Juluo, the name of Chinese medicine, is the veins in the peel of the Rutaceae plant Orange and its cultivated varieties. So what are the functions of Juluo? Let me take you through it next. The effects of orange collaterals
1. Unblock collaterals, resolve phlegm, smooth Qi and activate blood circulation
Some people often tear off strips of white strands on the orange flaps when eating oranges. In fact, these white strips are Silk is very nutritious. The white network of tendons on the outside of oranges is called "Orange Network". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Orange Network has the function of unblocking collaterals and reducing phlegm, smoothing Qi and activating blood circulation. It is not only a good food therapy for patients with chronic bronchitis, coronary heart disease and other chronic diseases, but also It has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on chest and hypochondrium pain caused by chronic cough.
2. Anti-toxic and anti-cancer
Modern nutrition has discovered that tangerine collaterals contain a substance called lutin, which can keep blood vessels normal in elasticity and density. It can reduce the fragility and permeability of blood vessel walls, and can prevent cerebral hemorrhage in patients with hypertension and retinal hemorrhage in diabetics. For people who usually have a tendency to bleed, especially the elderly who tend to have arteriosclerosis, eating tangerine is even more beneficial. harmless. When used in combination with other traditional Chinese medicines, it can also play a role in detoxification and anti-cancer. The medicinal value of Juluo
The medicinal name is Juluo
The muscles in the peel of the plant are used as medicinal parts.
Preparation method: Collect in summer and autumn, peel off the fascia from the peel or pulp, dry in the sun, and use raw.
Nature and flavor are bitter, sweet, and neutral in nature.
Returns to the spleen and lung meridians.
Efficacy: unblock meridians, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.
It is mainly used for cough with excessive phlegm and pain in the chest and hypochondrium.
Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 2.5-4.5g.
Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica"
How to eat Juluo
Juluo has mild medicinal properties and is suitable for most people to take. People can pull off the tendons when eating oranges, wash them and air-dry them, store them in dry containers, or buy them directly at a traditional Chinese medicine store. When you feel stuffy, have phlegm and are prone to coughing, soak it in boiling water for 10 to 20 minutes and drink it directly. You can also add a little when cooking rice porridge, but do not leave it overnight.
Special attention should be paid to not brewing tangerine leaves and tea together, because some substances in the tea may react chemically with tangerine leaves and produce harmful substances. In addition, you can also decoct Juluo, tangerine peel, Sichuan clamshell, Poria cocos, etc., which can effectively treat qi inversion and phlegm stagnation. Relevant discussions on Orange collaterals
1. "Ben Cao Chong Yuan": Orange pulp is applied to the fascia, which is very effective in treating thirst and vomiting of wine. Decoction and drinking are very effective, because it can drink in the chest and travel on the skin. also.
2. "Supplementary Materials to the Outline": Jin Yucheng Yun, orange silk can clear up the stagnant Qi in the meridians, and has been used many times to treat distended pulses caused by Wei Qi going against the lungs.
3. "Book of Materia Medica": Orange collaterals, sweet and cold enters the collaterals, has little effect, and may be able to clear the residual heat in the collaterals.
4. "Rihuazi Materia Medica": It is effective in treating thirst and vomiting. Stir-fried and fried in soup.
5. "Supplementary Materials to the Outline of the Compendium": dredges meridians, stagnant Qi, distended pulses, expels phlegm accumulated inside and outside the skin, and activates blood circulation.