Chen Pi is the skin of red oranges.

Pericarp is made from the skin of ripe red tangerines. Ripe red tangerines are oranges that are ripe and sweet to eat, and it is the skin of such oranges that is made into pericarp. If you use very sour, not ripe orange peel, made out of the green peel. In Chinese medicine, the difference between the efficacy of peel and green peel is very big. So always choose ripe mandarin.

The varieties of tangerines that can be made into peel are mainly Chaji mandarin, Ou mandarin, Sihui mandarin, Naikan mandarin, Banana mandarin and red mandarin. These varieties of orange, due to the different varieties also need to be graded, the efficacy of the difference in aging is also relatively large. For example, ordinary orange peel and Xinhui orange peel (Guang Chen Pi) are miles apart, Xinhui orange peel is much higher than ordinary orange peel in both efficacy and price.

Homemade Chenpi Note

1. Sunny Chenpi attention to preservation, do not touch the water, wrapped in two layers of plastic bags, placed in a cool, dry place, to avoid mold and moisture.

2. Chenpi should be taken out from time to time to dry, observe the state, there is mold phenomenon is not edible, so you can make a small amount.

3. The best month is May and June of the lunar calendar. After the rainy season of March and April, when the air is drier and the sunshine time is abundant, it is a better time to tan the peel. While the lunar calendar in July and August, although the sunshine but the air is humid, humidity is greater, this time the sun is easy to make the peel damp, not suitable for tanning the peel.