Can you eat oranges??? Why??

Orange is an evergreen tree belonging to the citrus genus of the Rutaceae family. It is the most representative citrus fruit tree. There are two basic varieties: sweet orange and lime.

The shoots are thorny. The leaves are oblong, the petioles are long, and the wing lobes are well developed. The flowers are solitary, clumped or raceme-shaped, white, recurlable.

The seeds are oblong or oval with a ribbed surface. Oranges are also known as yellow fruits. It is native to southern China, distributed in all provinces in the south, and cultivated in Sichuan, Guangdong, Taiwan and other provinces.

It was introduced to Europe from China in the early 15th century and to the Americas at the end of the 15th century. The fruit is round to oblong, orange-yellow, the oil cell is raised, and the peel is not easy to peel. No bitterness.

The central column is substantial; The juice is sweet and fragrant. It contains a lot of sugar and a certain amount of citric acid as well as rich vitamin C, and has a high nutritional value. The fruit also contains vitamin P, which has high medicinal value.

In China, young fruits and fallen fruits can be dried for medicinal purposes. Resistant to storage and transportation. The difference in ripening period is large, which can prolong the first period of fresh fruits and processed raw materials.

Sweet orange varieties are divided into early, medium and late ripening according to the fruit ripening period. According to the shape and characteristics of the fruit, it can be divided into the following 4 varieties group: Common sweet orange.

The fruit is generally round, orange, and the top of the fruit has no umbilicus, or there are circle marks between them. It is the most abundant variety of sweet oranges. Sugar orange.

Also known as sourless sweet orange, the fruit shape is similar to that of ordinary sweet orange. Because of its very low acid content, it can be harvested and marketed when the juice content reaches an appropriate level, and it is a very early ripening sweet orange variety. It is produced in small quantities on the Mediterranean coast and in places such as Brazil, ** local markets.

Blood orange. The flesh and juice are all purple-red or dark red. The flesh is delicate and juicy, with a special aroma, and the Mediterranean region is its origin and main production area.

Navel orange. It is characterized by an umbilicus at the top of the fruit, that is, a small underdeveloped fruit is embedded at the top of the fruit. Seedless, the meat is crisp and tender, and the taste is sweet and slightly sour.

At present, there are quite a few varieties of oranges cultivated in China, mainly sweet orange, snow orange, red juice orange (modified orange), golden orange (goose egg orange), leaf orange, rock sugar orange, navel orange and summer orange.

Are you talking about oranges or grapefruits, oranges are bitter because you didn't buy them well, grapefruit is bitter because you didn't pick them well.

People who can't eat oranges:

1. Patients with insufficient liver yin, excessive gastric acid, dry mouth and throat, less red tongue, diabetes, and allergies should not eat.

2. In addition, some people eat oranges and other citrus fruits in moderation but cause poisoning, flooding hands, feet and even the whole body turn yellow, and even nausea, vomiting, anxiety, lack of energy and other symptoms, this is the old people often say "orange disease", medically known as "carotenemia". Usually there is no need for **, as long as you stop eating this food, you can get better.

Some people are not fit to eat oranges. For example, people with dry mouth and throat, less red tongue and other phenomena. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this is caused by the lack of liver yin, and eating too many oranges is more likely to hurt liver qi and cause deficiency and heat.

Contraindications: Diabetic patients should not eat. Orange contains more tannins, which can be combined with iron.

It hinders the absorption and utilization of iron, so patients with anemia should not eat more. Suitable for: It can be eaten by the general population.

People who are full of chest and diaphragm, nausea and vomiting, and those who drink too much alcohol and have a hangover and do not wake up are especially suitable for eating.

The small oranges in the orange can be eaten, and the part of the "small orange" is also the pulp, which can be eaten, and there is no essential difference from the flesh of other parts. Navel oranges also have a small fruit in their navel, which is formed by a circle of incompletely developed carpels at the top of the fruit. The carpel is the basic unit of the pistil, and the fruit comes from the ovary of the pistil, so if there is an extra circle of carpel at the top of the fruit, it means that an extra fruit can grow there.

Navel orange is a genetically mutated orange variety that has been artificially bred to cause the appearance of this circle of excess carpels.

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Color: The leather surface is orange and smooth, and the color is fresh and fresh.

Volume: The quality of the fruit with large volume and medium size on the sunny branch is better, because the fruit on the sunny branch has more sunlight, generally develops normally, the flesh is nutritious, and its taste is fresh and sweet.

Elasticity: Gently press the peel with your fingers, the elasticity is good, indicating that the skin layer is thin, the heart is large, and the flesh is full.

Nest bottom: The bottom of the citrus is obviously concave inward, indicating good ripeness, thin skin, and more moisture.

Don't eat too many oranges, otherwise it will be too much and hurt your stomach. Just the right amount of it.

1It is best not to eat it, but don't worry if you eat it by mistake.

Orange seeds contain fatty oils, proteins, and bitter ingredients such as cork, which are beneficial to regulate qi and relieve pain, main hernia, and frustration and low back pain, so it is harmless to people with normal health, but it is beneficial. Moreover, the stomach acid in the stomach can decompose orange seeds, and even if it can't be decomposed, it will be excreted with feces. Although orange seeds are edible, don't eat them in large quantities, and don't worry too much about eating them by mistake.

2Orange seeds are not poisonous, but it is not recommended to eat them directly.

However, the hard shell of orange seeds is not conducive to digestion, and if the eater has poor gastrointestinal function, it will be difficult to digest, and if chewed and eaten, it may form a lump in the intestines, causing intestinal obstruction.

Orange seeds have the effect of beauty and beauty, moisturizing and laxative, orange seeds also have the effect of dispersing stasis and relieving pain, eliminating knots and relieving pain, if the orange seeds are treated to a certain extent, they can also play a role in driving away cold and dampness, cough and phlegm, for cough and throat itching caused by lung heat, orange seeds can also be used as a traditional Chinese medicine called orange core, which has the effect of treating hernia, low back pain, gonorrhea and so on.

3 Oranges can be eaten steamed, although oranges are nutritious, their properties are not suitable for everyone.

Because oranges belong to cool fruits, people with weak spleen and stomach, as well as people with weak physique, are not suitable for eating oranges, which are not only not easy to digest and absorb, but may also cause diarrhea.

Before steaming the oranges, wash them and soak them in salted water for 20 minutes to remove the wax from the surface of the oranges. Steaming oranges doesn't need to be peeled, just cut a slice flat on top of the orange and sprinkle a pinch of salt over the exposed pulp. After sprinkling with salt, poke a few small holes in the flesh of the orange so that the salt can seep into the flesh.

After poking, re-cover the orange you just cut and put it in the pot to steam. Steam for about 15 minutes and it's ready.

4. Steam for about 10-15 minutes.

Salt steaming oranges takes enough time to analyze the nutrients in the orange peel, and steaming for too long is easy to destroy the nutrients in the oranges, so it is recommended to steam for 10-15 minutes is the best.