The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine tangerine peel is a kind of food that can be eaten in many ways. The efficacy of this food is very obvious, and its benefits to the body are inexhaustible. The taboo of food must be clearly understood, which has the effect of increasing resistance to our body. Let's share the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine tangerine peel with you.

Efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine Chenpi 1 1, alias of Chenpi

Orange peel, expensive old, red peel, yellow orange peel, wide orange peel, Xinhui peel, orange peel, wide orange peel.

2, the efficacy of dried tangerine peel

Temperature; Bitter and bitter; Spleen and lung meridian. It has the functions of regulating qi, lowering adverse qi, regulating middle energizer, stimulating appetite, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. It is mainly used for treating spleen and stomach qi stagnation and dampness obstruction, chest and diaphragm fullness, abdominal distension and pain, anorexia, vomiting, adverse defecation, lung qi obstruction, cough with excessive phlegm, and also for treating the initial breast abscess. After years of research, it is known that dried tangerine peel has many pharmacological effects.

3. Nutritional value of dried tangerine peel

The bitter substance of dried tangerine peel is "limonin-like substance" represented by limonin and picrin. This limonin-like substance is mild in taste and easy to dissolve in water, which is helpful for food digestion. When dried tangerine peel is used to cook dishes. Its bitterness and other flavors can be reconciled with each other to form a unique flavor. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae contains volatile oil, hesperidin, vitamin B, vitamin C and other components. The volatile oil contained in it has a mild stimulating effect on gastrointestinal tract, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice, eliminate gas accumulation in intestinal tract and increase appetite. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is also a commonly used Chinese medicine, which has the effects of invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving boredom and retaining fragrance, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting.

4. Edible taboos of dried tangerine peel

People suffering from dryness due to qi deficiency, cough due to dryness due to yin deficiency, vomiting blood and excess heat inside should take it with caution.

5. Guidance on the practice of dried tangerine peel

It is often used in cooking to fry, roast, stew and stir-fry animal dishes, which can remove peculiar smell, enhance fragrance, refresh and relieve boredom.

For those who suffer from stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach due to dampness, abdominal distension and pain, and eat less loose stool, they are usually combined with Atractylodes lancea, Magnolia officinalis and Glycyrrhiza uralensis to dry dampness, strengthen the spleen and regulate the stomach.

For those who cough with excessive phlegm due to phlegm retention and lung failure, and the chest and diaphragm swell, it is usually combined with Banxia and Poria to eliminate dampness, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Those with spleen deficiency, water and dampness, edema of limbs, and unfavorable urination can wait with Poria, Mulberry, and Pericarpium Arecae to strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis.

Cooking purposes: used as seasoning, it has the functions of enhancing fragrance and taste, removing fishy smell and relieving boredom. It is commonly used when making marinated vegetables and marinades. It is also used as seasoning ingredients for dishes, such as dried tangerine peel mutton and dried tangerine peel duck.

6. Precautions for purchasing dried tangerine peel

(1) Touch soft and hard

The shorter the year, the softer Chen Pipi is, because the tangerine peel in short years still contains a lot of fructose and water, so it is easy to get wet and soft. The longer the year is, the harder the skin feels and the easier it is to break. Good dried tangerine peel has a dry and crisp surface, which is easy to break when folded by hand. The surface is very dry without any moisture.

(2) Look at the color

The inner surface of tangerine peel with short years is snow white and yellow white. The outer surface is bright red and dark red. Old tangerine peel has a reddish or brownish-red inner surface and a brownish or black outer surface. Good' tangerine peel is bright in color, that is, it is a yellowish brown color with a slight yellow color. If the color is too yellow or too bright, this kind of tangerine peel is generally not good.

(3) smell

Generally, dried tangerine peel has three smells: old, fragrant and mellow. If it is stored for 3~8 years, it smells pungent, sour and sweet; The smell of dried tangerine peel for 9 to 20 years smells fragrant, refreshing and pleasant, without sour fruit; The 20 to 40-year-old Chen Pi smells pure, sweet and mellow; More than 50 years of dried tangerine peel is even more precious. You can pick up a piece of dried tangerine peel at will, look at it and smell it. It is aged and detached, and it is extraordinary and refined.

(4) Taste the taste

Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae with shorter age tastes bitter, sour and astringent, while Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae with higher age tastes sweet, mellow and aged. Characteristics of high-quality dried tangerine peel: 1, it must be made of authentic Guangdong origin and selected Xinhui orange peel. 2, the older the Chen Pi, the more fragrant it is. Generally, 2-3 years of Chenpi is the best. 3, the most obvious orange fragrance is the best.

The efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine tangerine peel 2 1, tangerine peel has the effect of promoting digestion and increasing appetite. Because dried tangerine peel contains limonoids, this limonoids flavor helps to promote intestinal peristalsis, thus promoting digestion; In addition, dried tangerine peel contains volatile oil, hesperidin, vitamins B and C, etc. The volatile oil it contains has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice, eliminate gas accumulation and increase appetite.

2. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can not only deodorize but also increase the delicacy of dishes. The bitter taste of dried tangerine peel can be coordinated with other tastes, so it can be used to cook dishes to improve the taste, not only to remove the fishy smell of fish, but also to make dishes particularly delicious; In addition, making desserts such as mung bean paste and red bean porridge, if you add a little tangerine peel, the taste is particularly fragrant.

3. Chenpi has the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is also a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, which tastes bitter and warm, and has the effects of invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving boredom and retaining fragrance, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting. Suitable for people whose stomachs are full, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough and phlegm.

4. Chenpi has the effect of eliminating intestinal pneumatosis. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has a mild stimulating effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice and eliminate intestinal pneumatosis.

To sum up, tangerine peel has a great effect on the spleen and stomach, which can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, but also eliminate intestinal gas accumulation. The most important thing is that tangerine peel also has the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. Although dried tangerine peel has so many effects, it also has taboos, such as those who are dry due to qi deficiency, dry cough due to yin deficiency, vomiting blood and excess heat inside, they should not eat dried tangerine peel.