Bergamot soothes the liver, regulates qi, regulates stomach and relieves pain. Used for stagnation of qi in liver and stomach, distending pain in chest and hypochondrium, fullness in stomach, eating less and vomiting. It has obvious inhibitory effect on intestinal smooth muscle and spasmolytic effect on intestinal spasm; It can dilate coronary vessels and increase coronary flow. High concentration can weaken myocardial contractility, slow down heart rate, lower blood pressure and protect myocardial ischemia; It has certain expectorant effect. 1, liver stagnation and qi stagnation, chest pain and hypochondriac pain can be combined with Cyperus tuber, Radix Curcumae and Rhizoma Corydalis to regulate qi and relieve pain. 2. For patients with liver-qi invading the stomach, hypochondriac distension and pain, vomiting and acid swallowing, it should be used with Coptis chinensis, Evodia rutaecarpa and Pogostemon rugosa to soothe the liver and stomach. 3. This product is suitable for cough and chest pain, and is usually combined with Luffa, Yujin and Eriobotrya japonica in clinic.
Efficacy and function of bergamot
Fingered citron is sweet and belongs to lung, stomach and spleen meridians; Has the effects of expelling pathogenic wind, relieving fever, invigorating spleen and stimulating appetite.
How to choose bergamot
When purchasing, if a small amount of thorns are left on the skin of the melon, and there are seeds protruding from the surface of the bergamot, indicating that it is ripe, these bergamot should not be selected as much as possible.
Making skills of bergamot
Bergamot can be eaten raw as fruit, which is slightly sweet and refreshing like cucumber; Can also be used as vegetables, flapping, frying, pickling, frying, boiling, making soup, all-powerful, common home cooking methods such as fried chicken diced by bergamot, fried bergamot meat roll, bergamot chicken soup soup and cold bergamot tenderloin, etc. It can also be processed into sauce products and candied products; Because no disease has been found at present, less pesticides are sprayed, so it is harmless to eat raw.
According to the National Nutrition Association, zinc has a great influence on children's intellectual development, and eating fingered citron with more zinc often helps to improve their intelligence. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of regulating qi, soothing the liver and relieving cough, and is suitable for people with dyspepsia, chest tightness, flatulence, vomiting, liver and stomach gas pain and bronchitis, cough and phlegm.
There are many ways to eat bergamot. Fresh melon can be sliced and shredded, fried with meat, fried with vegetables, cold salad, soup, hot pot and high-quality dumpling stuffing. It can also be processed into pickled products or canned food. In foreign countries, fingered citron is eaten by steaming, baking, frying and frying. Besides fruit, rhizome can also be eaten, which is similar to potato in method and flavor, and contains more vitamins A and C. Young leaves and shoots can also be eaten as vegetables.
When eating chayote, it is best to choose the young fruit, which is shiny on the shoulder and shallow on the surface of the peel, and the peel is bright green, tender and unhardened. The market period of Chaenomeles is late autumn, and it is very resistant to storage. At room temperature, it can be kept from 10 to March-April of the following year, and the flavor is basically unchanged.