What are the benefits and effects of drinking kumquat-infused water?

I. Benefits

1. Infusing it in water can relieve pent-up emotions, dissolve phlegm, aid digestion, and sober you up. It can increase our ability to resist cold, help us better prevent colds, and help lower our blood lipids. If you have a poor appetite or feel uncomfortable after eating too much, you can use it to aid digestion. People with certain vascular diseases can also use it to lower blood pressure. It can also remove bad breath and boost our resistance.

2. It can serve as a health food in dietary therapy and can stimulate the appetite. It is warm in nature and can help us dissipate pent-up emotions.

3. It contains a great deal of vitamin C and essential oils. If you wash it and dry it in the sun, you can preserve it like tea leaves. After processing, you can directly infuse it in water or mix it with tea leaves and infuse them together. It has a very fresh fragrance and can also refresh the mind and calm the spirit.

II. Other ways to consume it

1. You can wash it, dry it in the sun, and steep it in liquor. After two or three weeks it is ready to drink. The longer it is steeped in the liquor, the better its flavor. When cooking porridge, add some kumquat to it and the porridge will be more refreshing and can also stimulate the appetite.

2. When cooking meat dishes, adding kumquat peel can make the flavor more savory and keep the meat from being greasy.

3. If elderly people have frequent constipation, they can also take it for treatment.

4. You can also dry it, grind it up, and put it in a glass jar. When cooking, you can add some to season the food.

III. Precautions

1. Within one hour after drinking kumquat water, it is best not to drink milk, and do not drink much of it on an empty stomach, otherwise it will irritate the stomach and cause discomfort. When you have a sore throat, it is best not to add sugar when infusing it in water, otherwise it is even more likely to produce phlegm.

2. According to research, eating 3 a day can supply the vitamin C needed for one day. If you eat too many, it can easily cause urinary stones and so on, and it is also bad for the mouth and teeth. So when infusing it in water, do not drink a lot of it every day either. People with poor spleen and stomach health, especially the elderly and children, should not drink too much, otherwise the abdomen will swell and hurt and the knees will feel sore and weak. People with swelling and pain in the mouth and tongue should not eat it either.