Below are some good health tips and amazing uses of common everyday foods, please refer to them…
1 Tangerine Peel and its uses
1.1 Reduce cough
Coughing is a conditioned reflex of the body that helps remove foreign objects in the respiratory tract. However, persistent coughs will make you tired because the respiratory system is constantly stimulated, disrupting daily activities. To reduce this condition, you can feel the effect of tangerine peel in treating cough by:
- Finely chop fresh tangerine peel, put it in a glass and add 300ml of hot water. This drink will help you treat coughs but also effectively help loosen phlegm.
- Dry 5 grams of tangerine peel, wash and then boil the dried tangerine peel with about 400ml of filtered water, you can add a little honey or minced ginger. Store this drinking water solution in a thermos bottle to use gradually throughout the day.
1.2 Reduce nausea
Tangerine peel is effective in reducing nausea. In case you feel uncomfortable or motion sick, you can use tangerine peel to smell or drink warm water soaked with a few slices of fresh peel.
1.3 Prevent constipation and reduce bloating
1.4 Reduce bad breath
Tangerine peel contains essential oils that can reduce odor-causing bacteria in the oral cavity. Therefore, if your breath smells, chew a few slices of tangerine peel and sip after eating foods that cause bad breath.
1.5 Loss of voice, hoarseness
Drink tangerine peel juice: What are the effects of tangerine peel? In Oriental medicine, tangerine peel has a bitter taste, warm properties, and affects the spleen and lungs. This type of peel has the effect of warming the stomach, improving qi, dissolving phlegm, strengthening the spleen, stimulant and urethra. Often used in cases of abdominal and chest fullness, poor appetite, slow digestion and vomiting, bronchitis and cough with a lot of phlegm.
2. GARLIC + HONEY
2.1 Health effects of garlic soaked in honey
Since ancient times, garlic soaked in honey has become a traditional medicine to support the treatment of respiratory diseases, coughs, colds, skin infections, cardiovascular diseases…
2.2 Strengthen the immune system, antibacterial, antiviral
Garlic soaked in honey provides many natural antioxidants, contributing to increasing cells and improving the body’s immune system. From there, limit infections caused by bacteria that cannot be treated with antibiotics. In particular, if you use Manuka honey, the antiviral effect will be higher.
2.3 Treat stomach diseases
Garlic soaked in honey is effective in treating stomach diseases, especially gastric reflux . Because honey has very good anti-inflammatory and antibacterial support, thereby reducing pain caused by stomach ulcers. Besides, garlic helps inhibit contractions and acid secretion from the stomach, promoting digestion and limiting symptoms of belching and heartburn.
To enhance the healing effect, you should drink garlic soaked in honey before each meal. At the same time, combined with a reasonable diet, do not eat spicy foods to effectively reduce stomach pain.
2.4 Treat sinusitis and rhinitis
Garlic and honey are both foods with strong antioxidant properties, helping the body fight harmful viruses and bacteria such as Streptococcus, Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus. Therefore, drinking garlic soaked in honey can help treat respiratory diseases such as rhinitis, sinusitis, and prevent flu viruses from developing.
2.5 Treat acne and rejuvenate skin
Garlic soaked in honey helps antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and limits swelling and inflammation of acne.
In addition, the antioxidants in garlic and honey also help reduce acne scars, helping you have bright, radiant skin.
In addition, garlic also contains S-allyl cysteine which helps protect the skin from harmful UV rays, prevents wrinkles and effectively fights skin aging.
Combined with the nutrients in honey, it will nourish and rejuvenate the skin better.
3 FRESH MINT LEAVES
Health benefits of mint leaves
3.1 Treating colds
According to many scientific studies, peppermint essential oil contains substances that dissolve phlegm, mucus and clear the nose by expelling phlegm from the body.
Therefore, mint can be used to treat colds and flu, effectively removing nasal congestion and improving breathing.
3.2 Supports diabetes treatment
According to research, mint leaves help patients reduce blood sugar levels. This proves that mint has a positive effect in supporting the treatment of diabetes.
3.3 Anti-inflammatory
Mint contains essential oils that help fight inflammation, arthritis or intestinal problems such as: Eugenol, Linalool, Citronellol.
In addition, rosmarinic acid found in mint has also been studied to reduce the symptoms of seasonal allergies.
Therefore, peppermint essential oil is often used to prepare wind oil, massage medicine…
3.4 Reduces stomach pain and indigestion
Mint is also effective in reducing indigestion as well as diseases related to digestive disorders.
Usually, indigestion occurs because food stays in the stomach for too long, and if you add mint to your daily meals, it will reduce this symptom.
Furthermore, doctors have also combined peppermint essential oil in a medicine that specializes in treating indigestion.
3.5 Cleans and reduces bad breath
Currently, peppermint essential oil is the main ingredient of some toothpastes, chewing gum, lozenges, etc. because they help reduce bad breath within a few hours after use.
You can combine it with drinking mint tea or chewing fresh mint leaves to have fresh breath.
4 FRESH LEMONS
4.1 What are the effects of eating lemon?
Lemon contains a lot of vitamins and minerals that are good for health. Below are 6 outstanding uses of eating lemon that you should know.
4.2 Increase immunity
Fresh lemons contain a lot of vitamin C, which helps increase the production of white blood cells, contributing to protecting the body against infection and disease, reducing diseases such as flu and common fever.
4.3 Weight loss
The fiber in lemons can help create a feeling of fullness longer after eating, thereby helping you control the amount of food you consume. Feeling full longer can help you eat less and control your weight.
4.4 Prevent kidney stones
Research shows that lemons can prevent kidney stones by increasing the amount of citrate in the urine with the citric acid found in lemons.
4.5 Improve cardiovascular health
Eating lemons helps provide vitamin C and antioxidants such as flavonoids and carotenoids. These substances help protect cells from damage caused by free radicals and bacteria, help maintain blood vessel health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
4.6 Supports oral health
Researchers have shown that lemon peel contains compounds with powerful antibacterial properties and fights bacteria that cause common oral diseases. Eating lemon also has the effect of whitening teeth and improving bad breath.
