Kumquat, as a kind of orange, has the same medicinal effect as orange. Kumquat is mainly used as raw material medicine because of its low yield and not wide application (because it is better after a long time, it is called "dried tangerine peel" in Chinese medicine. ), collaterals, leaves, etc. The core of an orange is usually a by-product of kumquat processing, but the core of a real orange is difficult to collect for medicine because it spits out seeds after eating the orange. In the reference recipes introduced in this book, the two can be used equally, even all oranges are used equally.

Kumquat is also called milk orange, golden jujube, longevity kumquat and Luofu. Originated in China, south of the Yangtze River. "Orange Record": "Kumquat is born in the mountains, smaller than kumquat, beautiful in shape, less than a foot high, full of fruits, and full of liters. The meat quality is inseparable, with only one core, and the taste is inedible, but it is suitable for planting. There is also a famous orange. Zhou Meicheng's words: cool colors, exposed leaves and cigarette holders, gathered stars and reflected small bead curtains. Because it is orange. " Wang Weihua's Pastoral Records: "Chengdu, the capital of Shu, is the source of Lin Qiongjiang River. Guests have oranges, and households have oranges, which are like oranges instead of oranges. If pomelo is fragrant, summer and winter flowers are often one after another, or like pellets or cherries, it can be eaten all year round. " "You Guan Wen Ji": "Kumquat is produced in various counties in Jiangxi. The so-called kumquat. Big difference, sweet taste. In recent years, there are few vendors, only two or three feet high. A ship is carrying hundreds of plants. Actually, I'm so tired that I'm cute. The price is also low. Only people with more roots can be straight. In the past, because Wencheng was a good food for the queen, it cost a lot in the capital, but the illness could not stay for a long time, and it remained unchanged in mung beans. "

Is the skin of kumquat edible?

Kumquat can be eaten with skin, as long as it is cleaned. Kumquat peel is more nutritious than kumquat meat.

Efficacy, Function and Taboo of Kumquat

Kumquat is harvested when the processed fruit is ripe, and the peel, lateral branches and stone are dried for later use. The outer layer of orange peel is red and thin, which is called "orange red"; The white skin of the inner layer is called "orange white"; Immature fruit or blue skin, called "green skin", can be taken from young fruits that fall naturally or young fruits that are removed, washed and dried. Leaves can be used when you pick them.

Orange peel: bitter, pungent and warm. Orange complex, orange red and orange white: bitter and flat. Orange pit: bitter and wet. Orange leaves: bitter, flat. Green tangerine peel: bitter, pungent and warm.

Efficacy orange peel: regulating qi and strengthening stomach, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. Orange net; Dredging collaterals and resolving phlegm. Orange pit: regulating qi, dispersing stagnation and relieving pain. Orange, orange white: relieving cough, resolving phlegm and regulating qi. Green tangerine peel: breaking qi and dispersing stagnation, soothing the liver and relieving pain, and dissolving food stagnation. Orange leaves: soothing the liver and benefiting qi.

The fruit of kumquat is like fresh jujube in size and shape, but the color is orange. So it is also called golden silk jujube. Kumquat is cultivated in bonsai from north to northeast (indoors) and south to Guangdong Province. It can not only be used for bonsai viewing, but also has sweet and sour pulp. In addition to raw food, it can also be processed into candied fruit and preserved fruit, which is more nutritious and has the effect of opening the back and resolving phlegm.

The fruits and petals of kumquat and jintan both contain kumquat glycoside. The content in pericarp is the most.

Young fruit regulates qi and relieves depression, and resolves phlegm and sobers up. Treat chest distress, stagnation, wine mouth injury, thirst and food stagnation. Dosage: 5 ~ 10g.

Pericarp contains aromatic oil, which can be eaten and used as seasoning material for cosmetics and soaps.

Kumquat reference convenient formula

1- Treating colds

Take 30g fresh orange peel (dry product 15g), add 3 cups of water, and fry into 2 cups. Add a proper amount of sugar, drink a cup while it is hot, and after half an hour, drink another cup after heating.

2- Cure diarrhea and cough: four oranges, decocted in water.

3- Cure vomiting:

(1) 9 grams of orange peel and a pinch of rice, decocted in water; Add a little ginger and you can take it.

(2) 6 grams of dried tangerine peel, ginger and pepper are decocted in water.

Treatment of dysentery: 30g of orange cake (50g of fresh orange is not available), 0/5g of longan pulp15g of rock sugar15g, decocted in water.

5- Treatment of chronic gastritis: 30 grams of dried tangerine peel, fried and ground into powder, 6 grams of cooked rice, and warm water on an empty stomach.

6- Treatment of cough and excessive phlegm: 9 grams of orange peel, walnut 1 piece, three slices of ginger, decocted in water.

7- Treatment of acute mastitis: tangerine peel 3 1g, forsythia suspensa root 9g, honeysuckle 4g and Hedyotis diffusa 6g, decocted, 1-2 doses per day. (National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine)

8- Treatment of chronic otitis media: stir-fry orange peel, grind it with Isoyellow-Borneolum Syntheticum, and blow it into the ear, 2-3 times a day. Wash the pus in the ear with hydrogen peroxide before blowing, and then suck it up with cotton wool.

9- Treatment of scald: Apply rotten oranges to the affected area. Rotten oranges can be put in colored glass bottles, sealed and preserved, and the older the better.

10- treatment of phlegm and diaphragm flatulence: orange peel 15g, decocted in water.

1 1. After-dinner tea: 20g of orange peel, baked and ground, decocted in water and served hot.