Pomelo (Latin name: Citrus maxima (Burm) Merr.), also known as Wendan, fragrant Luan, Zhu Luan, inner purple and so on. Is the mature fruit of the rue family plant pomelo, produced in China's Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other southern regions. Pomelo is fragrant, sweet and sour, cool and moist, rich in nutrition, high medicinal value, is one of the fruits people like to eat, but also recognized by the medical profession as the most therapeutic effect of the fruit. Pomelo tea and pomelo skin also have practical value, and can be used as medicine.
Pomelo fruit is large, oblate or pear-shaped, the heaviest up to 3 kilograms, smooth skin, green or yellowish. In Xishuangbanna, pomelo is known as "bubble (pao) fruit". In recent years, the scientific and technical personnel of the Botanical Garden have cultivated many excellent varieties of pomelo on the basis of long-term practice, such as "Mansailong", "Menglun Pomelo", "Dongtiao Early" and so on. Fruit individual large, water, sweet and sour taste, loved by the people.
Pomelo nutritional value:
Pomelo contains sugar, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin P, carotene, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, citric acid.
The main components of pomelo skin are naringin, new hesperidin, etc. Pomelo kernel contains fat oil, phellandrene, phellandrene lactone. Pomelo is rich in nutrients, per 100 grams of edible part, containing 84.8 grams of water, protein 0.7 grams, fat
0.6 grams, 12.2 grams of carbohydrates, calories 57 kcal, 0.8 grams of crude fiber, calcium 41 milligrams, 43 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.9 milligrams of iron, 0.12 milligrams of carotenoids, sulphate 0.07 milligrams of nucleic
xanthin 0.02 mg, niacin 0.5 milligrams. , niacin 0.5 mg, ascorbic acid 41 mg.
Nutritional Analysis
1, grapefruit contains potassium, a natural trace element necessary for patients with hypertension, almost no sodium, so it is one of the best therapeutic fruits for patients with cardiovascular and cerebral vascular disease and renal disease (if renal insufficiency is accompanied by hyperkalemia, it is forbidden to consume it);
2, grapefruit contains a large amount of vitamin C, which can lower the blood cholesterol;
3, grapefruit pectin can not only reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein, but also reduce the degree of damage to the arterial wall;
4, grapefruit also enhance the effectiveness of the body, which helps the body more easily absorbed into the calcium and iron, the natural folic acid contained in the women in the pregnant women, there is to prevent the occurrence of anemia symptoms and promote the efficacy of fetal development;
5, the fresh grapefruit Fresh pomelo meat contains a role similar to the insulin component chromium, can reduce blood sugar;
6, with stomach, lung, blood, bowel movements, diarrhea and other effects, can promote wound healing, sepsis and other good auxiliary efficacy;
7, pomelo contains a physiologically active substance piroside, which reduces the viscosity of the blood, thereby reducing the formation of blood clots, cerebrovascular diseases such as thrombosis, stroke, etc., has a good preventive effect;
8, pomelo contains a physiologically active substance piroside, which reduces the blood viscosity, thus reducing the formation of thrombus, the cerebrovascular diseases such as thrombosis, stroke, etc. Have a good preventive effect;
8, pomelo taste sweet and sour, cool nature, with qi and phlegm, moistening the lungs and clearing the intestines, replenish the blood and strengthen the spleen and other efficacy;
9, can cure the less food, light mouth, indigestion and other diseases, can help digestion, remove phlegm to quench thirst, qi and dissipate knots;
10, pomelo is a vitamin C and carotene-rich fruits, with the protection of the liver, liver cells to promote regenerative function.
11, pomelo has the effect of stomach, is appetizing, promote digestion of high quality nutritional health fruits. In addition, grapefruit also has the role of lowering blood sugar and cholesterol, to prevent the occurrence of anemia symptoms in pregnant women and promote fetal development also has a good effect.
Oranges have a long history of cultivation, with its rind containing an aromatic odor, the ancients used it as an incense substitute. Hunan Province, Changsha suburb of Mawangdui unearthed in the Western Han Dynasty tomb artifacts in the seeds of this genus. The seeds, which are believed to be those of the orange - thicker and slightly angular, with a grayish-black color - are thought to have been one of the materials used as incense to accompany burials and to preserve the integrity of the body. Those seeds, along with other similar items, were placed on the west side of the casket, while food items were placed on the east side.
Nutritional value of oranges:
1, oranges have a broad bowel, qi, phlegm, digestion, appetizer, vomiting, pain, cough, etc., can be used for the treatment of chest tightness, abdominal distension, vomiting, constipation, dysuria, hemorrhoids bleeding, antidote to alcohol, fish, crab poison, etc..
2, oranges are rich in a variety of organic acids, vitamins, can regulate the body's metabolism, especially for the elderly and cardiovascular patients is very beneficial.
3, orange peel contains fruit acids, can promote appetite, stomach acid deficiency can help digestion.
4, oranges in the fiber can help laxative and reduce cholesterol. Oranges are rich in vitamin C, which has anti-cancer effects.
Oranges beauty method: take fresh oranges 1, wash and peel, slice, remove the orange seeds and apply to the face, 1 time a day, 20 minutes each time, you can get rid of facial pigmentation, treatment of chloasma