Medicinal uses of kumquats for Tet

Kumquat fiber and seeds have many medicinal uses such as regulating the air, dissolving phlegm, treating chest pain or coughing up blood, reducing back pain, treating early stage breast cancer...

During Tet, families often buy meaningful plants to display in their homes such as apricot, peach, kumquat... Among them, kumquat is a popular choice, has a reasonable price and is easy to care for.

Explaining the reason why kumquat is chosen by many people as a decorative tree during Tet, Dr. Huynh Tan Vu, Head of the Daytime Treatment Unit, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City - Branch 3, said that in Chinese, "quat" is pronounced similar to the word "cat" in cat tuong, meaning good luck and blessings.

When buying kumquat trees for Tet, buyers often choose trees with green leaves, even yellow fruits, and many fruits, representing prosperity, promising a new year with a good harvest, good business, and good health. If you are lucky enough to choose a tree with both ripe and green fruits and young shoots, it will be very good, because it represents fullness, success, and luck.

What is special is that kumquats are not only used to decorate the house during Tet but also used as food and medicine very well. People can eat kumquat segments or use kumquats to make jam, syrup, soak in wine... In addition, according to Oriental medicine, kumquat segments, peels and leaves are used as medicine to treat diseases of the liver, digestion, cough, blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases...

According to Dr. Vu, there are two parts of the kumquat that can be used as medicine to cure many diseases, but few people know about it and often throw it away when eating. First, kumquat fiber has a bitter taste, neutral properties, and is rich in vitamin P, which helps prevent and treat high blood pressure, and is very useful for the elderly. Kumquat fiber also has the effect of regulating the flow of air, dissolving phlegm, clearing the channels, and clearing the meridians, and is often used to treat stagnant qi, chest pain, and coughing up blood...

The second is kumquat seeds, also known as kumquat kernels, which are bitter and slightly spicy in taste, warm in nature, and have the effect of regulating qi, relieving pain, and dissolving lumps. They are often used to treat cysts, testicular swelling and pain, back pain, mastitis, early stage breast cancer, etc. In addition, kumquat seeds combined with lychee seeds and another remedy are very good for treating male infertility.

Doctor Vu advises that when eating kumquat, do not throw away the fiber and seeds, but know how to utilize them, dry them, and preserve them carefully for use when needed.

Some remedies using kumquat

Cure colds: 30g fresh kumquat peel, 15g saposhnikovia, pour in 3 cups of water, boil to get 2 cups, mix in white sugar, drink one cup while hot, after half an hour reheat and drink the remaining cup.

Cure flu, headache: Kumquat leaves and other aromatic leaves such as lemongrass, chrysanthemum, great compassion, basil, grapefruit leaves, lemon leaves..., boil water to drink and steam to sweat.

Cure rheumatism, back pain, body pain: 16g kumquat root, 12g Smilax glabra, 12g Achyranthes bidentata, 8g Achyranthes bidentata. Chop all into small pieces, boil with water or soak in alcohol to drink. Can also be cooked into a paste and mixed with alcohol to use.

Cure cough due to wind heat: 20g kumquat root bark, 10g mulberry root bark, 10g licorice root or leaves (or 5g licorice). Slice all three ingredients thinly, dry, boil with 400ml of water until 100ml remains, add sugar, divide into 2-3 portions to drink during the day.

Cure cough with phlegm: 8-16 green kumquats, mixed with a small spoon of granulated sugar or honey, a little salt and 5 grams of soot (burned with wood). Steam all of the ingredients for 15-20 minutes, take out, crush, mix well, divide into 2-3 portions to drink during the day.

Cure dysentery: 20g kumquat bark, 20g pomegranate peel, 20g banana peel, 2g ivy root, 10g guava buds, finely chopped, dried, decocted to drink.

Cure stomachache, backache, knee pain: 15-30g kumquat root, boil in water to drink.

Cure tooth decay: Dig up kumquat roots, wash them, add a little salt, chew and hold in your mouth. After a while, the toothache will stop.

Treat swelling and blood stasis: 40g kumquat leaves, divided into 2 parts, one part dried, roasted until golden brown, boiled to drink, one part kept fresh, crushed, applied to the injured area. Do this continuously for 3-4 days.

Cure long-term abscesses: 20g kumquat leaves, 20g lemon leaves, 10g bamboo shoots, dry all, grind into powder, sift, sprinkle on the wound.

Cure boils: Use equal amounts of kumquat roots and wine residue, crush, heat, and apply to the boil.

Snake bite treatment: A handful of kumquat leaves, washed, crushed, add a little salt and a cup of boiled water to cool, strain the water to drink and use the pulp to apply to the wound.

Cure vomiting: 10g kumquat peel, 15g loquat leaves, wrap in cloth, boil in water to drink.

Cough with phlegm: Sand pink (a type of processed kumquat peel) 10 g, Chuanbei powder 3 g, processed loquat leaves 15 g, decoct and drink.

Cystitis, testicular swelling: equal amounts of kumquat seeds and fennel, roasted until golden brown, ground into powder, drink 3-6 g daily with warm wine.

Pain in flank: 10 g of kumquat fiber, 10 g of green tangerine peel, 10 g of Cyperus rotundus, decoct and drink.

Doctor Vu noted that the parts of kumquat used for food and medicine must be safe and not soaked in chemicals.

Kumquat trees used for Tet decoration can be stimulated by growers to produce even, beautiful, large, and round fruit. Therefore, we should discard all the fruit when it wilts or falls off or cut it off after Tet. We should only eat the fruit that comes out later to ensure safety and avoid chemical poisoning.

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