The best way to eat kumquat is to wash the skin and chew it in your mouth. Kumquat contains vitamin C. It seems that the nutritional value of Kumquat skin is much higher than that of Kumquat pulp. What's the effect of eating kumquat with skin?
Do you know that kumquat peel is also called tangerine peel? Tangerine peel is warm, pungent and bitter in nature. It can be used to cure stomach disharmony, nausea and vomiting by returning spleen and lung meridians. If stomach is cold and vomiting, it can be used together with ginger. Orange peel has the functions of regulating qi, reducing adverse, regulating appetite, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. Indications: spleen and stomach qi stagnation and dampness obstruction, chest and diaphragm fullness and depression, abdominal distention and pain, do not think about diet, vomit and filthy, two stools are adverse, Lung Qi block, cough and phlegm, and also treat the first onset of mastitis. After many years of research, it is known that tangerine peel has many pharmacological effects.
1. Effect on the digestive system: the volatile oil contained in tangerine peel has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, can promote the secretion of digestive fluid, eliminate the accumulation of gas in the intestinal tract, showing the effect of fragrant stomach and expelling the wind.
2. Effect on cardiovascular system: the decoction of tangerine peel and alcohol extract can excite the heart muscle, but when the dosage is too large, they will inhibit it. In addition, it can also make blood vessels produce mild contraction and rapidly increase hypertension. Pectin in orange peel can also prevent arteriosclerosis caused by high fat diet.
3. Effect on respiratory system: the volatile oil contained in tangerine peel can stimulate passive expectoration and make sputum easy to cough up. Chen PI decoction has weak dilative effect on bronchus. The antiasthmatic potency of the alcohol extract was higher.
4. Effect on genitourinary system: Chen PI decoction can constrict renal vessels and reduce urine volume.
5. Anti inflammatory effect: Orange Peel Decoction can enhance the anti-inflammatory effect when used together with vitamin C and vitamin K.