Then dried tangerine peel is also very easy to make. We usually string our finished orange peels and hang them in a ventilated place. After a few days, touch the orange peel with your hand and it will easily break.
Usually at home, if someone has a lot of phlegm and it is wet and difficult to cough up, then you can take out some dried tangerine peel and soak it in water. Especially for cough due to cold phlegm, it can also be used with dried ginger and Schisandra chinensis.
Chinese medicine often says: "A hundred years of dried tangerine peel, a thousand years of ginseng." Old people often say: "One or two old skins, one or two gold." It can be seen that the medicinal value of dried tangerine peel is very high.
Many people have questions. Is tangerine peel orange peel?
Yes, dried tangerine peel is orange peel. Chenpi is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine. Many people like to drink it in water. It not only has the smell of oranges, but also has great medicinal value.
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is derived from the dried and mature pericarp of Rutaceae citrus and its cultivated varieties, and its long-term medicinal effect is good, so it is named Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae.
Dried tangerine peel is mainly produced in Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan and other provinces, and it is harvested when the fruit is ripe in autumn.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dried tangerine peel has the functions of regulating qi and soothing liver, eliminating dampness and strengthening spleen, relieving qi stagnation of spleen and stomach, resolving phlegm and eliminating dampness.
Clinically, it is often used to treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation, wet abdominal distension, loss of appetite, vomiting, hiccup, phlegm-dampness, cough with excessive phlegm, chest obstruction and other symptoms.
The general dosage is 3 ~ 10g. It should be noted that dried tangerine peel tastes bitter and dry, and warming can help heat, so it should be used with caution for those with red tongue and less body fluid.
In clinic, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is often combined with Atractylodis Rhizoma and Magnolia Officinalis to promote qi circulation, relieve pain and dry dampness, and treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation syndrome caused by cold and dampness, such as Wei Ping Powder.
The combination of dried tangerine peel with Radix Codonopsis, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Poria, etc. It can strengthen the spleen and middle energizer, and treat spleen deficiency and qi stagnation syndrome, such as Gong Yi powder;
The combination of dried tangerine peel with Pinellia ternata and Poria can eliminate dampness and phlegm, and treat phlegm-dampness cough, such as Erchen Decoction.
So, how do we make dried tangerine peel?
The method of making dried tangerine peel is simple, but it still needs a certain process to make high-quality dried tangerine peel. Then, let's talk about the production of Xinhui Chenpi.
First of all, tangerine peel should be harvested in stages, which can be divided into three periods: beginning of autumn to the autumnal equinox, autumnal equinox to beginning of winter, and early winter to late winter. Different products can be processed in different harvest periods.
Peel off the pedicled peel or the top of the peel to form three petals; Choose a sunny day and put the open peel in a ventilated and sunny place, which will naturally dehydrate and wither, turn the peel over after the texture becomes soft, and make the orange turn white;
Then choose sunny and dry weather to dry the peel in the sun. The peeling operation needs to be repeated for three years. After three years, if the cortex is stable, it can reduce the number of sun-drying, and the grain can be packed in sacks and stored in aging warehouses, preferably for a long time.
The aging process of dried tangerine peel generally needs to be carried out at room temperature, and it is best to use sacks for ventilation when storing and aging. During the first five years of the aging of dried tangerine peel, the quality of dried tangerine peel should be checked frequently. After the nature of dried tangerine peel is stable, it can basically age naturally.
Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae should not be stored in refrigerator. The humidity in the refrigerator is high and it is easy to get wet and deteriorate.
First, the best tangerine peel
The best tangerine peel is GuangChenpi, and the best tangerine peel is Guangdong Xinhui Chenpi. The longer the orange peel is stored, the better. Pericarp or orange peel with a storage period of less than three years is called Chenpi, and those with a storage period of more than three years are called Chenpi. Ye, a famous medical scientist: Tang, brand-new dried tangerine peel.
Second, the efficacy of dried tangerine peel
Dried tangerine peel tastes bitter, pungent and warm. Its main functions are regulating qi, strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. Mainly used for cough with excessive phlegm, abdominal distension, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea.
Third, the production of dried tangerine peel
It is more troublesome to make dried tangerine peel at home. Generally, it's not called tangerine peel, but orange peel. The production of dried tangerine peel has to go through a long process of selecting materials, drying, steaming and storing for three years.
1, material selection
Take fresh and ripe orange peel (the best Guangdong Xinhui orange), peel it as raw material (orange, clean and not rotten peel is the best, don't choose cyan orange peel, the effect is different. )
2. A sun
Dry the peeled ripe orange peel in a well-lit and well-ventilated place.
3, a steaming
Remove the moldy and broken orange peel from the first dried orange peel, then take a steamer, which must be an oil-free one, and steam the dried orange peel in the steamer. The general time is about 10- 15 minutes.
4. Secondary drying
Put the first steamed orange peel in a sunny, clean and ventilated place again and dry it again.
5, two steaming, three steaming, three drying, etc.
6. Selection of storage containers
For the efficacy of dried tangerine peel, just like old wine, the efficacy of time is good. Containers are very important for good efficacy. Due to the rainy and humid weather in the south, it is recommended to choose glassware. You can choose clay pots to dry in the north. Some will choose plastic bags, of course, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, such as poor air permeability of glass, long medicinal time and bad smell of plastic bags.
Dried tangerine peel is an interesting thing only found in China. It is a traditional Chinese medicine, but it can also be used for cooking. For example, the famous Cantonese dish Chenpi Duck is a famous dish with a unique flavor of Chenpi. This time we will answer these questions and get to know Chenpi.
Chenpi is orange peel, but not all orange peels can be called Chenpi. Generally speaking, it takes at least three years to be called Chenpi in Chenfang, at least as far as Chinese medicine is concerned.
Speaking of "dried tangerine peel", we have to say a city, that is Jiangmen City. After all, the most famous "Xinhui Peel" in dried tangerine peel comes from Xinhui District, Jiangmen City. Xinhui used to make tangerine peel is a kind of high-quality tea branch orange, also called Xinhui orange, Xinhui Chenguang orange, or simply called Chenpi orange, which is really a citrus with more expensive skin than meat. The word "Chen" in dried tangerine peel means "aged", which means that dried tangerine peel, like ham and old wine, is the product of manpower and time brewing, and it is not simply called dried tangerine peel after eating the remaining peel of orange.
The production process of dried tangerine peel is actually not complicated, but it is a bit time-consuming. The difficulty lies in the quality and proper preservation of raw materials.
Self-made dried tangerine peel can buy some high-quality citrus, and Xinhui tea branch citrus is the best. Choose ripe citrus. Then cut it open with a knife for three times to take out the pulp (don't waste the pulp, let's eat it together), put the fresh fruit peel in a sunny and ventilated place, naturally dehydrate and soften it, turn it over and turn the orange white outwards. Next, we can choose to continue drying in a natural way, or dry at a low temperature (between 40 and 45 degrees) with equipment such as a dryer. After the orange peel is completely dried, it can enter the "fresh-keeping" stage. Do not completely seal or store in vacuum, because the aging, oxidation and dehydration of dried tangerine peel need to be exposed to the air slowly, so it needs to be checked and re-dried every once in a while.
Of course, the above process is a bit too troublesome. If there is no dryer, it will take too long. We can "be lazy" to get something to cook at home. The same is true for peeling fruit, and then we use the steamer and steamer for the next step. We boil a pot of boiling water, then steam the orange peel on a steamer for 10 minute, then blow it in a ventilated place for one day, steam it for another day, and after the third steaming, we can completely dry the orange peel, and then put it in a ventilated place in a container and take it with you.
But the dried tangerine peel obtained by this method is definitely not as delicious as the dried tangerine peel made by real technology. After all, the taste of dried tangerine peel is given by time, so it is difficult to take advantage of it. Therefore, the normal high-quality dried tangerine peel is very expensive, and the price of dried tangerine peel for three years ranges from several hundred to more than two thousand per catty.
This is the answer to the question about dried tangerine peel. Have you ever cooked with dried tangerine peel? Also welcome comments to share your little knowledge about dried tangerine peel!
Yes, dried tangerine peel is made by drying orange peel for many years.