Orange peel contains orange peel oil and narcotine, both of which have antitussive effects. Usually when you eat oranges, you throw away the peel. Therefore, eating oranges directly has little antitussive effect. After the orange is heated with salt, the components in the orange peel will dissolve into the pulp of the orange, which has antitussive effect, and the light salt also has expectorant effect. When eaten together, it has the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
Pregnant women who eat steamed oranges with salt can relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Steamed oranges with salt is a folk and indigenous method to relieve cough and phlegm and treat colds. After eating, there will be no side effects of the medicine, and it can also relieve cough and resolve phlegm on the basis of ensuring the normal health of the fetus. It can also treat wind-heat cold, orange is flat and cold, and it also has a certain therapeutic effect on wind-heat cold. You can also lose weight, and the energy content in oranges is low. Proper consumption helps pregnant women lose weight healthily.