Can pregnant women eat sweet oranges?

Can pregnant women eat sweet oranges? I believe many female friends will have this question. Let me give you a detailed introduction to this issue.

Can pregnant women eat sweet oranges?

Pregnant women can eat sweet oranges, but not too many. Eating too many sweet oranges can easily damage the liver qi and cause fever.

Nutrition of sweet orange

Every 100 grams of sweet orange contains 0.6 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 12.2 grams of carbohydrates, 52 kcal of calories, 0.6 grams of crude fiber, 58 milligrams of calcium, 15 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.2 milligrams of iron, 0.11 milligrams of carotene, 0.08 milligrams of thiamine, 0.03 milligrams of riboflavin, 0.2 milligrams of niacin, 54 milligrams of ascorbic acid, 182 milligrams of potassium, 0.9 milligrams of sodium, 10.8 milligrams of magnesium, and 1.0 milligrams of chloride.

Benefits of Sweet Orange

Sweet orange is warm in nature, pungent and slightly bitter in taste; it enters the lung, spleen, stomach and liver meridians. Functions: appetizing and digesting, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, regulating qi and resolving phlegm, detoxifying and sobering up. It is mainly used to treat abdominal distension caused by food accumulation, dry throat and thirst, cough with phlegm, fish and crab poisoning, drunkenness and other symptoms.

1. Reduce capillary fragility Hesperidin contained in fresh orange fruit can reduce capillary fragility and prevent microvascular bleeding. The rich vitamin C, P and organic acids have a significant regulating and inhibitory effect on human metabolism and can enhance the body's resistance.

2. Sweet orange can soothe the liver and regulate qi, and promote the flow of milk. It is a food for treating milk obstruction and red, swollen and painful breasts.

3. Effect on the digestive system: The decoction of sweet orange peel can inhibit the movement of gastrointestinal (and uterine) smooth muscles, thereby relieving pain, stopping vomiting, and stopping diarrhea. The pectin contained in the peel can promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate the passage of food through the digestive tract, and enable fecal lipids and cholesterol to be excreted faster with the feces, and reduce the absorption of exogenous cholesterol, thereby preventing gastrointestinal bloating and inflation and promoting digestion.

4. Effects on the respiratory system Orange peel has the effects of widening the chest, lowering qi, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Experiments have shown that orange peel contains 0.93% to 1.95% orange peel oil, which is effective for chronic bronchitis and is easily accepted by patients. The narcotine contained in sweet orange fruit has a cough suppressant effect similar to codeine, but has no central nervous system inhibition phenomenon and is not carcinogenic.

5. Detoxify fish and crabs, and sober up. The pulp and peel of sweet orange can relieve fish and crab poisoning, and has a good sobering effect on drunk people.

[Taboo for eating sweet oranges]

Although sweet oranges are delicious, you should not eat too many of them. Eating too many sweet oranges can easily damage the liver qi and cause heat.

Can pregnant women eat sweet oranges?

Sweet orange is a kind of citrus. Sweet orange is a fruit tree of the genus Citurs in the subfamily Citrus of the family Rutaceae. It is also known as Guanggan, Huangguo, Chengzi, Guangju. The scientific name is Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck. [Synonyms] Huangguo (Yunnan Hui Yuheng Zhi), Chengzi (Yunnan Materia Medica), Xinhui Cheng (Botanical Names and Pictures), Guangju (Chinese Tree Taxonomy), Xuegan, Yinzigan, Guanggan (Guangzhou Flora). The term "sweet orange" was first seen in the "Shaoxing Prefecture Chronicle" of Zhejiang Province in the 14th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty (1586).