Oranges are rich in sugars, namely glucose, fructose and sucrose, vitamins, malic acid, citric acid, protein, fat, dietary fiber and many minerals. According to the latest research by Australian scientists and food industry research institutes, eating 1 orange a day can make people avoid certain cancers, such as oral cancer, throat cancer and stomach cancer.
Orange flesh
It is sweet and acidic in taste and cool, with the function of appetite and qi, cough and lung, and alcoholic refreshment, mainly for the treatment of vomiting and food loss, dry mouth and tongue, lung heat and cough, and excessive drinking. Because it is rich in vitamin B1 and vitamin P, it can supplement the treatment of hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis and various cardiovascular diseases. The “nomilin” substance it contains also has obvious anti-cancer effects and can prevent stomach cancer.
Orange Peel
The dried and ripe peel of oranges is preferred to the aged one. It is warm in nature and hard in taste, and has the functions of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and lowering rebellion. When harvesting Chen Pi, the red outer skin after removing the white inner skin is called Orange Red, and the white inner skin after removing the red outer skin is called Orange White, which is also used clinically.
Green Peel
The outer peel of the immature fruit or young fruit of the tangerine is green in color and named as such. It is warm, bitter and pungent in nature, and has the function of draining liver and breaking up qi, dispersing knots and eliminating phlegm, and is stronger than Chen Pi.
Orange Kernel
The kernel (seed) of orange, slightly warm in nature and bitter and mild in taste, is effective in relieving pain and dispersing pain from Qi, and is useful in treating testicular distension, hernia pain, breast lumps and swelling, and lumbago.
Orange Lobelia
The inner layer of the orange peel is a mesh-like tendon. It is sweet and bitter in nature and has the function of promoting the flow of qi and relieving cough by resolving phlegm.
Medical advice: orange is warm, easy to eat more fire, will appear sores on the mouth, dry mouth, dry throat, constipation and other symptoms. Appropriate consumption, can enhance appetite can benefit the body; such as improper consumption, but not beneficial. For easy fire body and suffering from chronic hepatitis and hypertension, it is recommended to eat oranges, can improve the liver detoxification, accelerate the transformation of cholesterol, to prevent atherosclerosis.
Therefore, in the consumption of oranges at the same time, should pay attention to the following points.
1, control the amount of consumption
According to research, eat 3 oranges a day, it can meet a person’s daily need for vitamin C. If consumed too much, excessive intake of vitamin C, the body metabolism of oxalic acid will increase, easy to cause urinary stones, kidney stones. Also eat more harmful to the mouth and teeth.
2, should not eat before meals or on an empty stomach
Although the benefits of oranges, but should always eat, should not eat more. Because the orange pulp contains certain organic acids, in order to avoid its stimulation of the gastric mucosa and cause discomfort, not good for the stomach. It is recommended not to eat oranges on an empty stomach.
3, should not be eaten with radish
After entering the body, the radish will quickly produce a substance called sulfate, and soon metabolize an anti-thyroid substance – thiocyanic acid. If you eat oranges at this time, the flavonoids in oranges will be broken down in the intestines and converted into hydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid, which can strengthen the inhibitory effect of thiocyanic acid on the thyroid gland, thus triggering or causing goiter.
4, oranges and milk should not be eaten together
The protein in milk is easy to react with the fruit acids and vitamin C in oranges, solidifying into a block, which not only affects digestion and absorption, but also causes bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Therefore, you should not drink milk within 1 hour before and after eating oranges.
5, the elderly should eat less
Gastrointestinal, kidney, lung function cold body of the elderly should not eat more, so as not to induce abdominal pain, back and knee weakness and other symptoms.
6, the Yin deficiency body do not eat
Chinese medicine believes that oranges are warm, easy to eat more fire, especially belong to the Yin deficiency Yang Sheng body, it is best to eat less, otherwise there will be sores on the mouth, dry mouth, dry throat, constipation and other symptoms. It is recommended to eat some mandarin oranges, which can avoid the symptoms of fire.
Children gluttonous, eat more oranges, easy to get on fire. If the child eats too many oranges, the performance of the said “fire”, such as tongue inflammation, periodontitis, laryngitis, etc., should stop eating 1-2 weeks, and then eat.
In addition, oranges also contain a large amount of carotene, if you eat too much at once or too much in the near future, the high concentration of carotene in the blood will lead to yellowing of the skin. At this time, in addition to drinking more water and temporarily not eating orange fruits, you should also limit the intake of carotenoid-rich foods, and after about 1 month or so, the color of the skin will return to normal.