Sweet Orange

Last updated 2026-11-15 — Sweet Orange The sweet orange is the ripe fruit of the Rutaceae plant Citrus sinensis. Also known as yellow fruit, orange, golden ball, golden orange, or goose shell, it has a warm nature and a slightly bitter, pungent flavor. It enters the lung, spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. Sweet orange can stimulate the appetite and aid digestion, promote fluid production and relieve thirst, regulate qi and resolve phlegm, as well as detoxify and sober up. It is primarily used to treat symptoms such as indigestion with abdominal distension, dry throat and thirst, excessive cough with phlegm, poisoning from eating fish or crabs, and intoxication...