Hello everyone, I'm Dr. Mi.
Every year in the autumn and winter season, a variety of fragrant fruits such as oranges, citrus, oranges, and grapefruit are on the market.
It has always been said that oranges are full of treasures, orange peel, orange core, orange network, orange leaf are all treasures that can be medicated, but in reality, we will not eat oranges to peel off a layer of orange network, or dry the orange peel, after all, it is too troublesome.
But in fact, there is a small partner who emits this fragrance, which we often forget - it is kumquat
When I was a child, when I saw the kumquat tree, I always couldn't help but reach out and pick a few pockets to eat, but now there are so many fruits in the fruit shop, but I rarely buy them to eat...
It is true that the taste of kumquats is not as full as the pulp of oranges and oranges, but kumquats also have their own advantages.
Unlike oranges, oranges, grapefruit, which should be peeled and eaten, kumquats can be eaten directly with the skin.
The Compendium of Materia Medica records kumquats: "sour, warm, non-toxic." Indications for the treatment of qi fast diaphragm, thirst quenching, odor removal, Pi You jia. ”
Modern medicine also says that most of the nutrients in kumquat are on the peel, and 80% of vitamin C is in the skin.
So, if you spit out the skin when you eat kumquat, it is equivalent to spitting out the essence...
In addition to being rich in nutrients, kumquat also has certain medicinal value.
I have been listening to the old man talk about "a handful of kumquats and ten pairs of medicines", which is actually praising the medicinal value of kumquats.
1. Kumquat can dissolve phlegm and relieve cough
Just like the recent weather has cooled down, there are many children in the outpatient clinic who have a cold and cough, so you can give your child some kumquat at this time.
Kumquat is known as the "king of cough", kumquat is spicy, spicy into the lungs, so often eat kumquat can help moisturize the lungs and relieve cough, especially for the cough caused by cold has a good relief effect.
In addition, kumquat can also help enhance the body's cold resistance, so that it can effectively improve the body's immunity and resistance, children are not easy to catch colds and fevers, and the ability to resist diseases is also rubbed up.
2. Healthy spleen and appetizer, liver and qi
Kumquat flavor sweet acid, acid into the liver, can dredge the liver qi, smooth the gas machine, so that the rise and fall of the qi in and out of the unimpeded, the soil is healthy, the five organs are self-harmonious.
Kumquat is yellow again, yellow and sweet are all beneficial to the spleen, in addition to the unique aroma of kumquat can also trigger appetite, so kumquat also has a spleen and appetizer effect.
3, kumquat can sober up
Those who drink too much for socializing will always feel very uncomfortable, the whole person is groggy, at this time you can eat a few kumquats to alleviate, raw jin, sharp throat, sober wine...
In addition to eating kumquat directly, in the memory of the 80s and 90s, it may still be a small snack - kumquat cake, but now it has basically disappeared, and the post-00s and 10s have never heard of it.
Now that there are too many snacks of all kinds for children,,, the simple snack of kumquat cake is lonely.
In fact, kumquat cake is a small snack that has been passed down for a long time
Wang Mengying, a famous physician of the Qing Dynasty, recorded in the "Diet Recipe for Living with The Breath": "Kumquat: sweet and warm to wake up the spleen, lower qi to dispel impurities, phlegm and cough, eat and drink." Sugar-cured pancakes. ”
It has long been popular to press kumquats into cakes and eat them.
Today, I will teach you how to make a honey-stained kumquat cake and give it to your child as an after-dinner snack.
"Honey-stained kumquat cake"
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds of kumquat, 80g of honey, 100g of rock sugar, salt to taste
method:
1: Scrub the surface of the kumquat with salt and soak in light salt water for 30 minutes, then dry or dry with kitchen paper towels.
This step is to remove waxy and stained surfaces from kumquats.
2: Cut 5-6 deep cuts in length of the kumquat with a knife, and then flatten the kumquat and pit it.
3: Pour the kumquat and the squeezed juice into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water, rock sugar and honey, bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat and slowly boil.
Both rock sugar and honey can prolong the freshness of kumquats.
4: Stir in the pot from time to time until the soup is thick and the kumquats feel translucent.
5, the finished honey-stained kumquat cake together with the soup into a clean glass bottle sealed preservation, as you eat as you like, you can eat directly as a snack, you can also heat the water to drink.
Finally, some small suggestions for you:
1, eat 3-5 kumquats in one meal, do not eat gluttonously. Kumquat is still warm, if eaten too much, it may cause fire;
2. People with poor gastrointestinal function or weak physique are not suitable for eating kumquat;
3, there is also the fasting of the time is best not to eat kumquat, because kumquat will promote the secretion of stomach acid.
Simple honey-stained kumquat cake is done like this
Cooked kumquat cake for cough and chronic bronchitis caused by wind chills are excellent, there are no side effects, and sweet and sour children also like it.
Guys, have you learned?