What are the benefits of eating oranges?

Oranges are usually available in autumn, and autumn and winter are the seasons for eating oranges. The whole body of an orange is a treasure. The peel can be made into pickles or fried and eaten directly. It can also be used as a medicinal ingredient. Many Chinese traditional medicines cannot do without the peel of oranges. The seeds can be used as seeds and medicines. Not to mention the flesh of oranges, which is plump, juicy, sweet and sour, rich in nutrition, and very convenient to eat. Let's talk about the benefits of eating oranges.

Benefits of eating oranges

1. Oranges are sweet and sour, warm in nature and enter the lungs. Eating them can treat vomiting, loss of appetite, insufficient stomach yin, dry mouth and tongue, excessive drinking, and can stimulate the appetite, relieve cough and moisten the lungs.

2. Supplement vitamin C. Oranges are extremely rich in vitamin C. One orange can almost meet the vitamin C required by the human body for a day.

3. Oranges contain more than 170 kinds of chemical compounds, including more than 60 kinds of flavonoids, and many of them are natural antioxidants. Eating them can effectively prevent cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

4. The orange peel is a white, thread-like substance that is rich in vitamin P and can effectively prevent high blood pressure.

5. Oranges also contain a natural dietary fiber - pectin. Eating it can promote intestinal peristalsis, thereby promoting defecation, preventing constipation, and lowering cholesterol.