Winter fruits/citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C and P, which can antioxidant. Eating them after eating can help iron absorption. But people should be careful before eating them!

 8:25am, 19 August 2025
What is very important for nurturing is to "eat it in season", but what should I eat during this season? Yuanqi.com "Eating in the Season" will organize the fruits and vegetables produced in the season for you, introduce the vegetables and fruits that are suitable for eating, their nutritional value, eating precautions, and the most practical foods.

Citrus fruits are rich in vitamins C and P. The two nutrients have excellent effects on antioxidant and free radicals. In addition, orange peel can also regulate phlegm and reduce swelling.

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Citrus foods such as oranges and kumquats make people think of "sour" immediately, and many people prefer this "sour and sweet" flavor. In fact, citrus fruits are rich in vitamins C and P. The two nutrients have excellent effects on antioxidant and anti-free radicals. In addition, orange peel can also regulate phlegm and reduce swelling.

Vitamin P antioxidant enhances vascular elasticity

Citrus fruits such as diced, orange, grapefruit, lemon, and yellow are high-C fruits, with vitamin C ranging from 30 to 40 mg per 100 grams. Compared with fruits such as watermelon, grapes, apples, and bananas, the vitamin C content is several times higher. When people eat red meat to supplement iron quality, if they can eat citrus with high C content after eating, it will help iron quality absorption.

In addition to skin whitening, vitamin C is also helpful for the body's important liver detoxification enzyme "Litatatha" and vitamin C and E can restore and detoxify enzymes. In addition, citrus also contains bio-type ketone commonly known as "vitamin P". It coexists with vitamin C and can achieve a mutual enhancement effect. It can resist oxidation and fight the body damage caused by free radicals, avoid bone abrasion inflammation and subcutaneous cervical tissue consumption, and increase vascular elasticity, avoid atherosclerosis, and ultraviolet damage to the eyes.

Nerve moisturized water Chenpi Tea Care

Xu Yufen, the attending physician of the Chinese Medicine Department of Zhenxing Hospital:

Citrus oranges can be made into Chenpi after washing and drying skin. Chenpi has the effect of "regulating phlegm, reducing abdominal distension, and reducing phlegm and moisture". If the nasal cavity often has dampness symptoms, Chenpi can be used as a body care tea drink. Take 3 yuan of chengus and add 600cc hot water to drink; or wash 1/4 of the orange peel, dry for 2 to 3 days, and add 600cc hot water to drink. This will not only improve the phlegm and moisture caused by cold body quality, but also relax the smooth muscles of the muscles and air, relax nerve tightness, and help digestion and stomach excretion.

And the taste of citrus fruits is sour. If they can be cooked with meat, such as adding lemon juice, it will not only soften the meat, but also help digestion and remove oily feeling.

Drinking kumquats when you have a happy cold, lack of evidence research

Because citrus is rich in rich vitamin C, Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling used high doses of vitamin C to conduct anti-cancer research and found that it can improve the natural immune system and become a natural defense line for the human body. Therefore, many people often drink a glass of hot kumquat lemon and other citrus juice before catching a cold to prevent colds. However, Xu Yufen emphasized that can vitamin C strengthen the human immune system? There is still a lack of practical research data.

It will stimulate gastric acid secretion. Do not eat

The taste of citrus on an empty stomach is sour. Its sour taste will stimulate gastric acid secretion. Therefore, people with excessive gastric acid, digestive aches or gastroesophageal reflux should not eat it on an empty stomach to avoid irritation of the stomach, which will lead to increased gastroesophageal reflux, and aggravate gastroesophageal reflux. Therefore, unless you are a person with a healthy kidney, it is not recommended to drink lemon juice and other citrus juice on an empty stomach.

Take hypertension drugs Do not eat grapefruit

In addition, grapefruits that are also citrus-type, if you are taking hypertension drugs, it is not recommended to take medicine and drink grapefruit juice at the same time to avoid inhibiting liver-relieving enzymes and prolonging the time for drug-relieving medications. If the body is cold or the gastrointestinal tube is poor, if you want to supplement a lot of vitamin C, it is recommended not to eat citrus fruits such as diced diced tangerine and orange, but you can take "replenishing agent" instead.

Cold, cough, sore throat, fasting citrus, citrus fruits are cold, if they are more sensitive to temperature, cold, poor gastrointestinal tubes, or people with asthma, cough, or are sick and cold, they are not suitable for eating citrus foods to avoid irritating the symptoms of coughing.

In addition, the taste and taste of kumquats and lemons are sour. If the throat is red and the acidic food is eaten, it may cause the throat to become dryer. If the patient has a fever and the throat is yellow and thick, it is not suitable for eating citrus fruits.

The master teaches you how to make delicious citrus cuisine

demonstration master/Qiu Mingqin: Retired hostess has been born naturally for 30 years. For the health of their children, they cook with love and nourish themselves. They should maintain less oil, less meat and less flavor, and believe that the natural and healthy ingredients are.

1. Red ginger Chenpi tea

Ingredients: 30 red ginger, 5 slices of Chenpi (buy salted with honey, edible), 6 sour plums, 1500cc water, Method:

1. Wash the red ginger, boil with Chenpi and sour plums in water, cook on low heat for about 20 minutes, and after 15 minutes, you can take out the drinks.

2.When the soup water is about 1/3, boil it with 600~800cc water for a second time, boil it for about 10 minutes and 5 minutes, and the soup tea is as delicious as the second time.

TIPS: The ingredients in the pot are completely edible, especially the red can be picked out and placed in a bowl, so that children can eat it as sweets. It not only can replenish iron, but also promotes worms and peristalsis. It is a secret recipe for treating constipation..

Master suggested: This is the season of orange production and can be made with self-made skin. First, leave the orange peel and place it in the refrigerator. After the orange peel is automatically drained and dried, store it in a sealed bag. If someone is coughing at home, you can boil water and add salt to drink. However, you should not touch water when storing, otherwise it will become moldy. If you keep it well, you can store it like the Chenpi from others for 18 years!

2. Ice Town Crispy Kumquats

Ingredients: 1 jin of Yilan Kumquat, 6~8 rock sugar, 3 sour plums, 4 licorice slices, 1/3 teaspoon of salt

Method:

1. The night before, wash the fresh kumquats with stems and dry them (use cloth or napkin paper to clean the outer skin), and remove the stems and leave the stems.

2. Cut the kumquats together, and those with larger fruits can cut them into three slices.

3. Put it in the pot, add licorice, sour plum, rock sugar, and salt for a little shake, add the pot and put it in the refrigerator, and then it can be eaten when the rock sugar is completely in liquid form.

TIPS:

1. Do not touch water when taking it.

2. If you haven't finished eating, you can put it in a jar for 3 months and it will not change the taste.

3. Soup can be used to make tea.

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3. Chenpi pork belly

Ingredients: 1 piece of pork belly (about 300g), half a bowl of rice wine, half a bowl of water, 1 bowl of soy sauce, 1 soup spoon of rock sugar, and 10 eggs (duck eggs are better); buy cinnamon leaves, cumin, and Chenpi in Chinese medicine. Put it in a braised bag. Method:

1. Wash the pork belly, stir the rice wine, soy sauce, water, rock sugar and spices together. After the water is turned on, turn off the heat and heat it for 40 minutes.

2. Turn the flask and look at the sauce. If there is about 1/2 bowl left, turn off the heat and wait for about 10 minutes.

3. Take it out and cut it into thin slices, mix it with small cucumber or crumbs (make it manually by yourself during the full season, which is even more delicious).

4. Cook the eggs, remove the shells, and put them in a crock together.

TIPS:

1. Chenpi can make the meat tender and smoother. The aroma of other spices and rice wine can make the oily and fishy smell of pork belly invisible.

2. This ginger egg can be put in the ginger juice and will taste more delicious overnight.

3. If you buy black pork, it will take more than 1 hour to cook the meat.