橙的好處很多，又甜又多汁，既可解渴又有營養，而且橙皮的用途又很多，例如橙皮按摩可消除身體上的橘皮組織、橙皮磨砂可以去死皮，原因是橙含有的豐富的類黃酮成分和維生素C成分，能夠促進皮膚新陳代謝，提高皮膚毛細血管的抵抗力。用橙皮做香包則有助催眠及驅蚊，用平紋細布包裹橙皮製成香包，放在枕頭旁不僅有催眠功效，還能驅蚊。放入衛生間、廚房或冰箱，則能除掉異味，保持空氣清新。
有沒有試過用橙皮沐浴，在使用浴缸洗澡時，加入少量新熬好的橙皮水，能帶來沁人心脾的芬芳，更能調和自由基，有助於保持皮膚潤澤、柔嫩，尤其適合在乾燥的秋季使用。
在雪櫃裏放些橙皮可以去除難聞的味道，燒烤時在肉食上加入幾片橙皮，味道既鮮美又不會感到油膩，將橙皮煮成汁，塗抹在草席上，也可防止草席發黴，現在是8月天氣熱，室內的花盆可能會發出臭味，如果將橙皮放些落花盆內，便清除花盆的異味。而且，當花肥化為肥料過程，加水會發出異味及蚊蠅，放些橙皮便可防蚊及除異味，做法很簡單，將橙皮剪成條狀，放在花盆內便可，大塊的橙皮放在洗手間癖味，用橙皮煲水入落壼內，便是天然的自製清潔液。
橙能供給我們需要的維他命，食得又用得，橙皮做清潔亦都得，可真是天生橙皮必有用。
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橘皮洗淨加糖蒸成糖水飲用，有順氣清肺祛濕、止咳化痰的功能。
另外，橘子皮內含鹼性物質，用它蘸點鹽，可將陶瓷、搪瓷、鋁鐵類炊具、餐具上的汙跡一擦而淨。
橘子皮還含有較多的芳香物質，將它放在冰箱裏，可除異臭味。家制生物有機化肥裏放點橘子皮，可使花肥液料不發臭。
防暈車
在上車前1小時，用新鮮的橘子皮，向內折成雙層，對準鼻孔，用手指擠提捏橘子皮，皮中就會噴射出無數股細小的橘香油霧並被吸入鼻孔。
在上車後繼續隨時擠壓吸入，可有效地預防暈車。
治凍瘡
將橘皮用火烤焦，研成粉末，再用植物油調均勻，抹在患處。
治慢性支氣管炎
橘皮5至15克，泡水當茶飲，常用。
治咳嗽
用幹橘皮5克，加水2杯煎湯後，放少量薑末、紅糖趁熱服用：也可取鮮橘皮適量，切碎後用開水沖泡，加入白糖代茶飲，有化痰止咳之功效。
治便秘
鮮橘皮12克或幹橘皮6克，煎湯服用，可治便秘。
解酒
用鮮橘皮30克，加鹽少許煎湯飲服，醒酒效果頗佳。
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Orange is a delicious fruit. Not only the inner part of orange (fruit) but also the outer part (peel) is useful in many ways. Here are the ten unique uses for orange peels.
As a Bathing Powder
Dry some orange peels and make them as a powder. Use this powder regularly for bathing to make your skin glow.
Mosquito Repellent
Apply orange peels over your exposed skin on nights to repel the mosquitoes.
Get Rid of Ants
Take few orange peels in a cup of warm water. Make it as puree in a blender. Pour this solution into the anthills to prevent ants.
As a Scent
Boil orange peels on the stove with a few cloves to make your home filled with scent.
Keeps Brown Sugar Soft
If you place a piece of orange peel in your bag of brown sugar the sugar will stay soft.
As Bath Oil
Dried orange peels can be used as homemade bath oils. Orange peels can be used in dried flower arrangements.
Household Cleaner
Limonene, a carbon-based compound that makes up around 95% of the oil found in orange peel is often used to give household cleaners a citrus smell.
For Kindling in Winter
Dried orange peels can be used as kindling at fire places. The flammable oils found inside the peels enable them to burn much longer than paper.
Protects Leaves of Household Plants From Cats
Rub the leaves of your house plants with orange peel once a month and put some orange peels on the surface of the soil in potted plants which prevents them destroyed from cats.
Make Delicious Oil
You can make delicious homemade oil with orange peels. Place some orange peels and cranberries in olive oil and close it with a cork. You can observe a wonderful flavor to the oil after some weeks.
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Orange Peel Vinegar Cleaner
1, Start to store your orange peels. You can put in the freezer if you like. When you have enough, put them in a glass jar. (Note, you add lemon peels too.)
2, Fill the jar up with vinegar and let it sit for 2 weeks.
3, Put it on your countertop so you can admire it. So, beautiful. (You can feel like Martha.)
4, After two weeks strain the liquid.
5, Put peels in the composter. (Unless you have any other ideas, I am all ears.)
6, Mix water with the vinegar in a ratio of 2:1.
7, Use and enjoy.
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As a Hand Moisturizer
I simply rubbed the orange peel all over my hands using both the front of the peel and the back of the peel. Then, I rinsed my hands with warm water. My hands smelled wonderful and were a little bit softer. Thank you to Home Cooking Diva for this idea.
Deodorize the Garbage Disposal
Now this is really simple! Just put a few peels in the garbage disposal and let it run. This will clean the blades and leave the disposal smelling clean and fresh. The best part of it all is that you don’t have to use a toxic chemical to clean your disposal. You can even rub the peel in your sink to freshen it up too. I will do this often! 5 Oranges Potatoes warns not to use too many because she broke a disposal this way. I also found this next idea on her blog:
Make a Natural Air Freshener
Put some orange peels in a pot of water along with a cinnamon stick and some cloves. Simmer… Smells like Christmas. Several bloggers claim this helps rid the air of airborne flu and gold germs. It’s worth a try and you’ve got nothing to lose. It’s far better than spraying Lysol or other toxic .
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