The difference between tangerine peel and orange peel:

1, the appearance is not the same, the peel is dry, orange peel refers to the fresh peeled down.

2, fresh orange peel is dried and concocted before it is peel, orange peel the longer the better, generally should be placed every other year before using, peel as a flavor of qi, stomach, phlegm commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, with its tea references, it can indeed clear heat and phlegm.

3, with fresh orange peel water is different, because the fresh orange peel contains volatile oils more, may stimulate the digestive tract, leading to digestive disorders, and then the orange peel performance with pesticides or preservatives, general washing, sun may not be able to remove these harmful substances clean.

4, Chenpi is the longer the better, generally put to the next year before you can use.

The content of volatile oils is greatly reduced after the next year, and the content of flavonoids will be relatively increased, and then the medicinal value of Chenpi can be reflected.

5, fresh orange peel contains more volatile oils, does not have the same medicinal effects as the peel.

Be sure to remember that the peel can be soaked in water, orange peel can not be soaked in water to drink.

Taking Chenpi in water is also a very good choice.

First: treatment of cough and phlegm

If the body has a cough and phlegm, you can prepare the Chenpi, ginger and walnuts, and then decocted with water to take, can be very good to make the body back to health.

Second: stomach pain

Because of the accelerated pace of life, many people due to the unscientific lifestyle of the stomach pain, this time you can be the Chenpi soaked in water to ease the body's discomfort.

Prepare the Chenpi, ginger and brown sugar, and then the Chenpi and ginger decoction, then add a small amount of brown sugar stirred evenly after taking.

Third: vomiting

The Chenpi, rice and ginger ready, and then the ginger and Chenpi decoction with water, you can also add rice porridge, can be a good treatment for the body to vomit.

Fourth: burns

If the body has burned parts, you can also wipe the Chenpi for the affected area.

Fifth: chronic gastritis

Grind the dried peel finely into powder, then add a small amount of sugar, and then take it on an empty stomach with warm water.

Expanded Information

Chenpi is the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried mature pericarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties in the Brassicaceae family. The herb is divided into "Chenpi" and "Guang Chenpi". Mature fruits are picked, peeled and dried in the sun or at low temperature.

The bitter substance of Chenpi is "citrinin-like" represented by citrinin and bittersweet, which is calm in flavor, easily dissolved in water, and helps digestion of food.

Physiological Characteristics

1, Chenpi: often peeled into several petals, the base is connected, some irregular sheet, 1 ~ 4mm thick. the outer surface of orange-red or reddish-brown, with fine wrinkles and concave dotted oil chamber; the inner surface of the light yellowish-white, rough, attached to the yellowish-white or yellowish-brown sinew-like vascular bundles. The texture is slightly hard and brittle. Aromatic, pungent, bitter flavor.

2, Guang Chen Pi: often 3 petals connected, neat shape, uniform thickness, about 1mm, dotted oil chamber is larger, to the light, transparent and clear. The texture is softer.

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