The efficacy and function of bergamot and how to grow bergamot

Bergamot is a fruit with a unique appearance. Its fruit has cracks, like a human fist, and sometimes like open fingers, like the palm of an ancient Buddha statue. It is mostly tender yellow when mature, and can also be cultivated as an ornamental plant. Bergamot is more common in southern China. It has a strong aroma and rich nutrition. But people don’t know much about its effects. Today, the editor will introduce it specifically and tell you how to grow this plant.

The efficacy and function of bergamot

1. Relieve asthma and pain

Bergamot can not only be eaten as fruit, it can also be used as medicine. The limonene it contains has a significant protective effect on the human trachea. It can resist the contraction of the trachea and dilate the trachea, allowing people to keep breathing unobstructed. In addition, it also has a significant analgesic effect and can inhibit the body's pain response. When people usually have abdominal pain and headaches, eating more bergamot can improve the pain symptoms.

2. Protect the heart, fight inflammation and reduce swelling

Bergamot has a significant protective effect on the human heart. It not only increases blood flow in the coronary arteries, but also improves the human heart's ability to resist hypoxia, nourishes the myocardium, improves myocardial contraction function, and has a significant preventive effect on arrhythmias and myocardial infarction. Bergamot also contains some hesperidin and diosmin, which are natural medicinal ingredients that can eliminate inflammation in the body and prevent edema.

How to grow bergamot

1. When cultivating bergamot, it is best to prepare fertile, loose, well-drained slightly acidic soil for it. The planting time should be chosen between September and October each year, or between late February and early April in spring. Before planting, pruning and root trimming should be carried out first. After planting, sufficient water should be poured, and direct sunlight should be avoided after planting.

2. During the cultivation period, bergamot can grow healthily as long as it is watered in moderation and fertilized reasonably. However, the fertilizer requirements of this plant are different at different times. It needs to be fertilized with thin liquid fertilizer around the Grain in Ear every spring. After it enters the fruiting period, that is, around the Great Heat every year, the frequency of fertilization should be increased, once every 3 to 5 days, and the fertilizer should be mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Before and after the Frost Descent every year, the watering and nitrogen fertilizer grid should be controlled, only in this way can the rapid differentiation of flower buds be promoted.