Tangerine can be said to be the whole body is a treasure, its pulp, skin, core, complex can be used in medicine. Tangerine rind after drying called "Chenpi" (because of the medicinal effect of Chen, so the name of Chenpi), and orange flesh above the white network of filaments, called the "orange Luo", containing a certain amount of vitamin P, there are through the network, phlegm, qi, and stagnation, and other effects.
The kernel of tangerine is bitter and non-toxic in nature, and it can be used to treat hernia and lumbago by regulating the flow of qi and relieving pain. Even tangerine roots and leaves can be used as medicine, with different functions such as soothing the liver, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach. Orange peel in daily life also has a lot of ingenious, wonderful use, it can beauty skin care, clean porcelain with tea rust, deodorization, but also as fertilizer.
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Toxicity and thirst-quenching effect
Used for gastric yin insufficiency, dryness and thirst in the mouth or thirst-quenching evidence, you can use the orange flesh to eat raw or take the juice to drink.
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Regulating qi and harmonizing the middle
It is used for chest tightness and distension caused by stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach, vomiting, and eating less.
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Resolving phlegm and relieving cough
It is used for coughing caused by unfavorable lung qi, excessive phlegm, and knotting of qi in the chest.
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Tangerine Benefits Cardiovascular Health
In a study conducted by researchers in Canada, 16 adult men and 9 adult women with higher-than-normal levels of total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) drank 1 cup (250 ml) of tangerine juice per day for 4 weeks each, in order of 1 cup (250 ml), 2 cups, and 3 cups each The results showed that drinking orange juice 1 cup (250 ml), 2 cups and 3 cups per day for 4 weeks. The results found that daily drink orange juice 1 cup, 2 cups, 3 cups in 4 weeks after the plasma vitamin C levels were increased 2.1 times, 3.1 times, 3.8 times; daily drink orange juice 3 cups in 4 weeks after the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels increased by 21%, the level of folic acid increased by 18%, the ratio of LDL/HDL decreased by 16%. HDL can remove the arterial wall cholesterol, preventing atherosclerosis. , preventing atherosclerosis. Research suggests that drinking 750ml of orange juice every day can effectively improve lipid metabolism in patients with hypercholesterolemia, which is beneficial to cardiovascular health.
The World Health Organization (WHO) in the report "Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases" suggests that citrus fruits can effectively prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. Folic acid in citrus fruits has the effect of lowering plasma homocysteine, which can damage arterial vessels and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Citrus fruits are rich in potassium, which helps regulate blood pressure and maintain normal heart rhythm. Vitamin C, carotenoids and flavonoids have an anti-lipid oxidation effect, which can prevent the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis.
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) reviewed and analyzed 48 studies on citrus fruits and diseases, and found that eating one fruit a day (non-citrus) can reduce the risk of stroke by 4%, while eating one orange tangerine fruit a day can reduce the risk of stroke by 19%. This strongly suggests that citrus fruits have an extraordinary cardiovascular protective effect.
Effects and functions of orange peel
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Studies have shown that oranges and other citrus fruits contain orange peel oleoresin in the rind can protect people's bodies through its own antioxidant effect, enhance immunity, with the inhibition of the liver, esophagus, large intestine and the skin cancerous tumors occurring in the growth of the skin, and to promote cancerous cells to normalize the effect. People who eat one citrus fruit a day can reduce the chance of developing oral cancer, throat cancer and stomach cancer by 50%.
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Tangerine peel, also known as Chen Pi, is one of the important medicines. The Compendium of Materia Medica says that tangerine peel is "tonic with tonic medicine; laxative with laxative medicine; ascending with ascending medicine; descending with descending medicine." Tangerine peel is an important medicine for regulating qi, removing dryness, inducing dampness, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, strengthening the spleen, and harmonizing the stomach.
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Tangerine peel contains a lot of vitamin C and essential oils, will be washed and dried with the same tea storage, can be brewed with tea, but also can be brewed alone, the taste of the aroma, but also refreshing, ventilation;
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Tangerine peel has the function of regulating the qi and resolving the phlegm, strengthening the stomach and removing the dampness, and lowering the blood pressure. very good Chinese herbal medicine. Can be washed and dried, immersed in white wine, 2 to 3 weeks to drink, can clear the lungs and phlegm, the longer the soaking time, the better the taste of wine;
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Congee, put a few slices of orange peel, eat up the aroma of the mouth, but also to play the role of appetite;
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Burning meat or burnt spare ribs, add a few slices of orange peel, the taste is both delicious and not feel the oil. The flavor is both delicious and will not feel greasy;
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Orange peel can be made into sugar orange silk, sugar orange ding, sugar orange peel, orange peel sauce, orange peel incense and other delicious food. In addition, the elderly habitual constipation can also be treated with orange peel. One way is: the orange peel is washed, dried, dry, baked crisp (or fire fried), research into a fine powder, each serving 1 gram, 3 times a day. Another method is: wash the orange peel, cut fine, add sugar, honey, appropriate amount, boiling, cooling each time a tablespoon, 3 times a day.