Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet, sour and cold, and has the functions of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, reducing qi and resolving phlegm, and being light and happy. Modern medical research has found that grapefruit meat is rich in vitamin C and insulin-like components, so it has the effects of lowering blood sugar, reducing blood fat, losing weight and beauty beauty. Regular consumption helps to treat diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and arteriosclerosis. It has the functions of strengthening body constitution and beauty beauty for obese people.
Grapefruit not only has high nutritional value, but also has the effects of invigorating stomach, moistening lung, enriching blood, clearing bowel and relaxing bowels, which can promote wound healing and has a good auxiliary effect on septicemia. In addition, grapefruit contains glucocorticoids, a physiologically active substance, so it can reduce blood viscosity and reduce thrombosis, so it also has a good preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases, such as cerebral thrombosis and stroke. Fresh pomelo meat is an ideal food for diabetic patients because it contains insulin-like components. The therapeutic effect of grapefruit is particularly obvious. Peel grapefruit 1 piece, cut off the inner white pulp, chop it up, put it in a covered bowl, add a proper amount of honey, steam it in water, take one spoonful each morning and evening, and take it with a little yellow wine, which can cure cough and asthma of the elderly. People who often catch a cold, cough and have sensitive trachea can use a fresh pomelo, peel and core, one or two (50g) of Zhengbei apricot, Fritillaria and unbleached ear (or yellow ear), and honey (preferably honey that can moisten lung and relieve cough) for one day, which can strengthen lung.
However, eating grapefruit is also taboo. People who have diarrhea due to spleen deficiency will have diarrhea after eating grapefruit, because their ability to absorb and transform food nutrition is weak. Grapefruit can't be taken with some medicines. Clinical observation shows that patients with hyperlipidemia swallow a tablet of lovastatin with a glass of grapefruit juice, and the result is equivalent to swallowing 12-L5 lovastatin with a glass of water, which can reduce blood lipid, so patients are prone to poisoning, muscle pain and even kidney disease.