The Chinese medicine believes that pomelo taste sweet, sour, cold, have a healthy stomach and food, down the gas phlegm, light and happy color and other functions. Modern medical research has found that pomelo meat is very rich in vitamin C and insulin-like components, so there are lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, weight loss, skin care and other effects. Regular consumption, hypertension, diabetes, vascular sclerosis and other diseases have auxiliary therapeutic effects, obese people have health and beauty function.
Pomelo also has a stomach, lungs, blood, intestines, diarrhea and other effects, can promote wound healing, sepsis and other good auxiliary effect. In addition, pomelo contains physiologically active substances, skin glycosides, can reduce the viscosity of the blood, reduce the formation of blood clots, so the cerebrovascular disease, such as cerebral thrombosis, stroke, etc. also has a good preventive effect. The fresh pomelo meat contains insulin-like components, is the ideal food for diabetics.
Place of origin: China's cultivation of pomelo tree history is very long, as far back as the Zhou-Qin era in the B.C. have planted. Now China's Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places are cultivated. Now in addition to China's planting, in many countries and regions in Southeast Asia are cultivated, the United States, Cuba, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina and Japan is also the main origin of pomelo. Therefore. Pomelo can be regarded as one of the international popular fruit.
Nutrition: Pomelo contains sugar, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin P, carotene, potassium, phosphorus, citric acid and so on. The main components of pomelo skin are naringin, new hesperidin, etc., pomelo kernel contains fat oil, phellodendron, phellodendron lactone. Pomelo is rich in nutrients, per 100 grams of edible part, containing 84.8 grams of water, 0.7 grams of protein, 0.6 grams of fat, 12.2 grams of carbohydrates, calories 57 kcal, 0.8 grams of crude fiber, calcium 41 milligrams, 43 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.9 milligrams of iron, 0.12 milligrams of carotenoids, sulphatidic acid 0.07 milligrams of riboflavin 0.02 milligrams, 0.5 milligrams of niacin and ascorbic acid. 41 mg.
Therapeutic health: pomelo is fragrant, sweet and sour, cool and moist, nutritious, high medicinal value, is one of the famous fruits that people like to eat. Chinese medicine, pomelo pulp cold, sweet, sour, cough and asthma, clearing phlegm, spleen, food, alcohol in addition to the medical role; pomelo skin, also known as orange red, wide orange red warm, bitter, pungent, with gas, phlegm, spleen, food, dispersal of cold and dry dampness; pomelo for the grapefruit seeds, containing phellodendron Barkerone, Phellodendron Barkerone, de-acetyl farnesolide, and so on, and another fat oil, inorganic salts, proteins, crude fiber, and so on. The effect is similar to orange kernel, the main treatment of hernia; pomelo leaves, containing volatile oil, with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, diaphoretic and other effects.
Recipes: 1, the treatment of geriatric cough and asthma. Ingredients: grapefruit peel. Method: soak in boiling water, drink instead of tea. 2, the treatment of lung heat cough. Ingredients: 100 grams of pomelo, 100 grams of pear, a little honey. Method: Wash and boil the above ingredients together, add honey or rock sugar and take. 3, treatment of phlegm cough. Ingredients: pomelo, wine, honey. Method: Peel and remove the core of pomelo, cut into slices and soak in wine overnight. Boiled, mixed with honey, when swallowed. 4、Treatment of frostbite. Ingredients: 50 grams of grapefruit peel. Methods: After decoction, use it to soak the frostbite parts, several times a day. 5, treatment of headache. Ingredients: pomelo leaves and scallion white equal amount. Method: Pound the two together and stick them on the temples. 6, treatment of joint pain. Ingredients: pomelo leaves, ginger, tung oil 20 grams each. Method: Pound them together and put them on the painful place. 7, cure indigestion. Ingredients: 15 grams of pomelo peel, 10 grams each of chicken gold, hawthorn, 5 grams of sand nuts. Method: Decoction with water. 8, cure acute mastitis. Ingredients: 200 grams of pomelo pulp, 50 grams of green peel, dandelion 30 g. Method: water decoction. 8, often cold, cough, asthma people, can be used fresh pomelo a leave the skin to remove the core, with Zhengbei apricot, shellfish, fungus 50 grams, plus several bottles of honey stewed for a day, often served to strengthen the lungs.
However, there are contraindications to eating grapefruit. People with spleen deficiency and diarrhea will have diarrhea if they eat pomelo. Pomelo can not be served with certain medicines, clinical observation found that patients with hyperlipidemia with a cup of grapefruit juice served a piece of lovastatin (also known as the United States to lower the fat), the results are equivalent to a cup of water served 12 ~ l5 pieces of lovastatin lipid-lowering effect, the patient will therefore appear muscle pain, and even kidney lesions. Some patients taking anti-allergy drug terfenadine during the period, if you eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice, light dizziness, palpitations, arrhythmia, etc., serious may be sudden death.
Shopping tips: the way to buy pomelo is generally "smell", "knock" two links. Smell, that is, smell the aroma, ripe sleeves, fragrant; knock, that is, press knocking fruit skin, skin whether there is subsidence, subsidence without elasticity of the poor quality, knocking when listening to the sound, identify the fruit ripe and quality of the advantages and disadvantages. Selection of pomelo is best to choose the standard type on the tip of the bottom wide, the skin must be thin and glossy, and the color is light green or yellowish, if it seems to be soft, juicy look better. Just picked down the grapefruit, the taste is not the best, it is best to be placed indoors for a few days, usually two weeks later, to be gradually evaporated fruit water, this time the sweetness increases, eat taste more beautiful.
Gwenxi Honeydew is native to Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, Fujian. It is a famous product of cultivated pomelo.
Main traits: Koon Kee honeydew belongs to the subtropical evergreen small tree fruit trees, crown round head shape, strong, branches open and drooping, dense branches and leaves, large leaves, long ovoid, leaves rubbed without irritating flavor. Under the condition of sufficient fertilizer and water, young trees can be tipped 4-5 times a year, and the spring tipping is the fruiting mother branch. Gwenxi honeydew flower buds in September-December, in mid- to late March for the beginning of绐花, full bloom around mid-April, late October fruit ripening. The growth and development of Goonxi honeydew need good ecological conditions: the average annual temperature is about 21.2oC, the soil PH is between 4.8-5.5, the grapefruit avoid shade. It is suitable for planting in low altitude hills and mountains in the southeast direction with gentle terrain. The fruit of Gwenxi Honeydew is large, 1500-2000 grams, long ovate or pear-shaped; the surface of the fruit is light yellow, with thin skin; the flesh is soft, juicy and pomaceous, moderately sweet and sour, with few or no seeds. Each 100ml of juice contains 9.17-11.6g of sugar, 0.73-1.0g of acid, 48.93-51.98mg of vitamin C, 10.7-11.6g of soluble solids. 68% of the edible portion of the fruit, in late September - early October fruit ripening. -early October fruit maturity, abundant yield.
Cultivation points: young trees under the condition of sufficient fertilizer and water, can be 4-5 times a year, the spring tip for the fruit mother branch. Gwenxi honeydew growth and development of good ecological conditions, avoid shade, suitable for the southeast direction, the terrain is gentle low-altitude hilly mountainous planting . The young trees are mainly applied enough to promote fertilization. Yield 50Kg or more fruit trees, throughout the year to grasp the N: P2O5: K2O: CaO: MgO = 1: 0.54 ~ 0.59: 0.96 ~ 1.05: 1.33 ~ 1.37: 0.24 ~ 0.27, in order to reduce fruit cracking, fertilizer management should be strengthened, can be 90% of the annual amount of fertilizer arrangements in the fruit harvest to early summer into the, especially potash fertilizer concentrated in the summer into. Highly connected to the Wenzhou mandarin orange, early knot early maturity, improved cold resistance, can be 2 years earlier than the young tree planting results. Gwenxi honeydew dry strong, can be used to thinning and deletion of upright large branches open sky window, the upper periphery open side window, the lower fruiting branches open small window, pay attention to cut off the dense branches, upright branches, exuberant branches. Young tree growth is particularly strong, need to carry out reasonable ring cutting (peel), promote its early production, ring cutting the first in early November - mid-December, the second in the flower 2/3, the part in the main branch has been flowering the base.
Evaluation: Koon Kee honeydew fruit large nuclear quality, adaptability, high yield, good commercialization, can be described as the crown of the grapefruit, but in the development of special attention to prevent the spread of ulcer disease, at the same time, the varieties have the shortcomings of the internal crack.
It is said to be specializing in the cultivation of good quality pomelo when tribute was presented to the Qing Emperor.
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Shatian Pomelo
Shatian Pomelo (Golden Pomelo) is native to Shatian, Rong County, Guangxi. The tree is strong and healthy, 1~2 years branch is thick and upright, the fruit is pear-shaped or gourd-shaped, the single fruit weighs 500~1500 grams, the flesh is crisp and tender, white or shrimp color, the flavor is strong and sweet, the quality is superior. Fruit edible rate of 40 ~ 60%, juice content of 30 ~ 40%, per 100 ml contains 0.3 ~ 0.6 grams of total acid, vitamin c 100 ~ 200 mg. The fruit is ripe in early October ~ mid-November. There are many types of pomelo, and the cultivated ones are soft-branched and hard-branched. Soft branch type fruit is smaller, pear-shaped, more juice, quality is superior. The type of maturity earlier, productive and stable yield. Hard branch type fruit is larger, gourd-shaped, less juice, productive, but more likely to appear big and small annual results.
Yuhuan Wendan Pomelo
Originally from Yuhuan County, Zhejiang Province. Strong growth potential, large fruit, single fruit weight 1250 ~ 2000 grams, the largest up to 3500 grams or more, crisp flesh, aroma. No or few nuclei, excellent quality. Edible rate of 60 ~ 65%, 100 ml of juice containing 0.8 ~ 1.0 grams of acid, vitamin C50 ~ 60 mg, the fruit in mid-October ~ early November ripe. Wendan pomelo has two types: flat conical and high conical. The former is productive, but the fruit cracking is heavier. The latter fruit center column is small, almost no cracking. This variety has strong growth potential, good productivity, large fruit, colorful, fragrant, no or few nuclei, excellent quality.