It is important to make dried tangerine peel with selected oranges. Choose oranges with yellow skin, not with cyan. When peeling oranges, peel as large as possible, dry the orange peel, put it in a steamer after drying, dry the steamed orange peel again and steam it for four or five times. The longer the weather, the higher the value of dried tangerine peel.

Choose oranges

Choose bright orange with yellow skin instead of cyan.

Then peel the oranges, peel them as big as possible,

Steam dried oranges

Sun-dry the orange peel, steam it in a steamer to soften it, then dry the steamed orange peel and steam it for four or five times. Constant steaming helps to remove bacteria and pesticide residues on the surface of oranges.

Sealed preservation

You can find a sealed jar to put it in after drying. Note: it can't be a plastic can, so as not to volatilize the taste and deteriorate the dried tangerine peel.

Store for a period of time. When it softens, take it out to bask in the sun and store it. The dried tangerine peel is formed. Take the dried tangerine peel out to dry every year. Ten years later, the value of dried tangerine peel is relatively high. Chenpi can be used for coughing and expectoration, abdominal distension, less vomiting and diarrhea.

Conclusion: Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is generally used as medicine, which can be used for cough with excessive phlegm, abdominal distension, eating less and vomiting, and can also be used as a seasoning for making tea or cooking.