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What are the benefits of eating more oranges in autumn and winter?

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Asked on:Apr 01, 2026 04:31 PM

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  • Evelyn Evelyn

    Apr 01, 2026

      Autumn and winter are the seasons when oranges are ripe and put on the market in large quantities. Oranges contain a lot of vitamin C, citric acid and Grape Sugar and more than ten kinds of nutrients. Oranges have the medicinal effects of moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, resolving phlegm, and strengthening the spleen. especially for elderly , acute and chronic bronchitis and patients with cardiovascular disease, it is a top-quality food. Eating an orange a day can also prevent oral cancer, throat cancer and stomach cancer wait cancer of invasion.

      Orange meat: sweet, sour and cool, has the functions of appetizing and regulating qi, relieving cough and moisturizing the lungs, relieving alcohol and refreshing the mind. It is mainly used to treat vomiting, indigestion, dry mouth and tongue, and lung heat. cough , excessive drinking and other diseases. Because it is rich in vitamin B1 and vitamin P, it can assist in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis and various cardiovascular diseases. disease , the "nomilin" substance it contains also has obvious anti-cancer effects and can prevent gastric cancer.

      Tangerine peel: The dry and ripe outer rind of oranges. Older ones are better. It is warm in nature and bitter in taste. It has the functions of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and reducing inverse symptoms. It can treat abdominal distension and pain, lack of appetite, nausea and vomiting, belching, hiccups, loose stools and diarrhea, cold phlegm and cough, etc. It can also detoxify fish and crab poison. When harvesting tangerine peel, the red outer skin after removing the white inner skin is called orange red, and the white inner skin after removing the red inner skin is called orange white. clinical It is also specially used. The two functions are the same as tangerine peel, but the former focuses on drying dampness and resolving phlegm, while the latter is good at harmonizing the stomach and resolving dampness.

      Green peel: The outer skin or young fruit of the immature orange fruit is named after its green color. It is warm in nature and bitter in taste. It has the power of soothing the liver and dissipating qi, dispersing stagnation and eliminating phlegm. It is stronger than dried tangerine peel. It is often used to treat chest and flank distension, epigastric distension and tightness, hernia, food accumulation, breast distension or agglomeration caused by liver stagnation and qi stagnation.