Oranges have the effects of relaxing bowels, regulating qi, resolving phlegm, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite, stopping vomiting, relieving pain and relieving cough, and can be used for treating chest distress, abdominal distension, vomiting, constipation, dysuria, hemorrhoid bleeding, hangover and fish and crab poisoning.

Oranges are rich in a variety of organic acids and vitamins, which can regulate human metabolism and are especially suitable for the elderly and patients with cardiovascular diseases.

Orange peel contains fruit acid, which can promote appetite and help digestion for people with insufficient stomach acid.

The cellulose in oranges helps to relieve constipation and lower cholesterol. Oranges are rich in vitamin C, which can prevent cancer.

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Oranges are mainly divided into sweet orange, navel orange, blood orange, sugar orange and red orange:

In China, young fruits and fallen fruits can be dried and used as medicine. Storage and transportation resistance. The maturity varies greatly, which can prolong the supply period of fresh fruit and processing raw materials. Citrus varieties can be divided into early, middle and late maturity according to fruit maturity.

In view of the high degree of commercialization of citrus, many varieties with their own characteristics have been born under the market demand, such as late-maturing summer oranges (Mi Xia Nai orange and olinda orange) to fill the market gap, and geographically protected varieties such as seedless orange and Gannan navel orange are beneficial to fresh eating.

Many kinds of oranges are named after their place of origin (such as Xinhui Orange in China), and some kinds of oranges even have registered trademarks (such as Ji Xiang in the United States).

Some varieties of oranges have been produced in the long-term cultivation process of human beings, and some varieties have been preserved because they are beneficial to human beings. This species often crosses with other citrus plants to produce better varieties. Sometimes cultivated varieties of citrus plants also contain orange characters, but in fact they do not belong to this species.

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