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Where do oranges come from?

Citrus is produced in Gansu, southwestern Shaanxi, southwestern Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and mountainous areas in northeastern Yunnan. They are wild and cultivated.

Oranges are mainly divided into sweet orange, navel orange, blood orange, sugar orange and red orange. In China, young fruits and fallen fruits can be dried and used as medicine. Storage and transportation resistance. The maturity varies greatly, which can prolong the supply period of fresh fruit and processing raw materials. Citrus varieties can be divided into early, middle and late maturity according to fruit maturity.

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There are many benefits to eating oranges.

1, enhance the body's resistance

Fresh orange fruit is rich in vitamin C, vitamin P and organic acids, which can protect cells, enhance leukocyte activity, resist free radicals, obviously regulate human metabolism and enhance body resistance. The flesh and skin of sweet orange can relieve the poisoning of fish and crabs, and also have the effect of sobering up for drunken people.

2, accelerate intestinal peristalsis

Oranges are rich in cellulose and pectin, which plays a certain role in accelerating intestinal peristalsis, helping the human body to clear the bowels and relieve constipation, and expelling harmful substances from the body as soon as possible.

3, prevention and treatment of colds and coughs

Orange peel has stronger antitussive and expectorant effects than tangerine peel. If you have a cold, cough, loss of appetite and other diseases, drinking orange peel water has a certain therapeutic effect.

4, can prevent cancer

The beneficial ingredients in oranges can eliminate harmful free radicals in the body and prevent the growth of cancer cells. According to the determination, oranges have the highest antioxidant content in all fruits. Flavonoids in oranges have anti-inflammatory and blood coagulation reducing effects. Therefore, eating oranges often has a certain effect on cancer prevention.

5. Reduce the incidence of gallstones.

Oranges are rich in vitamin C and have always been a favorite fruit of many people. For them, eating oranges often has a very amazing benefit, which is to reduce the incidence of gallstones.

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