter. There is a dot like one that is male, which is not female, which is thin and elastic. Early oranges are juicy and sweet, and late oranges are rough and gluten. Orange should be bought with heavy hands, skin should be lubricated, rough like pockmarked face don't buy.