Chenpi has a very long history of use in China, and it is a mature and dry peel of Rutaceae citrus and its cultivated varieties. Chenpi can be used not only as medicine, but also as soup, tea and cooking. It can be called "all-round expert" in health care and has the reputation of "one or two old skins and one or two gold". So, how to use dried tangerine peel in daily health care? Let's take a look together.

Synthesized from People's Daily Health Guangzhou Daily, health appointment and network, etc.

Chenpi is also called orange peel and orange peel. Literally, Chen means "old, long time", and the old skin is better, so it is called Chenpi.

Chenpi is abundant in Guangdong, Fujian, Chongqing, Zhejiang and other regions. Chenpi has been planted in Xinhui, Guangdong Province for 700 years and enjoys a high reputation.

Xinhui tangerine peel is three petals, which is very recognizable.

Where is the "treasure" of dried tangerine peel

From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, dried tangerine peel is bitter in taste and warm in nature, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and is suitable for people with symptoms such as fullness in the stomach, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough and phlegm.

Modern pharmacological research also found that dried tangerine peel contains volatile oil, hesperidin, vitamin B, C and other components, which has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, helps to promote the secretion of digestive juice and stimulate appetite.

Regulating qi and strengthening stomach

Can be combined with Radix Aucklandiae and Fructus Aurantii to treat abdominal distension. For those with poor diet and weak spleen and stomach, try tangerine peel with ginseng, poria cocos and atractylodes macrocephala. Afraid of cold vomiting, it is used with ginger.

Strengthening spleen and activating qi

Atractylodes macrocephala and Magnolia officinalis are commonly used in tangerine peel to treat dampness stagnation, abdominal distension and abdominal distension. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can also prevent and treat motion sickness, that is, take 1 tablet every 20 minutes before taking the bus (boat) and swallow it after dissolution; Take 1 tablet every 10 minute after the vehicle (ship) is started, and it will take effect after being dissolved and swallowed.

reduce phlegm and stop coughing

5 grams of dried tangerine peel, add two cups of water to decoct soup, then add a small amount of Jiang Mo and brown sugar, and take it while it is hot; You can also take a proper amount of fresh orange peel, chop it up and brew it with boiling water, and add white sugar instead of tea, which has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

Appetizing and eliminating dampness

Whether it is the pig's foot soup mentioned by Meili or the old duck soup in Tai Po, you can add dried tangerine peel, which not only keeps you healthy, but also tastes better. In addition, when making sweet soup, put a little dried tangerine peel, or make pumpkin soup with proper amount of dried tangerine peel and old pumpkin, which can nourish yin, moisten lung and strengthen spleen and make people's appetite open. Damp-heat syndrome can be drunk by making tea with Chenpi water, or by boiling water with Chenpi directly.

Sleeping aid

In addition, the unique smell of volatile oil in Rutaceae contributes to sleep and is suitable for patients with insomnia due to qi deficiency. You can put a few pieces of dried tangerine peel on the bedside table as aromatherapy, or use dried tangerine peel as pillow core, which will help improve sleep.

Although tangerine peel has many benefits, it will get angry or damage your vitality if you take it for a long time, so it is not suitable for long-term use. Use with caution for those with body heat, but not for those with qi deficiency and yin deficiency and dry cough.

What's the best way to choose dried tangerine peel?

The selection and identification of dried tangerine peel can be carefully distinguished from five aspects: feel, smell, color, brown and taste.

sense of touch

Touch dried tangerine peel with your hands on rainy days. The shorter the age, the more fructose and water it contains, and the easier it is to get wet, so the skin is softer. The longer the age, the harder the tangerine peel feels and the easier it is to break.

smell

Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae of 3 to 8 years old is pungent, sour and sweet;

9 to 20-year-old tangerine peel smells fragrant, refreshing and pleasant, without sour taste;

More than 20 years old orange peel smells pure, sweet and mellow.

Look at this color.

The inner surface of short-lived tangerine peel is white and yellowish white, and the outer surface is bright red and dark red;

The inner surface of aged tangerine peel is red or brownish red, and the outer surface is brown or black.

Look at the brown color

The brown color of short-lived dried tangerine peel is bluish yellow (even cyan), which tastes sour and bitter;

Old Cantonese-style tangerine peel is yellow-red (even red), with a fragrant smell and a sweet and mellow entrance.

taste

Short-aged tangerine peel tastes bitter, sour and astringent, while high-aged tangerine peel tastes sweet, mellow and aged.

These people eat tangerine peel carefully.

Dried tangerine peel has many functions and wide uses, and most people can eat it. However, "it is a drug containing three toxic ingredients". People with wide dried tangerine peel, who like warm dryness, dryness due to qi deficiency, dryness due to yin deficiency, cough due to vomiting blood, and internal excess heat, should use it with caution.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people pay attention to tonic in autumn and winter. Adding a proper amount of dried tangerine peel during tonic will help the spleen and stomach to transport and transform, make it tonic but not greasy, and make the drug effect better absorbed.

In addition, people with qi stagnation and constipation can also soak dried tangerine peel, which is simple and easy to do, and can effectively relieve the pain of constipation. Generally, the decoction dose of dried tangerine peel is 6 ~ 10g.

Diet recommendation

Winter melon and dried tangerine peel old duck soup

The materials include dried tangerine peel 10g, duck 500g, wax gourd 500g and coix seed 50g.

Practice: Wash the duck and cut it into small pieces, cut the wax gourd into pieces, boil it with 2000ml water, add the above ingredients, cook for 1 hour, and add salt to taste.

The effects of invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, nourishing yin and clearing heat, and Xian Yi are suitable for all ages.

Chenpi mung bean lily dessert store

Ingredients: 200g mung bean, 0/0g tangerine peel/kloc-0, 50g lily and 0g borneol10g.

Practice: Boil mung beans with water, shell them, put them into dried tangerine peel, boil them for 1 hour, season them with rock sugar, and then drink them at room temperature.

Efficacy of relieving summer heat and thirst, calming the heart and calming the nerves.

Chenpi Pu 'er tea

Materials: 3g of dried tangerine peel, Pu 'er tea 10g.

Practice in boiling water for 5 minutes before drinking.

Efficacy: invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, and reducing weight and lipid.

Chenjuweng tea

Ingredients: a small piece of dried tangerine peel, water hyacinth flower 10g, chrysanthemum 3g, and green tea.

Practice soaking and drinking once a day.

Efficacy is suitable for people who are jealous, dry and have secretions, accompanied by dizziness, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and thick tongue coating.

Mu Yi Chen Pidan

Materials: motherwort 50~ 100g, dried tangerine peel 9g, 2 eggs.

Practice: Wash the eggs and cook them with Leonurus japonicus and Chenpi. After cooking, peel the eggs and cook for 5 minutes.

Efficacy: promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting qi circulation and resolving stagnation.

Small dried tangerine peel has a great effect!

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