It’s amazing how many medicinal benefits kumquats have!

Kumquat is an evergreen shrub or small tree up to 3 meters tall, usually unarmed and well-branched. Leaf blade lanceolate to oblong, 5-9 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, entire or obscurely serrulate, surface dark green. Bright. Abaxial surface green, with scattered glandular dots; petiole narrowly winged, jointed at border with leaf blade. Flowers solitary or 2-3-flowered in leaf axils, shortly stipitate; flowers bisexual, neat, white, fragrant; sepals 5; petals 5, ca. 7 mm, stamens 20-25 mm, variously connate into bundles; pistils borne on slightly elevated disk. Fruit torulose or ovoid, golden yellow. Pericarp fleshy and thick, smooth, with many glandular dots, fragrant. Native to the south of China. The fruit is eaten raw or made into preserves, and can be used in medicine to relieve cough. 1, kumquat treatment of bad breath with chest stagnation is very effective, can take fresh kumquat 5 ~ 6, wash and chew. 2, kumquat treatment of chest depression, upset, sugar kumquat cake, feel free to eat, chewed down, swallowed to quench thirst. 3, kumquat for cough, asthma, kumquat 5, cut and remove the core, sugar, add water and warm fire cooked, eat orange drink soup. 4, kumquat for stomach and abdominal distension, indigestion, salted kumquat, daily service 2, can eliminate distension. Kumquat fruit is rich in vitamin A Kumquat fruit is rich in vitamin A, can prevent pigmentation, increase the luster and elasticity of the skin, slow down the aging process, to avoid the skin relaxation and wrinkles. At the same time, it can prevent civilization diseases, such as vascular lesions and cancer, and it can regulate qi and relieve cough, strengthen stomach, resolve phlegm, prevent asthma and bronchitis. Kumquat also contains vitamin P, which is an important nutrient to maintain the health of blood vessels, can strengthen the elasticity of microvessels, can be used as hypertension, vascular sclerosis, heart disease of the auxiliary food. Kumquat fruit is rich in vitamin C Kumquat fruit is rich in vitamin C, kumquat glycosides and other ingredients, to maintain cardiovascular function, to prevent vascular sclerosis, hypertension and other diseases have a certain role. As therapeutic health care products, kumquat preserves can be appetizing, drinking kumquat juice can produce fluids to quench thirst, plus radish juice, pear juice drinking can cure cough. Kumquat is sweet and warm in nature, which can regulate qi, relieve depression and dissolve phlegm. The rind and pulp can be eaten together. Kumquat is characterized by the rind and pulp can be eaten together, after chewing, you will feel the throat moist, full of fragrance. 80% of kumquat’s vitamin C is concentrated in the rind, with a content of up to 200mg per 100g. In addition to fresh food, kumquats can also be made into tea to drink. Another larger use is processed into sugar kumquat cake, licorice kumquat cake, jam, orange peel wine, kumquat juice and so on. The rind can also be extracted aromatic oil. Kumquat is not only beautiful, its fruit is rich in vitamin C, kumquat glycosides and other ingredients, which are useful for maintaining cardiovascular function, preventing vascular sclerosis, hypertension and other diseases. As therapeutic health care products, kumquat preserves can be appetizing, drinking kumquat juice can produce fluids to quench thirst, plus radish juice, pear juice to drink can cure cough. Kumquat is sweet and warm in nature, which can regulate qi and relieve depression, and dissolve phlegm. Its medicinal methods are: kumquat for chronic bronchitis with kumquat and rock sugar stewed in water. Kumquat for dyspepsia with kumquat, burnt malt, burnt hawthorn decoction. Kumquat can be used to treat chronic hepatitis with kumquat and half a lotus boiled into a thick juice, add sugar to take. Kumquat and Cornus officinalis can be boiled in water and taken for cold stomach pain. With kumquat, patchouli, ginger with decoction, can treat cold nausea, with kumquat and ginseng decoction tea drink, then can be safe tire. Kumquat has a high medicinal value and its medicinal methods are: treatment of chronic bronchitis, with kumquat and rock sugar stewed in water. Treatment of indigestion, with kumquat, burnt malt, burnt hawthorn decoction. Treatment of chronic hepatitis, available kumquat and half a lotus boiled into a thick juice, add sugar to take. For cold stomach pain, use kumquat and Cornus officinalis decocted in water. Use kumquat, patchouli and ginger decoction together to treat nausea from cold. Use kumquat and ginseng decoction to drink tea instead of tea, then it can tranquilize the fetus. Kumquat peel is effective in detoxification of the liver, eye protection, immune system health, and the peel is sweeter than the flesh. Storage of kumquats Save oranges can be dissolved in water with a small amount of baking soda, and then put the kumquats into the baking soda water dip, take it out and let it dry naturally, the baking soda water on the surface of the kumquats to form a protective film, and then into the preservation bag sealed preservation can be done, so that processed kumquats can be preserved for 1 to 3 months. General consumption is not finished need to save, placed in a cool, dry and ventilated place can be.