Healthy Ingredients Orange

Introduction
C. sinensis is a subtropical tree that can grow to 25 feet high.1 The small white flowers are followed by fruit, sometimes called sweet orange, that is 2 to 4 inches in diameter.1 The season for oranges begins in November, with the peak in early spring.2 It is the most popular citrus fruit in the world.3,4
History and Cultural Significance
The orange traces its roots to China and India.4 The name is derived from a Sanskrit term nagarunga meaning fruit favored by elephants. Ancient legend states that Gaea, the Greek goddess of earth and fertility, presented Zeus a “golden apple” on their wedding day. This fruit was thought to be an orange.2 The fruit spread to the Mediterranean area and other parts of Europe in the 1400s.4 Orange flowers were a symbol of love in medieval times. The fruit itself was used in wedding ceremonies and given as gifts to the newlyweds as a symbol of prosperity and fertility.2 Christopher Columbus brought the orange to Haiti on his second voyage in 1493. Spanish missionaries took them from the Caribbean to Florida in the early 1500s where they became a huge industry. Missionaries also began the rival California industry in the 1700s.4 The orange is a traditional Chinese symbol of good luck and is a mainstay of the Chinese New Year.2
Almost 80% of oranges are used for orange juice. However, the juice and pulp have been used as a digestive aid, to relieve gas pains, swelling and constipation.2,5 Oranges also contain vitamins A, B-complex and C, flavonoids and antioxidants.2,6,7 The fruit also has a high folate content.8 The dried orange peel has been used to treat coughs and colds.5,7
The essential oil extracted from the peel through either cold expression or steam distillation, has a sweet citrus aroma.7 The orange scent is a combination of lemon-scented citral and limonene, lavender-scented linalool and pine-scented terpineol. Topical applications of the essential oil are used to soften dull and oily complexions and soothe mouth ulcers. The essential oil is also used in flavoring pharmaceuticals, food and drinks and as a fragrance in soaps, detergents, cosmetics and perfumes.6
Modern Research
Citrus fruits, including C. sinensis, have been investigated as a delivery system for vaccines; the fruits were injected with the vaccine and then eaten.9 Most modern research, however, is focused on new efficient ways to grow, protect and harvest oranges.
Future Outlook
Brazil is the largest orange-producing country, with nearly a third of the world market. Other heavily involved countries are the United States, Mexico, China and India. Over 140 billion pounds of oranges were cultivated in 2002, which is a 15% increase over the previous decade. In order to continue this expansion, growers will not only need more land, but continued research to increase their present yield.3

Arjuna Heart Tonic

This is a remedy highly recommended by Ayurveda physicians for heart diseases complicated with endocarditis, mitral regurgitation, pericarditis, angina, etc.
Ingredients
thick bark of Arjuna 1/4 tolacane sugar 2 tolascow's milk (boiled) 6 ounces.
Procedure
Pound the bark well to pulverize it. Add the milk and sugar. Mix it well. Take it every morning on empty stomach. Continue taking this for some length of time. Ayurveda doctors claim that taking this remedy regularly for a year will entirely remove all distressing symptoms.
Another Tonic
Ingredients
bark of Arjuna - 2 tolascow's milk - 4 ounceswater - 12 ounces
Procedure
Boil till the water is evaporated. Take internally for heart-disease.

Ayurvedic remedy used for impotence and chronic bowel complaints

Ingredients
1. Two drachms each of:
pellitory rootdried gingersaffronnutmeglong-pepperclovesred sandalwood
2. 1 drachm of opium
3. 6 drachms of sugar
Procedure
Combine all the ingredients except sugar together. Mix well. Now add the sugar and make it in the form of a confection.
Take 6 grains for impotence and chronic bowel complaints.
Remedies For:
Used for impotence and chronic bowel complaints.

Ayurvedic herbal remedy is useful for fever with diarrhea

Ingredients
Group 1
Equal parts of the following to make a total of 2 tolas
Aconitum heterophyllumGingerHolarrhene antidysenterica barkCyperus rotundus tubersCocculus cordifolia rootGroup 2
Water - 32 tolas
Procedure
Mix all the ingredients in group 1 together well. Take 2 toals of this mix, add 32 tolas of water. Mix well again.

Psyllium - Boneset Flu Remedy

This remedy is useful for flu as well as for backaches and headaches.
1 tablespoon - boneset1 tablespoon - skullcap1 tablespoon - white yarrow1 teaspoon - psyllium seedHoney or corn syrupDistilled water
Put 1 tablespoon each of white yarrow, boneset, and skullcap in a pint of water. Simmer for 30 minutes. Strain. Add 1 tablespoon of this liquid and 1 teaspoon of psyllium seed, flavored, to one cup of boiling water. Sweeten with corn syrup. Drink every 30 minutes.
This remedy is useful for flu as well as for backaches and headaches.

Peppermint-Rosemary-Elder Flu Remedy

This remedy is good for colds with flu Symptoms.
black elder flowers - 1 cupIrish moss - 1 cupjuniper berries - 1 cuppeppermint - 1 cupplantain - 1 cuprosemary - 1 cuphoney - as needed
Mix all the herbs. Steep 1 teaspoon of the herb mix in 1 cup boiling water for 15 minutes. Strain. Reheat and sweeten with honey. Drink twice daily.