Tangpi "origins" from special citrus peel, but citrus peel is not equal to tangerine peel. Only in a specific region, a specific variety, and after natural aging in a specific environment, can it produce specific properties, flavors and effects, and have the activity of "the longer it is aged, the better", can it be called tangerine peel. The core of tangerine peel lies in the word "Chen". "Chen" means "aging and transformation". The smell and medicinal properties of tangerine peel are aged over the years; only varieties with aging value can be called "tangerine peel".
Tangpi is a very "useful" ingredient. When drinking tea in autumn, we put some tangerine peel in it. When cooking porridge, we can also put some tangerine peel. Not to mention making sugar water and old fire soup, no matter what you cook, add some tangerine peel, the taste will be upgraded. Tangerine peel is a unique medicinal use. It has a mild nature and basically has a good auxiliary effect in any prescription. Some people also say that one tael of tangerine peel is one tael of gold, and a hundred years of tangerine peel is better than gold.
Therefore, friends who like to eat meat, have a sticky throat, a lot of phlegm, are tired and sleepy, can eat but cannot digest, are prone to bloating and bloating, etc., it is definitely right to keep tangerine peel at home.
Cough relief：Tangerine peel can regulate qi and resolve phlegm, which is very suitable for people with damp phlegm and cold phlegm cough (symptoms such as cough, phlegm, greasy tongue coating, chest tightness, and loss of appetite). People with bronchitis can also try to boil tangerine peel in water. Because the limonene in tangerine peel can stimulate the bronchi and increase glandular secretion, thereby achieving the effect of expectoration.
Tangerine peel can reduce fat：Fat people have more phlegm, and obese people have more phlegm in their bodies. For such people, you can take 10 grams of tangerine peel and lotus leaf to make tea. Tangerine peel can reduce turbidity, and lotus leaf can make clear air rise at the same time. Between the rise and fall, the wheel of spleen and stomach will turn. If the spleen and stomach are healthy, they will have more power to transport and transform phlegm and dampness. This prescription not only helps lose weight, but also reduces blood lipids, because the two are essentially the same thing, both related to phlegm and dampness. Phlegm and dampness blocked in the blood vessels are called high blood lipids; blocked in the belly, called small belly.Moreover, modern research has also found that lotus leaf itself has a very good effect of lowering blood lipids. After drinking lotus leaf tangerine peel tea for a period of time, the weight becomes lighter and blood lipids slowly decrease.
Tangerine peel resolves phlegm and strengthens the spleen：The main function of tangerine peel is to promote the flow of spleen and stomach qi. The spleen and stomach are responsible for transporting and transforming water and dampness, so the flow of spleen and stomach qi can remove dampness, strengthen the spleen, and resolve phlegm. Therefore, tangerine peel has the functions of nourishing the spleen, awakening the spleen, and strengthening the spleen.
Tangerine peel treats loose stools：Chinese medicine believes that watery stools or frequent bowel movements are mainly caused by spleen and stomach deficiency or invasion of cold and dampness. Tangerine peel has the effect of strengthening the spleen, regulating the middle and removing dampness, and can remove the cold in the body.
Tangerine peel treats indigestion：The volatile oil of tangerine peel has the effect of expectoration and asthma relief and bronchial dilation. It has a mild stimulating effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle, can promote the secretion of digestive juices, and increase appetite.
Tangerine peel calms the nerves：Many people don’t know that tangerine peel can also calm the nerves, which may not be mentioned in most books.The key to tangerine peel is the word "old", which means that it should be placed for a longer time. After years of precipitation, tangerine peel has a stale smell that can calm people’s spirits, and tangerine peel also has a unique aromatic smell. Tangerine peel is often used by the people to make pillows, which are fragrant and pleasant, and have a good effect on alleviating insomnia and neurasthenia.
Tangerine peel relieves chest tightness and abdominal distension：The hesperidin, vitamin B, vitamin C and other ingredients in tangerine peel can gently stimulate the stomach and intestines. When the stomach is bloated and the abdomen is bloated, the bloating feeling will disappear as soon as you drink the water boiled with tangerine peel.
Tangerine peel treats dry skin：The skin can nourish the skin. If the skin is not good, you can use hemp seeds and yam to make porridge, and then add some tangerine peel. Hemp seeds moisturize and remove dryness from the body. The white color of yam enters the lungs and can nourish the lungs. The lungs are responsible for the skin and fur. Tangerine peel brings the medicinal properties to the body surface.
Tangerine peel contains pectin, which can reduce the deposition of lipid substances in blood vessels and help prevent vascular sclerosis to a certain extent.
Don't look at a small piece of tangerine peel, it really has many benefits.Tangerine peel with it, the effect is better. Many people only know to soak tangerine peel in water and drink it. If you can learn some matching skills, the health care effect can be better!
Tangerine peel + wolfberry = invigorate the spleen and relieve cough
Tangerine peel + red bean = clear away heat and dampness
Tangerine peel + hawthorn = remove oil and relieve constipation
Recommended recipe:Tangerine peel hawthorn tea
Effects: digestion and accumulation, moisturizing the intestines and relieving constipation, regulating qi and strengthening the spleen
Ingredients: 2 grams of tangerine peel, 2 grams of dried northern hawthorn, 2 grams of fried cassia seeds, 1 gram of dried lotus leaves
Method: brew the above ingredients together and drink.
1. It is not feasible to make tangerine peel yourself
Many people think that drying the peel of oranges can replace tangerine peel. This is actually a misunderstanding. If you eat it incorrectly, it will hurt your body.
Medicinal tangerine peel has very strict requirements on the variety, production process and storage of oranges. So don't make it at home.
2. These groups of people should not eat it.
People with hot stomach: often accompanied by yellow and greasy tongue coating, love to eat cold food, stomach pain and refusal to press, etc.;
People with hot cough: coughing and wheezing with yellow and white sputum;
People with yin deficiency or qi deficiency: insomnia and dreaminess, accompanied by dry throat.
