Orange in medicine
Doctors of the Middle Ages applied various parts of an orange in the medical purposes.
Many doctors of the Middle Ages recommended orange-peels against fever.
Orange and citric juices were considered as the most valuable remedies against scurvy.
Some people recommended to eat some oranges each day against a flu, furuncles and to improve intestines activity.
Orange water was given to slake thirst at fever.
Nowadays it is determined, that orange juice or fresh pulp of an orange improves appetite and digestion processes. The patients, suffering from constipation, are recommended to eat oranges in the morning on an empty stomach or drink orange juice in the evening before going to bed.
Oranges, due to potassium, an ascorbic acid and other vitamins in their content, improve the general state during hypertonic illness, atherosclerosis, illnesses of liver, podagra, adiposity. Fruits and fresh juice of an orange are effectively applied at avitaminosis.
Oranges are used for jams, candied fruits, and also for aromatization of confectionery.