The efficacy and function of lime peel

Sour orange is a kind of fruit orange, named for its particularly sour taste. This kind of orange is rich in nutrition, can stimulate appetite and digestion, can reduce inflammation and bacteria, and can beautify the skin. People have many benefits to the body after eating it. However, people usually eat the pulp of sour orange, and pay little attention to its peel. However, they do not know that the whole body of sour orange is a treasure, and its peel is also a rare health food with many functions and effects. The following editor will take you to learn more about it.

1. Improve digestion

The peel of sour orange contains a large amount of limonin, which is bitter, mild in nature and easily soluble in water. In addition, it also contains some natural volatile oils and hesperidin. After these substances are absorbed by the human body, they have a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, can promote the secretion of digestive juice, and can also clear out the accumulation in the intestines. Drinking it in water can significantly improve the body's digestive ability.

2. Enhance flavor and freshness

The peel of sour orange contains a large amount of aromatic substances and natural volatile oils, all of which have a strong aroma. When using it to cook meat ingredients, it can remove the fishy smell of meat and make the prepared meat ingredients taste more delicious. In addition, adding an appropriate amount of sour orange peel when making common foods such as mung bean paste or red bean porridge can also make the prepared porridge have a faint orange fragrance.

3. Relieve cough and reduce phlegm

The hesperidin and volatile oil contained in the lime peel are both natural medicinal ingredients that can strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. When people have tracheitis and pneumonia coughs, they can directly use lime peels for treatment. They can be boiled in water and taken directly. In addition, lime peels can also be used in combination with cough-relieving Chinese medicinal materials such as licorice and Fritillaria cirrhosa, which will make it more effective in relieving coughs and reducing phlegm. In addition to these effects, lime peels can also improve human immunity and clear toxins accumulated in the human body. Drinking lime peels in water regularly can also achieve multiple effects such as weight loss and beauty.