Why can’t you eat citron?

Citron fruit looks like an orange. Many people think it is a fruit. In fact, it is a Chinese herbal medicine. It is the mature fruit of Xiangyuanzi. It is very helpful for some people with excessive phlegm. ; Although it looks very much like a lemon, many people want to pick it off and take a bite. However, it is used as medicine and cannot be eaten directly. So let me tell you whether citron fruit can be eaten and its effects.

The above has made it very clear, and it also clearly tells everyone that citron fruits cannot be eaten and are used as medicinal materials, so everyone must remember it clearly. Citron is the collective name for plant citron and medicinal citron. Plant citron is an evergreen small tree or shrub of the Rutaceae family. It grows in high-temperature and humid environments at an altitude of 350 to 1,750 meters. In the broad-leaved forests of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, there are citrons in a semi-wild state.

Function of citron fruit

Nature and flavor: pungent, sweet, non-toxic. It mainly treats lowering Qi and removing phlegm from the heart. Boil wine and drink it to treat coughs with phlegm. Decoct in water to treat gas pain under the heart. Li Shizhen said: It grows in Lingnan. The tree looks like Zhu Luan, with long pointed leaves and thorns between the branches. It is easier to survive when planted near paddy fields. The fruit is shaped like a human hand with fingers, so it is commonly known as bergamot. Some are one foot, four or five inches long, with skin like an orange pomelo, thickly wrinkled, wrinkled and shiny. The color of the fruit is like a melon, green when unripe and yellow when ripe. The taste is sweet and spicy, with a refreshing fragrance. Lowering the Qi, removing phlegm, and causing Qi pain under the heart. This product is a stomach-strengthening and qi-removing medicine, used for indigestion, chest tightness, phlegm, and vomiting; it is more suitable for chronic gastritis and neuropathic stomach pain (stomach qi pain).