The method is to wash the orange thoroughly, soak it in salt water for a while, cut off the top of the orange, sprinkle a little salt evenly on the orange meat, and poke it with chopsticks a few times to facilitate salt penetration. Secondly, put it in a bowl and steam it in a pot. After the water is boiled, steam it for about 10 minutes. Take it out, peel it and take the pulp, and eat it with steamed water.

Steamed oranges with salt are only suitable for hot cough caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis or lung dryness. Hot cough is mainly manifested as yellow and sticky sputum, and the throat will have symptoms such as redness, pain, dry mouth and bitter taste.

Under normal circumstances, oranges are flat and cool, which can regulate qi, eliminate phlegm and moisten the lungs. The ingredients in orange peel have the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm. For example, Nacodin is a commonly used antitussive drug, and orange peel oil can also play the role of antitussive and expectorant.