Baked oranges are folk proverbs of traditional Chinese medicine. Baked oranges have the function of treating cough. This is because the medicinal properties of oranges are warm, and the orange peel will be transformed into dried tangerine peel during baking, while the orange collaterals have the functions of resolving stagnation, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, so it has a good effect on some coughs and expectoration. However, the remedy for baking oranges is only for mild cough due to wind-cold, such as cough with fever and fear of cold, which is not certain. You need to go to the hospital for treatment.

Can children eat baked oranges when they cough?

If a child has a slight cold cough, it can be relieved by eating baked oranges. In fact, it is the orange in the orange peel that has the effect of relieving cough. The outermost layer of the orange peel, called orange in Chinese medicine, has a pungent taste and has the effect of dispersing lung and dispelling cold. When baking oranges, the effective components in orange peel will evaporate to the orange meat, making the orange meat medicinal. The orange complex in orange peel also has the effect of resolving phlegm, and orange itself is rich in vitamin C, which is a good nutritional supplement to the body when people are sick. Moreover, such a diet method is more acceptable to children.

How to make baked oranges?

1, parents first choose a sweet fresh orange, clean it, and then dry the water with a dry cotton cloth.

2. Don't bake oranges directly on the fire. You can put oranges in a warm milk pot first, and then bake the pot with oranges on the fire.

3, continue to stir fry until the orange is slightly burnt, steaming hot and fragrant.

How to eat baked oranges when the baby coughs

Baked oranges can relieve the baby's cold cough only after the baby can add complementary food, five or six months old. Parents can squeeze out the orange juice of baked oranges and put it in a bottle to feed it directly to their baby. Parents should pay attention that if it is an orange baked in a pot, you can directly squeeze the juice with the belt meat for the baby to drink.

Oranges are warm and have good expectorant and antitussive effects. After eating baked oranges, the amount of sputum will be significantly reduced, and the antitussive effect is obvious. This method does have a certain effect on resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It tastes better than drug therapy, has nutritional value and is also very suitable for children. However, it is best to eat it with orange peel, because its efficacy is mainly concentrated in orange peel.