What Is Bitter Orange?

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

A flowering evergreen tree native to Asia, bitter orange is a fruit now widely cultivated in Mediterranean regions. But rather than a fruit for eating, the outer “zest” of the fruit, sans the white pulp, as well as the oil from the leaves and branches, are used as a medicinal. Bitter orange, which purportedly arrived in the Americas with the Spanish and Portuguese in the 1500s, has many other names, depending on the country talking about it.

Herbal Resource1 lists several: Kiang chum, nirvana aria, enroll, Amara, hue chum hung, citrus Bergama, citrus bigaradia, citrus vulgaris, Seville …read more

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