What is the role of steamed navel orange with salt?

1. Resolving phlegm and relieving cough: navel orange is sweet and cool, and has good expectorant and antitussive effects. It also contains antitussive and expectorant components such as narcotine and orange peel oil. Therefore, steaming navel orange with salt is helpful to clear lung heat, eliminate inflammation of lung and trachea, and has a certain auxiliary treatment effect on cough, scanty phlegm, sore throat and asthma caused by lung heat and lung dryness, and is suitable for people suffering from wind-heat cold.

2. Regulating stomach and stopping vomiting: Salted navel orange is rich in organic acids such as malic acid and citric acid, and its orange peel is fragrant, with a variety of volatile aromatic oil components. It has the functions of regulating stomach appetite, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, helping to regulate spleen and stomach, and improving gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.

3, appetizing digestion: salt steamed navel orange smells fragrant, rich in fruit acid, vitamin C and other nutrients, not only helps to promote saliva secretion, increase appetite, but also promotes gastric juice secretion, accelerates gastrointestinal peristalsis, and helps food digestion. It is good for anorexia and indigestion.

4, clearing away heat and relaxing bowels: salted navel orange tastes sweet, sour and cool, has a certain effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire, can help clear the body's virtual fire, and has a certain relief effect on the symptoms of getting angry such as sore throat, dry mouth and hoarseness; In addition, salted navel orange is rich in pectin and dietary fiber, which can lubricate the intestine, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help to improve dry stool and constipation.