How good is grapefruit?
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Diet, in addition to gastrointestinal pathogens, detoxification of alcohol, treatment of drinkers' breath, not thinking about light diet, resolving phlegm and relieving cough". Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet, sour and cold, and has the effects of invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, reducing qi and resolving phlegm. Modern medical research shows that grapefruit has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, organic acids, vitamins and other nutritional elements. Grapefruit meat is also rich in vitamin C and insulin-like components, which has the effects of lowering blood sugar, reducing blood fat, losing weight and beautifying. In addition, grapefruit contains glucocorticoid, a physiologically active substance, which can reduce blood viscosity and reduce the formation of thrombus, so it also has a preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases. Pomelo pulp is sweet and sour, and pomelo peel, pomelo core and pomelo leaves can be used as medicine.
Pomelo peel, pomelo peel. It is pungent, bitter and warm in nature. Has the effects of regulating qi, promoting digestion, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma.
(1) Treatment of food stagnation: grapefruit peel 12g, endothelium corneum Gigeriae Galli 10g, hawthorn meat 10g, and Amomum villosum 6g. Decoct with water.
(2) Treating children's cough and asthma: 6g grapefruit peel, 6 g mugwort leaf and 3g licorice. Decoct with water.
Pomelo core, pomelo seed. Bitter taste, mild nature. Has the effects of soothing liver, regulating qi, dispersing lung qi and relieving cough.
Treatment of cold and cough: more than 20 grapefruit seeds, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and decoct with large glass of water. 2-3 times a day.
Grapefruit leaves, grapefruit leaves. It tastes spicy, bitter and warm. Has the effects of promoting circulation of qi, relieving pain, removing toxic substances and relieving swelling.
(1) Treatment of chilblain: grapefruit leaves 30g, dried ginger 10g. * * * Frostbite is soaked in boiling water twice a day for about half an hour each time.
(2) Treatment of headache: grapefruit leaves are mashed with scallion and pasted on the temples.
How to choose grapefruit
1. Look at the appearance. To observe whether the shape of grapefruit is a tumbler shape, it is better to use a flat round grapefruit with a sharp top, a short neck and a flat bottom.
2. weigh it. When buying grapefruit, don't just look at the size. You should weigh the grapefruit of the same size and choose the heavier one.
3. Look at the epidermis. Generally, the mature grapefruit skin will be delicate and smooth, and the immature grapefruit skin will be rough, so choose smooth.
4. Look at the color. Mature grapefruit skin is even in color, yellow or orange. Choose this one.
5. Pinch by hand. Fresh grapefruit feels hard when squeezed by hand. If you are pressing soft grapefruit, don't choose it, because it is either thick or not fresh.
How to eat grapefruit
Eat two grapefruit and make the best use of it. The one with yellow flesh is citron tea, and the one with white flesh is cooking.
Honey grapefruit tea
Ingredients: about 4 kg of grapefruit, 500 g of rock sugar, 250 g of honey, 250 ml of water and a little salt.
Exercise:
1. Wash grapefruit with salt, peel it, peel off the pulp, put the skin on the chopping board, scrape the white pulp clean, and then cut it into filaments.
2. Soak the cut grapefruit skin in salt for half an hour, wash it, put it in the pot for 10 minute, take it out and rinse it again, which can be repeated several times to remove the bitter taste of the skin.
3. Put grapefruit skin, grapefruit meat, rock sugar and water into a pot, boil it with medium and small fire until it is thick and waterless, turn off the fire and cool it a little, then add honey and mix well, can it and seal it, and store it in cold storage. Usually drink a spoonful of warm water.
Braised pork with pomelo peel
Ingredients: 1 pomelo peel, 250g roasted meat, a little chopped green onion.
Exercise:
1. Remove the yellow part on the surface of grapefruit peel and slice. Boil grapefruit peel in boiling water for a few minutes, then soak it in cold water. In the meantime, change the water several times. When changing water, squeeze the bitter water out of the grapefruit skin. If you don't have time to change the water, soak it in an enlarged basin for one night, and the basic bitterness will be gone the next day.
2. Cut chopped green onion for later use. Put oil in a hot pan, stir-fry barbecue, add grapefruit peel and sugar to oyster sauce, cover with water, turn to water, smoke and simmer until dry, and put chopped green onion on the plate.
Taboo of grapefruit
1. Some drugs, such as cyclosporine, caffeine, calcium antagonists, cisapride, etc., are easy to interact with grapefruit when taken together, and should not be taken at the same time.
2. Patients with hypertension should not eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice during taking antihypertensive drugs, otherwise serious side effects such as sudden drop in blood pressure may occur.
3. Women who take birth control pills should avoid eating, grapefruit will hinder women's absorption of birth control pills.
4. Grapefruit is cold, and people who have diarrhea due to spleen deficiency will have diarrhea after eating grapefruit, so people who are weak should not eat more.