Oil mandarin, scientific name emblica
Oil citrus, scientific name emblica, alias oil citrus, mountain oil sweet, wangguo, mountain oil sweet, soil oil sweet, mountain oil sweet root, oil sweet root (Chaoyang), oil sweet tree, oil sweet seed, oil sweet fruit, oil sweet seed. Deciduous small trees, single leaves; It is light-loving and warm-loving, adaptable, and can grow normally on sandy loam soils, shallow and thin mountaintops or mountainsides. The fruit is fleshy, spherical, and reddish or pale yellow when ripe. It is mostly produced in the two broad areas of the mainland, and there are wild and artificially cultivated species.
Citrus aurantium (emblica)
Edible value of citrus
Citrus aurantium is a medicinal and food dual-purpose fruit, very rich in nutrients, rich in dietary fiber, carbohydrates, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, magnesium and so on; It has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, digesting and strengthening the stomach, and relieving cough.
Oil citrus
Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that oil mandarins have the effect of "serving for a long time and lightening the body, prolonging life and longevity". Modern science has confirmed that oil citrus can obviously treat and prevent gastric cancer, have a good effect on hepatitis B, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, high blood sugar, etc., and can also extract antibacterial bacteria that have a strong inhibitory effect on various pests such as staphylococcus.
Oil citrus
The taste of oil citrus
The first bite, first a bitter taste, slowly swallow the juice, and then there will be a refreshing and sweet jin liquid oozing out from the mouth, under the tongue, feeling is first bitter and then sweet.
Oil citrus
How to eat mandarin oranges
When the fruit is eaten directly, choose the ripe citrus fruit, eat the pulp directly, the entrance is a little sour, but soon there will be a feeling of sweetness. If you can't adapt, you can drink tea after eating. This unique taste, once liked, is easily "addictive".
Citrus fruits
Then you can squeeze the juice, pit the oil citrus fruit, add a little pure water, use a juicer to squeeze the juice, filter and add a little honey and ice, the taste is very good. Therefore, if you are not used to eating directly, you can try this way.
Citrus juice