Kumquat what
Rutaceae, genus kumquat. Also known as jujube, kumquat, small orange. Evergreen shrub. Height 3 meters, generally not spiny, branchlets green, branching when sufficient nutrition; leaves lanceolate to long elliptic, 5-9 cm long, entire, petiole slightly winged; flowers small, white, fragrant, 1-3 axillary, petals 5, 20-25 stamens, ovary 5 cells; fruit ellipsoid or obovate, 2.5-3.5 cm long, golden yellow; fruit spherical belongs to the kumquat of Japan. Kumquat is not only beautiful, and the fruit is rich in vitamin C, kumquat glycosides and other components, to maintain cardiovascular function, to prevent vascular sclerosis, hypertension and other diseases have a certain role. As therapeutic health products, kumquat preserves can be used to open the stomach, drinking kumquat juice can produce fluids to quench thirst, plus radish juice, pear juice drinking can cure cough.
Effects of kumquat
It can regulate qi, relieve depression, dissolve phlegm, quench thirst, eliminate food and sober up. Kumquat can enhance the body's ability to resist cold, can prevent and cure colds, reduce blood lipids. Chest congestion and depression, do not want to eat, or hurt food fullness, drunkenness and thirst of people to eat; suitable for acute and chronic bronchitis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, hypertension, rectal sclerosis people to eat. Spleen weak qi deficiency people should not eat, diabetics avoid eating. Where the mouth and tongue broken pain, gum swelling and pain avoid eating.
Kumquat role
Kumquat fruit is rich in vitamin A, can prevent pigmentation, enhance skin luster and elasticity, slow down the aging process, to avoid sagging skin wrinkles. It can also prevent civilization diseases, such as vascular lesions and cancer, and it can regulate the qi and relieve cough, strengthen the stomach, resolve phlegm, and prevent asthma and bronchitis. Kumquat also contains vitamin P, which is an important nutrient to maintain the health of blood vessels, and can strengthen the elasticity of microvessels, which can be used as an auxiliary food for hypertension, vascular sclerosis and heart diseases. 80% of kumquat's vitamin C is stored in the rind, which is effective in detoxification of the liver, eye care and immune system health care, and the rind of kumquat is sweeter than the flesh.
Kumquats are characterized by the fact that the rind and the flesh are eaten together, and after chewing, you will feel the throat moist and full of flavor. 80% of kumquat vitamin C is concentrated in the rind, up to 200 milligrams per hundred grams. In addition to eating kumquats fresh, they can also be made into tea for drinking. A larger use is processed into sugar kumquat cake, licorice kumquat cake, jam, orange peel wine, kumquat juice and so on. The rind can also be extracted as aromatic oil. Kumquat has high medicinal value.