Why can't citron be eaten directly?

Citron contains a lot of trace elements, which has good appetizing and digestive system work, as well as good anti-inflammatory, antitussive and expectorant effects, so drinking citron water often is of great benefit to the body. People with hypertension can also eat more citron water. Citron water contains a variety of medicinal components, which can improve hyperglycemia, hypertension and other problems, help digest the oil attached to the surface of blood vessels, maintain the normal osmotic pressure of human body, reduce the fragility of blood vessels and avoid cardiovascular diseases.

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Use with caution for people with yin deficiency and blood dryness and pregnant women with qi deficiency. Citron is a good medicine for regulating qi, soothing the liver and relieving depression, but it is pungent and fragrant, and it is easy to consume qi and hurt yin. Therefore, people with deficiency of both qi and yin should use it with caution. Children and pregnant women should not eat more to avoid damaging healthy qi.

For patients with liver depression and pain in chest and hypochondrium, it is combined with Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Curcumae and Bupleuri for activating qi to relieve depression. ?

For patients with disharmony between spleen and stomach, food stagnation, qi stagnation and dampness, abdominal distension, belching and vomiting, it can be combined with Radix Aucklandiae, Fructus Amomi, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus and Atractylodis Macrocephalae to activate qi and invigorate the spleen, harmonize the middle energizer and lower the adverse qi.

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