Nutritional value and pharmacological effects of sweet orange

I think everyone is familiar with sweet oranges, and we often eat them in our daily lives. Let me introduce them to you in detail below.

Sweet Orange

Also known as yellow fruit, orange, Xinhui orange, Guang orange, snow orange, seal orange, and Guang orange.

Chinese Pinyin: tian cheng

English name fruit of Sweet Orange

Latin plant, animal and mineral name Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck

Enters the Jueyin Liver Meridian

Pharmacological effects of sweet orange

In Africa, the seed extract of this variety is used to treat malaria, which can shrink enlarged spleens, but can cause severe respiratory depression.

Chemical components of Chinese medicine The fruit contains flavonoids, lactones, alkaloids, organic acids, etc. Among the flavonoids are hesperidin, narirutin, isosakuranetin-7-rutinoside, naringenin-4'-glucoside-7-rutinoside, naringenin-4'-glucoside-7-rutinoside, and naringenin-7'-glucoside-7-rutinoside.

(naringin), limocitrin-3-tail-D-glucoside and

OD-xylosylvitexin. Among lactones, there is a bitter dilactone

The ingredients are limonin, obaculactone, and its derivative narcotine. The main organic acids are citric acid and malic acid.

(malic acid). It also contains phloroglucinol-tail-D-glucoside (phloroglucinol-tail-D-

glucoside, phlorin) and sugars, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc.

Efficacy: soothing the liver and promoting qi circulation; dispersing stagnation and promoting ejaculation; sober

The research comes from the revised edition of Southern Yunnan Materia Medica.

Family classification Rutaceae

Nutritional value of sweet orange

Indications: pain in the ribs caused by liver qi stagnation; abdominal distension; milk blockage in parturients; breast lumps and pain; drunkenness

The ecological environment is cultivated in hills, low mountain areas and along the banks of rivers and lakes.

Harvesting and storage: Pick the fruits when they are ripe in November and December, and use them fresh or dry them for later use.

The resources are distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places where they are cultivated.

Select a prescription to treat breast congestion in women, redness, swelling, hardness, pain, chills and fever: 2 qian of dried orange peel. If fresh, mash the juice and add water to drink. (The following is from "Yunnan Materia Medica")

Sweet orange is an evergreen small tree, 3-8m high. The crown is round, branched, glabrous, with or without thorns, and the young branches are angular. Leaves are alternate, single compound leaves; petiole is 0.6-2cm long, leaf wing is narrow, 2-3mm wide, and jointed at the top; the leaf blade is thick, elliptical or ovate, 6-12cm long, 2.3-5.5cm wide, with short or acuminate tip, slightly concave, base is broadly cuneate or rounded, wavy green, or with inconspicuous wavy serrations, with translucent oil glands. Flowers are clustered in the axils of leaves, white, with petioles; calyx is 3-5 lobed, with triangular lobes; petals are 5, tongue-shaped, about 1.5cm long, about 7mm wide, and curled outward; stamens are 19-28, filaments are connected to 5-12 bundles at the bottom, pistil is 1, ovary is nearly spherical, 10-13 chambers, stigma is capitate, style is thin, and does not fall off. The fruit is oblate or nearly spherical, 6-9cm in diameter, orange-yellow or orange-red, with a thick peel that is not easy to peel off, 8-13 pulp capsules, yellow juice, and sweet taste. The seeds are wedge-shaped and oval, with a smooth surface. The flowering period is April, and the fruit ripening period is November-December.

Efficacy classification Liver-soothing drugs

In the identification of raw medicinal materials, in some areas, young fruits are used as Zhishi, and mature fruits are used as Zhike, see the articles on Jishi and Jike.

Nature and flavor: pungent; sweet; slightly bitter; slightly warm

The medicinal material is derived from the fruit of the sweet orange plant of the Rutaceae family.

Dosage and Administration: For internal use: Grind the dry product into fine powder, 6g; or take appropriate amount of fresh product and mash it into juice.