Grapefruit peel has many functions. How much do you know about these five functions?

　　Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit peel has a bitter, sweet taste and is warm in nature. It has the effects of resolving phlegm, relieving cough, regulating qi, and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat cough and asthma, qi stagnation, chest tightness, abdominal cold pain, food stagnation, hernia, etc.

　　What are the effects of grapefruit peel?

　　1. Boil grapefruit peel in water to treat pneumonia in children

　　After eating the grapefruit, leave the skin to dry, put a few pieces into a pot and boil them with water (the pieces should not be too small, otherwise the efficacy of the medicine will be reduced, but it should not be too large), and not too much water (the same as when decoction of Chinese medicine). After boiling it for a few times, pour the boiled soup into a bowl for the child to drink. Drinking it for a few times will make him feel better.

　　2. Boil grapefruit peel in water to treat chilblains

　　Boil water with dried grapefruit peels. When it is very thick, use the water to apply hot compress to the frostbitten area, but avoid breaking the skin. Pay attention to the temperature of the hot compress. At the beginning, the temperature of the towel should not be too hot. You can shake off the hot air before applying it. After the frostbitten area adapts, gradually increase the temperature. At the highest temperature, the towel should be taken out of the pot and applied directly to the hot compress. This method requires patience and long-term persistence (even if it is cured, it is best to persist until the end of this winter), which can promote the recovery of frostbite and effectively prevent or reduce the recurrence of frostbite in the coming year. If there is no broken skin on the frostbitten area, you can add a few dried chili peppers. It is best to use the pot and towel separately. The boiled water does not need to be replaced, but it must be boiled every time. When adding new water, the boiling time must be extended.

　　3. Resolve phlegm and warm the stomach

　　To eat grapefruit peel: First peel off the green and yellow skin of the grapefruit peel, leaving the white "cotton" inner layer. Boil the grapefruit peel in boiling water for 10 minutes, remove it and drain it with clean water. blister Soak for a period of time, squeeze out the water, and then soak in water until the green and astringent taste in the grapefruit peel is removed, then cut into pieces for consumption. It has therapeutic effects such as warming the stomach, resolving phlegm, and moistening the throat.

　　The outer peel of the sleeve is orange-red, a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, and contains volatile substances such as limonene and piene. This kind of substance can make respiratory secretions thicker and thinner, which is beneficial to the discharge of sputum. It has good expectorant and antitussive effects. It is a good product for treating chronic cough and asthma in the elderly and deficiency-cold phlegm asthma.

　　4. Soak your feet with grapefruit peel to reduce inflammation and relieve itching. beriberi。

　　Decoction of grapefruit peel and washing with water is particularly effective in treating athlete’s foot. Boil the grapefruit peel in water, then soak your feet. Antipruritic, anti-inflammatory, heal wounds. You might as well give it a try. It will definitely have good results and relieve the unbearable pain of itching. Bring relaxation and happiness. The benefits of plants to humans are both food and medicine. Choosing a plant-based diet is definitely a wise move that will benefit your body and mind.

　　5. Grapefruit tea is delicious and can also cure diseases.

　　Honey Grapefruit Tea

　　Ingredients: grapefruit, honey, rock sugar

　　Method: Prepare the grapefruit, peel the grapefruit peel, and then wash the grapefruit peel. It is best to soak it in light salt water for ten minutes, which can have a sterilizing effect. Then peel off the outer part of the washed grapefruit peel. Be sure to make it as thin as possible. Try to choose the yellow part. Generally, we don’t need the white part.

　　How to better remove grapefruit peel

　　Grapefruit peel method

　　Take 1 grapefruit, use a paring knife to score the skin of the grapefruit vertically into a 5-petal boat shape, then peel the skin to all sides and take out the pulp of the grapefruit. Be careful when taking out the pulp of the grapefruit. It is best not to break the skin of the grapefruit. To get the skin of the grapefruit, peel off the green and yellow skin first. This skin is hard and astringent and cannot be eaten, leaving the white "cotton" inner layer.

　　Then roll the grapefruit peel in boiling water for 10 minutes (chopsticks can pierce it), then pick it up and soak it in clean water overnight. Pick it up the next day and squeeze out the water, then soak it in clean water. Repeat this for several times. After the green and astringent taste in the grapefruit skin is removed, cut it into pieces.

　　The first layer of grapefruit peel has a very good effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, but the white part connecting the grapefruit peel and pulp is very bitter, so people who can't tolerate bitterness can leave this part. Grapefruit tea can also help with qi, digestion and pain relief, and can prevent and treat stomach ache、diarrhea and indigestion.

　　Contraindications for using grapefruit peel:

　　1. Grapefruit peel soaked in water cannot be taken together with certain drugs.

　　Experts discovered through experiments that if Hyperlipidemia If patients take grapefruit tea and lipid-lowering drugs together, the blood lipid-lowering effect will be greatly reduced, and the patient may also develop muscle pain and kidney disease.

　　In addition, if some patients take grapefruit or grapefruit tea while taking anti-allergic drugs, they may suffer from arrhythmia, dizziness, and heart palpitations in mild cases. In serious cases, they may even die suddenly. In fact, many drugs can have adverse effects on grapefruit and grapefruit tea, such as coffee Because, cisapride and cyclosporine and calcium antagonists, etc. Do not take grapefruit or grapefruit tea within 24 hours of taking the medicine, because they may have effects when taken together.

　　2. During the period of taking birth control pills female Grapefruit peel should not be taken

　　Through experiments by scientists, it was found that grapefruit tea has the greatest impact on contraceptive pills. If a woman who is taking birth control pills drinks grapefruit peel soaked in water or takes grapefruit directly, especially if she takes grapefruit after sex, the contraceptive effect will be reduced and the possibility of pregnancy will be greatly increased. Why is this? Experts tell us that this is because certain substances contained in grapefruit have an absorption effect on contraceptives, so the efficacy of the medicine is reduced.

　　3. People with spleen deficiency and diarrhea are not suitable to take grapefruit or grapefruit tea.

　　This is because if people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea constitution take grapefruit tea, their bodies are prone to diarrhea, which is not good for the body. healthy。

　　Don’t throw away grapefruit peel anymore, it has more benefits than we think.