Author: Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association, Huang Zhanhang, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
During the Spring Festival, many families will choose a pot of Oranges, together with peach blossoms, daffodils, seasonal flowers, etc., to pray for the coming year's "auspicious stars, as expected", and to add more color to the festival.
Kumquat, also known as kumquat, kumquat, golden bullet, luofu, milk orange, etc., is native to southern China, is a kumquat of the genus Kumquat of the family Rubiaceae Fortunellamargarita (Lour. The fruit of Swingle is a common medicinal and food-combined fruit.
China is the world's earliest ancient country to grow citrus. The great poet Qu Yuan praised oranges (that is, citrus) with great praise, believing that "the emperor was born of beautiful orange trees, different from all trees", and compared it to noble character. In the Tang Dynasty, many scholars' homes have used potted oranges as ornamental ornaments, and posterity has gradually become popular as New Year's lantern oranges. It includes a large number of categories, almost all citrus that can produce small or large fruits, all belong to the category of annual oranges, exclusively for Chinese New Year's Eve before the market.
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Four seasons of oranges
It is a hybrid variety, the yield is high, the fruit is flat and round, the top of the fruit often has a small print ring, the flesh has 8 to 11 petals, extremely acidic, dare not eat raw, can be used as a substitute for green lemon.
Cinnabar orange
It is a special variety between citrus and orange. The leaves are thick green, the fruit shape is flat and round, the skin is red like cinnabar, and the flesh is similar to red. It is not suitable for consumption, and the fruit hanging time is very long, which can best enhance the festive atmosphere.
Golden bullets
It is made by hybridizing mandarin oranges with golden dates. The fruit is inverted ovoid in shape and pale yellow in color, larger than a kumquat. The flesh is sweet, aromatic and delicious, with very few cores, and it is most suitable for fresh food.
Sand mandarin
The fruit type is very similar to Teochew lime, the fruit color is orange and yellow, as large as a bowl, and each plant can bear seven or eight or even more than thirty fruits. Unfortunately, it tastes extremely sour and is not suitable for consumption.
Tortoiseshell fruit
Alias "back to the green orange". It is a fruit tree dedicated to the collection of fragrant flowers, the fruit of which can be used in medicine, and its flowers are mostly used as raw materials for smoked fragrant teas and essences. Placed indoors, people can smell the aroma of orange peel, which has a refreshing effect.
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To buy kumquat, you must master the "four looks":
First, the plant has a "type", with thick branches and a well-proportioned canopy.
Second, the fruit color is "light", the distribution is balanced, and it cannot be overcooked.
Third, the leaves are slightly "thick", will not shrink, and there are no spots.
Fourth, the pot soil is not "cracked", the mud is not white, and the roots are not dry.
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Kumquat is also a characteristic fruit with medicinal properties, and the skin, flesh, network and core of this fruit can be used in medicine as a Chinese herbal medicine with excellent efficacy.
After the kumquat is put into medicine, it can clear the lungs and suppress cough and control the production of some germs, which has a good treatment and alleviating effect on patients with tracheitis.
The common consumption of kumquat also has a certain preventive effect on hypertension, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
In addition, kumquat also has a certain detoxification effect, which can quickly drain alcohol toxins in the human body and have a certain antidote effect.
For kumquat, 80% of vitamin C is stored in the peel, which is effective in the detoxification function of the liver, the maintenance of the eyes, and the health of the immune system, and the peel of the kumquat is sweeter than the flesh. There is also kumquat peel extract with a broad-spectrum bacteriostatic effect on common food contaminating bacteria.
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After the Lantern Festival, it is a pity that the orange fruit is abandoned, we can try the following treatment, which can not only cure the disease, but also satisfy your taste buds.
Licorice salted kumquat
The fruit is plucked and washed with boiling water and placed in the sun to dry. After drying, sprinkle a thin layer of salt and marinate, and finally leave it in the sun. Boil a little licorice water and put the sun-dried oranges into the licorice water. Pay attention to the water can not put too much, to just soak through the orange is appropriate. The final step is to dry the oranges. Every time you eat, put one grain and soak it in boiling water to drink, which is very effective for hot cough and detoxification.
Year orange sauce
Pick the oranges and put them in a pot and soak them with a little salt for 20 minutes. Pick about 500 grams of oranges that are not damaged on the surface, and the surface is clean and clean. Remove the orange cores and put a blender and crush. Bring the chopped oranges to a boil over low heat, add sugar and cook until thick. After cooling, pack it in a sterilized dry bottle and seal it with plastic wrap. Put it in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 months. You can make fruit tea or spread bread, and the taste is very good!
Kumquat rock candy
Wash 1000 grams of kumquat, cut in half and remove the seeds. Add water to the pot, add the kumquat to the water and pour it out, repeat twice, drain. Re-boil the water, add the rock sugar and stir until the rock sugar dissolves. Add the kumquats and cook for 30 minutes on low heat until the juice is thick. Pack the kumquat rock sugar in a clean sterilized jar, seal it, refrigerate it, and remove the appropriate amount with a clean spoon when eating.
The medicinal properties of kumquat are warm, suitable for coughing heavily, itching the throat, cold without sweating, headache or fever, even wheezing and other cold coughs, in addition to acute and chronic bronchitis also has a certain effect. However, if the human body has cough, cough yellow phlegm, accompanied by dry mouth, sore throat, constipation, urine red, body heat and other symptoms of hot cough, it is not recommended to eat kumquat rock sugar water, you can use sydney pear, sugar cane and other cold cough foods to replace kumquat.
Kumquat is not suitable for everyone to eat, some people's physique is not suitable for eating kumquat, eating not only will not bring benefits to the body, but will affect the health of the body, so everyone must pay attention to it when eating kumquat!
Review expert: Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Wei Li
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