Nutritional value and medicinal value of tangerines

How much do you know about the nutritional value of mandarin oranges? If you don't know, please read the following introduction.

Nutritional value of tangerines

According to laboratory analysis, seedless mandarin oranges contain 9.3% sugar, 0.6% citric acid, and 28.9 mg of vitamin C per 100 g of orange juice. Especially kumquats, 100 g of kumquat peel contains 200 mg of vitamin C, which is 5 times the content of the pulp. In addition, citrus also contains carotene, multiple vitamins, and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. The peel of citrus contains hesperidin, B-sitosterol, and a variety of aldehydes, alkenes, and alcohols.

Citrus fruits are rich in beta-carotene, which has a certain effect on infants suffering from night blindness, skin keratinization and developmental delay. It is beneficial to the growth and development of children and can improve immunity.

Citrus fruits contain more vitamin C, which can prevent and treat scurvy.

Foreign scientists have discovered unique ingredients in citrus fruits: p-cryptoxanthin, mesona glycosides and "olaputa", which have excellent anti-cancer effects.

Medicinal value of tangerine

① For dry cough due to lung dryness and cough due to consumptive disease. 2 tangerine cakes, 10-15g Tremella, a little rock sugar. First, soak the fresh tangerines with white sugar, press them into cakes, and dry them for later use; soak the Tremella with water and wash them; put the tangerine cakes and Tremella in a pot, add clean water, boil them with high heat, then simmer them with low heat for 3-5 hours, and add appropriate amount of white sugar when the Tremella is soft and the juice is thick.

② Used for lowering blood pressure and lipids. 250 grams of orange, 100 grams of hawthorn, a little sugar. Peel the orange and put it into a juicer to extract the juice; remove the core of the hawthorn and wash it; first put the hawthorn into a pot, add 200 ml of water and boil it, filter and take the juice, then add the orange juice into it and add a little sugar.

③ For hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and arteriosclerosis. 300g oranges, 40g hawthorn cake cubes, and an appropriate amount of sugar osmanthus. Peel the orange peel, remove the orange pith and core, and cut into cubes for later use; heat water in a pot, add sugar, and when the sugar water boils, remove the foam; put the orange cubes in the pot, sprinkle with sugar osmanthus and hawthorn cake cubes, and serve.

④ For treating chest distension and abdominal distension. 5-10g of dried orange peel, 50g of polished rice, 400ml of water. First, dry the orange peel and grind it into fine powder (it is also OK to extract the thick juice without grinding it), put it into the pot with polished rice and water, cook it into thin porridge, and turn off the heat when the porridge is thick. Take it warm every morning and evening, and 5 days is a course of treatment.

⑤For the treatment of chronic bronchitis. 50g orange peel, 100g pear, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the orange peel and cut into strips; wash the pear, remove the core and cut into pieces, put them in a bowl, add orange peel strips and a little rock sugar, and steam them in a steamer until the pear pieces are cooked and soft.