Citrus aurantium

Family - Rutaceae - Rutaceae.

Parts used: unripe fruits, peel, flowers.

The popular name is bitter orange.

Pharmacy name - unripe oranges - Aurantii fructus immaturus, orange peel - Aurantii pericarpium, essential oil orange - Aurantii pericarpii aetheroleum, orange tincture - Aurantii tinctura, orange flowers - Aurantii flos.

Botanical description

Small perennial evergreen tree up to 10m high, ( indoor views up to 1 m), with a superficial root system. The tree has a highly branched spherical crown with a spiral arrangement of leaves.Branches with long, thin, sharp spines.

The leaves are alternate, petiolate, leathery, shiny, green above, light green below with numerous translucent containers of essential oil. The petioles are broad-winged, rather long, sharply tapering towards a wingless base.

In the axils of the leaves develop large white flowers, up to 3 cm in diameter, very fragrant, solitary or collected in few-flowered, axillary bunches of 2-7 flowers, collected in small terminal inflorescences. The calyx is 4-5-toothed, pubescent on the outside, the corolla is 4-8-petalled, the stamens are numerous, fused with a style and a capitate stigma. The ovary is dark green and appears on the third day of flowering. Blooms in April - May.

The fruit is similar to an orange, berry-shaped, spherical, sometimes slightly flattened, up to 7 cm in diameter, the peel is thick with an unevenly bumpy surface, bright orange, easily separated from the pulp, the pulp consists of 10-12 segments, sour, slightly bitter. The fruits ripen in November - January.

The seeds are flattened wedge-shaped, furrowed, light yellow.

Around 1200 it was brought by the Arabs to the Mediterranean, where it is now widely cultivated. Cultivated in all countries, grown as a houseplant.

Collection and preparation

Unripe fruits are collected when their size reaches 0.5-1 cm in diameter and dried in air. The orange peel is removed from ripe fruits, freed from the white inner layer (albedo), leaving only the outer layer with oil cells and carefully dried.

Active ingredients

The fruits contain carbohydrates, organic acids (citric, malic, salicylic, gallic), and glycosides. Leaves, branches, young stems and unripe fruits contain essential oil. The oil from the peel of the fruit resembles lemon in smell, and orange in composition and properties. The oil contains α-limonene, α-pinene, ocimene, myrcene, terpineol, D-camphene, D-linalool, nerol, farnesol, nerolidol and other compounds.

Healing effect and application

It has antiseptic, choleretic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic, as well as laxative, diaphoretic, antispasmodic and tonic effects.

IN folk medicine orange is used for inflammation of the testicles, cough, hypertension, neurasthenia, increased nervous excitability, sudden states of fear with rapid heartbeat, to improve memory and as a hangover reliever. Orange restores skin elasticity and shrinks pores.

The flowers and leaves of these fruits are used to obtain essential oils, which are used both as aromatherapy and for making delicious marmalade. In addition, they are often used as a natural flavoring for liqueurs, sweets and other products.

In official medicine, orange fruits and peels are used as part of preparations that stimulate appetite and help improve digestion. Orange peel strengthens the muscles of the heart and stomach. To do this, you need to dry the peel and crush it in a mortar. The peel is included as an aromatic bitterness in the finished pharmaceutical tincture. Bitter orange membranes are used as a means to strengthen the heart muscles and nervous system.

Orange juice is used as a bactericidal agent. They use it to gargle an inflamed throat; a tampon soaked in this juice stops nosebleeds. And orange juice mixed with sugar has a choleretic effect. Orange seeds help increase appetite, reduce chest pain, and also have an antidote effect against snakes and poisonous insects. Bitter orange membranes are used as a means to strengthen the heart muscles and nervous system. The aroma of this plant is used for depression and to stimulate the body. Orange peel strengthens the muscles of the heart and stomach. To do this, you need to dry the peel and crush it in a mortar. The grains have an antidote effect against snake bites and poisonous insects.

Recipe

1. Take 10g of the finished powder with water. Thanks to this medicine, vomiting and cardiac arrhythmia will go away.
2. Take 10g of crushed orange peel, centaury grass and rose hips. Pour 1 teaspoon of the resulting mixture into 1 glass of boiling water and let it brew for 5 minutes. Strain and drink the resulting infusion warm before meals throughout the day. (To stimulate appetite).

1. Mix crushed orange peel with vinegar. The finished ointment should be applied to the temples. (Headache).
2. Orange vodka. Pour 1 teaspoon of crushed dry orange peel into two glasses of vodka and leave to steep for 14 days, shaking occasionally. Strain and use as compresses or for rubbing for injuries and joint problems.

Contraindications

Individual intolerance.

The orange tree is evergreen, having a small height (2-10 meters). It belongs to the genus of citrus fruits and has quite long and thin branches. The orange differs from other representatives of this species by the presence of rather long, sharp spines. The natural habitat of the bitter orange is the Himalayan mountains. Although it is grown by residents of the Mediterranean countries, the Caucasus and Latin America.

The main value of orange

What does it look like orange tree? What is it? This plant is known to everyone due to its main value - its fruits. They are berry-shaped, orange in color and slightly flattened in shape.

In their appearance There are many similarities with tangerines or medium-sized oranges. It doesn't take much effort to separate the skin from the fruit. Underneath there are 12 lobes with yellow grooved seeds. They are quite bitter and inedible, reaching 6-7 cm in diameter.

No less famous are the white flowers of orange blossom. They are called "orange blossom". They have found their application in pharmaceuticals and perfumery.

Fruits and their uses

In the world, the orange tree is also called sour or bitter orange, Seville orange, bigaradia. Its peel consists of glycosides, carbohydrates, and essential oils. The neroli type of essential oil of the fruit, consisting of camphene, myrcene, anthranilic acid methyl ester, limonene, geraniol, and linalool, has a fairly high price. Thanks to these components, it has wonderful aromatic and beneficial properties.

This fruit is not usually eaten fresh. But its unusual taste characteristics and aromatic properties have found wide application in cooking. In particular, they are used for making candied fruits, marmalade, and additives to a wide variety of sauces and drinks. All these processes involve only the skin of the fruit of the orange tree, which contains most of the beneficial and aromatic essential oil. Their pulp is not used.

Avicenna also used the citrus tree. He devoted some of his works to describing their benefits.

Properties of bitter orange

It is no coincidence that the orange tree is so widespread and popular all over the world. It has many useful properties. These include:

• anti-inflammatory effect;
• use in the fight against rheumatism;
• calming properties used to treat depression, apathy, and depression;
• rejuvenating effect of fruits;
• helping to improve digestion and increase appetite;
• choleretic effect;
• positive effect on heart function.

Thanks to its antiseptic, antispasmodic and laxative properties, orange peel helps speed up the treatment of colds and illnesses respiratory organs. This fruit is capable of removing Orange grains are a kind of antidote for poisonous bites different types insects and snakes.

Orange flowers

An orange tree whose flowers have a charming white, was quite popular in the Middle Ages. Many nationalities used them to decorate the bride's hair or decorate the wedding dress. They were a symbol of tenderness, purity, youth. Only in the middle of the twentieth century did the fashion for orange flowers begin to fade. Calla lilies and roses began to be used instead.

During the fashion for greenhouse plants, the orange tree was popular. It was specially planted in a large box so that it could be brought indoors during the cold season. The most famous bitter orange is the one planted by Charles III's wife Eleanor de Castille.

The delicate aroma, in which light notes of jasmine and honey are felt, has found its application in perfumery. Even today it is used to create perfumes. But relatively recently, during the Renaissance, only noble ladies could use this kind of perfume. This is due to the high cost of these fragrant flowers.

Light orange oil has been used by cooks in their work since ancient times. Pharmacists did not ignore him.

It was used to cure the plague. IN modern world Medicine uses it to treat other ailments.

Neroli

The essential oil that is extracted from orange flowers is called neroli. Its main beneficial properties include:

• beneficial effects on the nervous system (treatment of depression, stress, insomnia);
• antimicrobial and antiviral properties;
• helps get rid of a variety of dermatological diseases, scars and cicatrices;
• strengthens the immune system;
• is a rehabilitation remedy used after various types of operations.

Oranienbaum

In German, orange tree is Oranienbaum. Also called a small town, which is located near the Gulf of Finland. It is still not known exactly what history the name of the tree has. Each city in Rus' received its own coat of arms in 1785. The orange tree became the coat of arms of Oranienbaum.

One version of the origin of the city’s name says that a whole greenhouse of orange trees was found at its location. Above each was the German version of the name "oranienbaum". This find got people very interested. Therefore, the orange tree, a photo of which can be seen on all brochures and photographs of Oranienbaum, began to symbolize this city.

Cosmetological use of orange oil

Essential oils are considered to be quite effective anti-aging cosmetics. Therefore, they have sufficient wide scope applications. Its main effects include:

• reduction of pores;
• smoothing wrinkles;
• elimination of stretch marks and stress spots;
• help with dermatosis and eczema.

It can be used for any skin type. Its calming, vasodilating and antiseptic effect helps to quickly remove various irritations.

Since the concentration level of neroli oil exceeds analogues, before using it you need to do a sensitivity test. This will help prevent the occurrence of an allergic reaction. Also, its relaxing functions are contraindicated in cases where there is a need for a clear head and quick reaction.

Like other types of cosmetic and medicines, neroli has its contraindications. It is not recommended to apply it to the skin before taking it sunbathing. You should also check for individual intolerance to components.

All fewer secrets conceals an orange tree. Almost everyone knows what it is and what it is used for. Its flowers and fruits are becoming more accessible, and products made from them are widely popular in the world.

Corniculata.

Orange (bigaradia, Citrus aurantium) is a bitter orange; in nature it is a tree up to 10 m high, with dense and very fragrant dark green foliage and prickly shoots. This plant can also be grown at home, as a houseplant; indoor forms do not exceed 1 m in height. Orange flowers are white, with a very pleasant citrus scent. Orange fruits are eaten only when unripe, since ripe ones are already empty inside. Outwardly they look like an orange, so the bitter orange was previously considered a wild type of orange, but this is different citrus. Unripe fruits (also called orange nuts) - small in size (5-15 cm in diameter), round, hard, with a dark grayish peel, bitter and very fragrant. Unknown in the wild.

Orange is an unpretentious and undemanding plant that can be easily grown in room conditions. It is very decorative and fragrant during flowering and fruiting, and is often used as a single rootstock for many other types of citrus fruits.

Fasciata.

Orange flower, or orange blossom- a traditional part of the bride’s wedding bouquet and wedding dress, a symbol of girlish innocence. An infusion of flowers - orange water - was popular in ancient times as an aromatic drink and was used in perfumery.

A refreshing drink and marmalade are prepared from fresh fruits. The essential oil of flowers is used in perfumery. Varieties of bitter orange include citradia (a hybrid of bigaradia and trifoliates) and bergamot, or Bergamasco orange.

Tinctures that increase appetite are prepared from the crushed peel of ripe fruits. Unripe orange fruits are the raw material for obtaining essential oil used in the alcoholic beverage industry. Orange fruits are used medicinally, and neroli and petitgrain essential oils from flowers and leaves are used to make marmalade, candied peels and soft drinks and are included as a main component in many flower arrangements in perfumery; in confectionery and other industries food industry Infusions of flowers are also used. Dried orange zest is considered a delicious delicacy.

Foetifera.

Pomeranians begin to bloom very early, already from cuttings, but they still need to be allowed to grow first.

The plant is very decorative throughout the year, bears fruit regularly, thanks to its almost dwarf growth and small leaves, it is ideal as a potted plant and is valued by bonsai lovers.

Let's look at the varieties of oranges for indoor growing, which can be purchased at nurseries and from private citrus growers.

Chinotto

Myrtle-leaved orange "Chinotto". Citrus Myrtifolia "Chinotto".

The plant attracts with the shape of its leaves: they are sharp, like those of myrtle, and also with a very beautiful dense compact crown. Remontant, high-yielding variety. The fruits are 3-5 cm in diameter, weight 40-50 g.

The fruits have an orange peel, are sweet and aromatic, the membranes are bitter. Candied fruits, liqueur, and the famous Italian drink Chinotto are prepared from the fruits.

Myrtifolia is a species of citrus with leaves similar to those of the common myrtle. This compact tree with small leaves and without thorns, in nature it grows up to three meters in height, grows in Malta, Libya, the south of France and Italy (mainly in Liguria, but also in Tuscany, Sicily and Calabria).

The fruits of this tree resemble small oranges. They are bitter and sour and are usually called by their Italian name, chinotto. They are flavoring agents in most Italian aperitifs, as well as several brands of carbonated soft drinks, collectively called "chinotto". Citrus myrtifolia is often planted in gardens in warm climates. Due to its compact size, it can also be planted in a pot or other container.

Chinotto variegata

Citrus Myrtifolia "Chinotto" variegated. Rare variegated variety. Myrtle-leaved orange "Chinotto" variegated.

At the beginning of ripening, the fruits are striped in color, and at the end of ripening they acquire the orange color characteristic of the variety. The pulp of the fruit is sour and bitter, suitable for making marmalade, candied fruit, and flavoring drinks.

Chinotto x lemon

Chinolimon. C. Meyer x C. myrtifolia \ hibrido Chinotto x limone Meyer.

A hybrid of Chinotto myrtle orange and Meyer lemon. The fruits are aromatic, with a specific smell. The taste is original and interesting, like a sour lemon with a slight aftertaste of bitter orange.

Corniculata (horned orange)

Citrus aurantium corniculata.

A very decorative and collectible variety, with unusual “horned” fruits.

A plant with a dense crown, grows slowly, requires pruning, dark green leaves, sagging branches. The flowers are white, very fragrant. There are from 1 to 3 horn-like processes on the peel of the fruit (sometimes they are absent), the peel is bright orange, the harvest is annual and abundant.

Bouquet of Nice

Bouquet of Nice (or Flower of Nice). C. aurantium "Bouquettier de Nice". An old Spanish variety known since the 15th century.

Belongs to the group of sour oranges with large flowers.

A small plant, without thorns, does not grow very quickly, with quite large leaves, slightly pointed.

The peculiarity of this variety is large double flowers, as well as flat fruits, inside of which there is not a single pulp, but, as it were, separate fruits, inclusions of pulp ("secondary fruit").

Foetifera

Bigaradia (Orange) "Foetifera". C. aurantium "Foetifera". Known since the 17th century, in Italy it is called Madre & Figlia (Mother and Daughter). A beautiful collectible rare variety.

The variety is prone to remontancy. The flowers are very beautiful, double, the fruits are large, orange, sour and bitter. The fruit contains inside a small secondary fruit, the so-called. "fruit within fruit", as in the Bouquet of Nice.

The plant is medium in size, the branches are spreading, but with regular pruning the crown can be given the desired shape, for good growth requires quite a lot free space. The flowers are solitary or in small inflorescences, very fragrant. The fruits are strongly flattened, 5-7 cm in diameter, double, the first encloses the second (the lobules are arranged in two concentric circles or asymmetrically), hence the name “mother-daughter”, the peel is often dissected (the daughter fruit bends part of its peel outward).

Melarosa

Citrus sp. Mellarosa.

The name contains both the word bergamot (and bergamot, as you know, is a type of orange) and lemon, more precisely, limonum ( CITRUS BERGAMIA MELLAROSA, CITRUS LIMONUM MELLAROSA). Limonum is a sweet lime (Limetta). So what is Melarosa? Lemon, limetta, or bergamot?

It's hard to figure it out, because there is both bergamot and lemon melarosa, and lemon looks and smells like bergamot. It looks like Melarosa should be classified as a bergamot. The plant itself is most reminiscent of bergamot in its characteristics: a small, compact tree, the leaves are large and resemble lemon leaves, but with wider wings. Fruits are round yellow and medium size; the peel is medium thick, often ribbed. The pulp is slightly hard, pale, yellow-green, slightly acidic with a bitter taste. The aroma is bergamot (including the leaves when rubbed).

Turcicum salicifolia

Bigaradia (orange) "Turcicum salicifolia" variegata. C. aurantium "Turcicum salicifolia" (Turkish bitter orange).

Bitter orange is, in fact, a variety of Salicefolia, the difference is that it has variegated leaves and fruits with longitudinal stripes.

The plant is powerful, grows vertically, blooms in spring, the flowers are white and very fragrant. The fruits ripen in January and are suitable for making marmalades and jams.

Fasciata

Citrus aurantium Fasciata.

An old Italian variety, known already in the 16th century. The fruits have longitudinal stripes and are patterned, which is why the variety is valued. Green fruits- with green stripes, ripe - yellow with bright yellow stripes. It received its name for the similarity of the colors of the fruit with the clothing of German warriors of the Renaissance (landsknechts), one of the main elements of which were puffs and cuts made of fabric of different colors.

The variety is rather decorative, the fruits have a peculiar taste, are bitter, and not everyone likes them (like most oranges), but they are very beautiful, so the variety is valued by collectors and lovers of citrus fruits.

The tree is not tall, grows slowly, the leaves are dark green (sometimes yellow-green), shiny. The flowers are white, with a strong aroma. Fasciata leaves can be variegated, but variegation is not a constant feature.

Abbers naurofleaf

Citrus × aurantium Abers Narrow Leaf (narrow-leaved).

A variety from 18th century Italy, a vigorous tree with a dense, wide crown, main feature This variety has small, elongated, narrow leaves, similar to willow leaves. The flowers are white. The fruits are spherical and have a characteristic neck. The peel is yellow-orange, difficult to separate from the pulp.

The pulp is amber-yellow, soft, bitter-sour; there are seeds with which the plant can be propagated.

Consoles

Striped orange, Seville bitter orange. Citrus aurantium "Consolei", Sour Orange, Seville-Orange.

Known in Europe since the 16th century, other names are Canaliculata, Incanelati or Striatum. Decorative collection variety.

A plant with a compact crown, grows to a height of about 1 meter in a room, loves sunny places, has few or no thorns, leaves are rounder than those of other oranges, noticeably pointed. The flowers are larger than other varieties, white, strong aroma. The fruits are 3-5 cm in diameter, with longitudinal uneven stripes on the peel.

Orange also has indoor forms, the height of which does not exceed 1 meter. Orange branches have long, thin, sharp spines. This plant has fruits - berry-shaped, spherical, sometimes slightly flattened, 6 - 7 cm in diameter. The orange peel is very thick, with an unevenly bumpy surface. Peeling the orange is easy, since the thick peel is easily separated from the pulp. The fruit consists mainly of 10 - 12 segments, bitterish-sour in taste. Orange blossoms bloom in April - May, and the fruits ripen in November - January.

Spread of bitter orange

His homeland is Southeast Asia, but orange is cultivated in the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and even Paraguay, as well as some countries of the West Indies.

Oregano is also grown as a indoor plant. The temperature limits of bitter orange are from 5 to 45 degrees Celsius, which makes it possible to expose the plant to the air as early as early June.

Useful properties

Useful properties oranges are enclosed in it chemical composition. Fruit contain carbohydrates, organic acids (in particular, malic, citric, salicylic, gallic). The leaves, branches and young stems, as well as young unripe fruits, contain essential oil. All these substances are very useful for metabolism. Various tinctures are prepared from the crushed orange peel, which are used as a means to increase appetite. The unripe fruits of the orange tree are used as raw materials for the production of essential oils and alcoholic beverages. Orange fruits are used in medicine, and neroli and petitgrain essential oils are used to make marmalade, sugar crusts, soft drinks, and are also the basis for many perfume compositions. Infusions of orange flowers are also used.

By the way, oriental medicine has long noticed the beneficial properties of bitter orange and suggested using it as an antifungal agent. The essential oils contained in bitter orange have bactericidal properties, so it is widely used as an antiemetic, antitussive, diaphoretic, expectorant, and promotes digestion. Bitter orange is good for stomach pain and stomach and intestinal disorders. IN oriental medicine Orange fruits are included in contraceptive products. The fruits of the “bitter orange” are not consumed fresh, but juice is made from them. Orange oil is an excellent remedy for herbalists.

Orange is often called "bitter orange". This effective remedy against various nervous disorders. Relieves irritability, nervous excitability, sudden states of fear. In addition, it is an excellent remedy for combating insomnia and sleep disorders. Tea made from the flowers and leaves of this plant is one of the best gastro-sedatives and helps with nausea and vomiting. May also help with certain forms of migraine caused primarily by stressful situations.

By the way

On the coat of arms of the city of Lomonosov, which was called Oranienbaum until 1948, orange was used in the image. Oranienbaum means “orange tree”.

Orange, or "bitter orange", has more beneficial properties than regular orange.

Orange (Citrus aurantium), or chinotto, is an evergreen woody plant of the Citrus genus of the Rutaceae family. There are other names for this plant - bigaradia, bitter orange. The Latin species name is Citrus Bigaradia.
The wild orange is not known in the wild. Homeland - Southeast Asia. Cultivated in Mediterranean countries, the Caucasus, Paraguay and some islands of the West Indies.
Temperature limits range from +5 to +45 °C, which allows you to expose the plant to the open air at the beginning of June. Orange is a small evergreen tree 2-10 m high. Branches with long, thin, sharp spines (up to 6-8 cm long).
The leaves are elliptical in shape, pointed, alternate, petiolate, leathery, shiny, green above, light green below with numerous translucent containers of essential oil. The petioles are broad-winged, rather long, sharply tapering towards a wingless base.
The flowers are white, large, 2-3 cm in diameter, very fragrant, solitary or collected in multi-flowered, axillary bunches of 2-7 flowers. The calyx is 4-5-toothed, pubescent on the outside. Corolla 4-8-petalled. The petals are white, narrowly oblong, slightly fleshy, containing essential oil. The stamens are numerous, fused into a style and a capitate stigma.
Orange fruits The fruit is berry-shaped (“orange”), spherical, sometimes slightly flattened, 6-7 cm in diameter, the peel is thick with an unevenly bumpy surface, bright orange, easily separated from the pulp, with numerous containers of essential oil; pulp orange color, consists of 10-12 cloves, sour, slightly bitter. The seeds are flattened-wedge-shaped, furrowed, light yellow. The ovary is dark green and appears on the third day of flowering.
Blooms in April-May. The fruits ripen in November-January. The orange harvest in the southern regions of Russia is harvested in October-November.

Properties of bitter orange

The fruits contain carbohydrates, organic acids (citric, malic, salicylic, gallic), glycosides (hesperidin, isohesperidin), which belong to the group of substances with P-vitamin activity.

Leaves, branches, young stems and unripe fruits contain essential oil (petitgrain orange oil). The yield of essential oil from fresh flowers is 0.1-0.2%, from fruit peel - 1.2-2% (on wet weight). The oil contains camphene, pinene, dipentene (and limonene), L-linalool, D-terpineol, nerol, geraniol, and sesquiterpenes. The oil from the peel of the fruit resembles lemon in smell, and orange in composition and properties. The oil contains limonene (97-98%), pinene, ocimene, myrcene, terpineol, D-camphene, D-linalool, nerol, farnesol, nerolidol and other compounds.

Essential oil from flowers (neroli oil) has a very pleasant smell. It contains limonene, linalool and geraniol esters, as well as anthranilic acid methyl ester, which gives the oil a delicate aroma.

Essential oil from the peel of ripe fruits (orange oil) contains myrcene, limonene, terpinene, phellandrene, and pinenes, camphene and other substances.

The essential oil of unripe fruits, like oil from fresh flowers, is obtained by steam distillation or enfleurage (extraction with fatty oil). Essential oil from the peel is obtained by pressing without heating.

The use of bitter orange in cooking

Fresh orange fruits are usually not consumed, since the smell of orange juice gives off “perfumery”, and oranges are valued mainly because of their zest, which is cut not with a spiral ribbon, like other citrus fruits, but by cutting the orange into quarters. After drying, the peels are turned into powder.
Orange zest is used in all confectionery products (marmalades, dessert dishes, tinctures, liqueurs), in the production of juice and refreshing soft drinks for coloring and flavoring. In England it is used in the production of sweets. It is also used as an additive in many gravies, sauces for poultry and fish, fillings, and meat dishes.
Neroli and petitgrain essential oils from the flowers and leaves are used to make marmalade, candied rinds, and soft drinks.
Orange has a very bright, refreshing and stimulating aroma, due to which it is often used in various aromatic compositions of blended teas. Pure orange peel tea is rarely used.
In the confectionery and other branches of the food industry, infusions of flowers are also used.
Unripe orange fruits (“orange nuts” 5-15 mm in diameter, hard, greenish-gray, aromatic), spontaneously falling from the tree, are also the raw material for obtaining essential oil used in the alcoholic beverage industry.

The use of bitter orange in medicine

In medicine, orange fruits and peels are used mainly in the form of tinctures in preparations that stimulate appetite and enhance secretion. gastric juice and improving digestion. It is an ingredient in some stomachic, carminative and laxative medications.
Bitter orange is also used as a flavoring additive for various restorative medications.
Bitter orange is an effective remedy against a variety of nervous disorders. Used to reduce irritability, with increased nervous excitability, with sudden states of fear with rapid heartbeat; with neurasthenia with impaired stomach function and loss of appetite; for sleep disorders as a sleeping pill and sedative. Tea made from the flowers and leaves of this plant is one of the best gastro-sedatives and helps with nausea and vomiting. It may also help with certain forms of migraine, especially those caused by stressful situations.
Official herbal medicine values ​​bitter orange as a medicinal raw material much more than sweet orange - it has a higher biological content active substances. Neroli essential oil from orange flowers is the most popular among aromatherapists.
Eastern medicine has long used orange fruits and juice from them. Furocoumarin umbelliferone, which has strong antifungal activity, was found in the fruits. The essential oil of the fruit is also characterized by bactericidal properties: it is widely used as an antiemetic, antitussive, diaphoretic, digestive, carminative, expectorant, for abdominal pain, indigestion, congestion. chest cavity, with rectal prolapse, diseases of the spleen, painful urge to stool. The seeds are recommended for loss of appetite, chest pain, colds, cough, hernia, and inflammation of the testicles. Apply crushed externally to reduce freckles. In traditional oriental medicine, orange fruits are included in contraceptives.

Medicines from bitter orange

Collection to increase appetite

(orange peel 10.0, centaury grass 10.0, rose hips 10.0)
Scald one teaspoon of the mixture with 1/4 liter of boiling water, leave for 5 minutes, strain and drink moderately warm and sweetened before meals. Side effects at normal dosage are unknown. In practice, the following two types of mixed teas with orange blossom are especially widely used.

A collection that soothes increased nervousness and excitability:

(melissa leaf 20.0, St. John's wort herb 10.0, orange blossom 10.0, rose hips 5.0)

Collection against insomnia

(valerian root 10.0, hops 10.0, lemon balm leaf 10.0, orange blossom 10.0) Both teas are prepared the same way: pour 2 teaspoons of the mixture into 1/4 liter of boiling water, leave covered for 5 minutes, strain. The first tea is drunk 2-3 times a day, the second - only in the evening (1 cup) moderately warm and, if desired, sweetened with honey. Infusion of orange peels: 1 tablespoon of orange peels per 0.5 liters of boiling water, infuse for 2 hours, filter. Take 150 ml 3 times a day before meals for diarrhea, inflammation gastrointestinal tract, hepatitis and to stimulate appetite.

Orange peel tincture

50 g of fresh orange peel per 100 ml of alcohol are infused for 10 days in a dark place, filtered. Take 1 teaspoon per 100 ml of water 2 times a day 30 minutes before meals as an appetite stimulant.

Application of bitter orange

Essential oil (neroli) is extracted from flowers and leaves for the perfume industry as a main component in many floral compositions.
Thanks to its pleasant, fresh scent, orange oil is used to aromatize rooms and eliminates even such heavy odors as the smell of illness and death.
The orange flower symbolizes innocence. The smell of orange blossom in Japanese poetry evokes memories of the past. Flower petals filled the pockets of wide sleeves. The orange tree is depicted on the coat of arms of the city of Lomonosov, a suburb of St. Petersburg.