Bergamot is full of treasures, and roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits can be used as medicine. It is pungent, bitter, sweet, warm and non-toxic. It enters the three meridians of liver, spleen and stomach, and has many medicinal functions, such as regulating qi, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and swelling, soothing the liver, strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach. According to historical records, the root of bergamot can cure men's weakness and limb weakness; Flowers and fruits can be used to make tea, which has the function of degassing; Fruit can cure stomach diseases, vomiting, burping, hypertension, tracheitis, asthma and other diseases. According to Neijing, bergamot has the functions of treating swelling and pain, women's vaginal discharge and sobering up, and it is the main raw material for preparing bergamot Chinese patent medicine.
The fruit of bergamot can also extract bergamot essential oil, which is a good beauty and skin care product. The flowers and fruits of bergamot are edible, which can be made into bergamot porridge, bergamot bamboo shoots, bergamot stewed pork intestines and so on. Has the effects of regulating qi, resolving phlegm, soothing the liver, regulating the stomach, and relieving alcoholism.