What is the scientific nature of folk remedies in COVID-19?
Ruan: COVID-19 has many symptoms, such as sore throat, dry cough and loss of appetite. It is helpful to eat some steamed oranges with salt at this time. It's winter, the temperature is very low, the air is very dry, oranges have a lot of water, taste sweet and sour, and are rich in vitamin C. It's just right to steam and eat, and the multiplication of salt and sugar will make us feel sweeter.
Steamed oranges with salt:
1. Wash oranges thoroughly and soak them in salt water for a while.
2. cut the top of the orange, just like an orange cup.
3. Sprinkle a little salt evenly on the orange meat, poke it a few times with chopsticks to facilitate salt penetration, and insert a toothpick into the orange to fix it.
4. Put it in a bowl, cover it with the cut orange cover, steam it in a pot, and steam it for about ten minutes after the water is boiled.
5. Take it out and peel it. Take the pulp and eat it with steamed water.
Of course, there are many alternatives. For example, you can drink more hot water or pear soup and eat other fruits, and the effect is similar. Boiled water with scallion is actually the same as boiled water with ginger, mainly because of the customs in some places. If it can make you drink more water, it's actually not bad. Canned yellow peach contains a certain amount of vitamin C and a lot of sugar, and it tastes good. If we can make everyone have a better appetite, we can get some nutrition.
In addition, during their stay in COVID-19, many people will have a fever and sweat, and their bodies will be dehydrated and lose electrolytes, such as minerals such as potassium, sodium and magnesium. Electrolyte water can quickly solve the problem of electrolyte imbalance and help the body maintain normal function. However, there are many ways to replenish electrolytes, and you don't have to buy functional drinks. Light salt water can be used as a kind of "flat supplement" of electrolyte water, and potassium-containing foods such as laver and spinach can also replenish electrolytes for us appropriately. If you can eat normally, you generally don't need additional supplements.
What is the function of steamed oranges with salt?
Steamed oranges with salt can help digestion and relieve greasy. Oranges contain pectin and dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and avoid food accumulation. Steamed oranges with salt can also stimulate the secretion of digestive juice, which helps to increase appetite.
Secondly, steamed oranges with salt can also clear away lung heat, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, and can improve chest pain, cough, cough and asthma caused by exogenous wind and heat or yellow and sticky phlegm. Moreover, the content of vitamin C in oranges is very high, which can also enhance physical fitness and prevent scurvy.
In addition, eating salted steamed oranges can also increase the elasticity of capillaries and reduce the level of cholesterol in blood, which is very suitable for people with hyperlipidemia, hypertension and arteriosclerosis. Pectin contained in orange peel can also promote food to pass through gastrointestinal tract, so that cholesterol can be excreted with feces more quickly, thus reducing the absorption of cholesterol. People with gallstones can have a good therapeutic effect besides eating oranges and soaking in water.