As the saying goes: "one or two tangerine peel two gold, one hundred years of tangerine peel match gold." The old tangerine peel, which can be called "competition gold", can be used in medicine, food and tea.

Dried tangerine peel

What are the magical effects?

In Shennong's Materia Medica, it is written that "orange peel is better than east orange, Xijiang is worse than Xijiang, and it is better to be old for a long time."

"Medical sage" Zhang Zhongjing also mentioned orange peel as medicine in his book Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases, which has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm, invigorating spleen, smooth qi and relieving thirst.

When the Song Taiyi Bureau compiled the "Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau", it mentioned the Erchen Decoction with tangerine peel as the main material, so that the efficacy of tangerine peel can be truly carried forward.

In addition, "Compendium", "Materia Medica for the Original", "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine" also have records, tangerine peel effect can not only cure diseases, but also do health.

Today, tangerine peel can also protect the cardiovascular system, respiratory system and digestive system, and has an excellent conditioning effect on a variety of modern chronic diseases.

Dried tangerine peel

Is it true that the more the better?

With the increase of storage time, tangerine peel will be more sweet, fragrant, alcohol, medicinal value is also higher. Tangerine peel not only will not be moldy rot, new skin in the bitter, astringent, spicy, will gradually disappear.

Therefore, the more Chen tangerine peel, the better the efficacy. The curative effect is different in different years.

Why do you buy orange peel? I eat orange peel dried in my own house and put it on for three years and five years. Is it orange peel! Do you want to pay for this? No, no!

In the traditional process, it is believed that the longer the storage of dried orange peel, the better the quality. However, the orange peel selected for tangerine peel has certain requirements on its variety and use time. Fresh orange peel needs to be made into tangerine peel through multiple steps such as air drying, sealed storage, humidification and softening, air drying again, and it is often stored for more than one year before it can be used, and it can only be called tangerine peel after aging for more than three years.

Draw the point-your dried orange peel cannot be called "orange peel!

Dried tangerine peel

How to choose, how to choose?

Supermarkets, pharmacies, tea shop, three years, five years, fifteen years... Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae varieties really many, how to choose correctly?

The tangerine peel circulating in the market is derived from the mature peel of the rutaceae plant orange and its cultivated varieties.

The tangerine peel is divided into two categories: tangerine peel and tangerine peel. The tangerine peel is a variant of tea branch orange peel, which is mainly produced in Xinhui, Guangdong. Li Shizhen, a famous medical scientist, recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that tangerine peel "today, those who come from Guangzhong will win", and Guangzhong is Xinhui. General family health care and food, but also more use of Xinhui tangerine peel.

Correct Identification of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae

The superior orange peel can be selected from the skin shape, color, feel, smell, brown, taste and oil room.

NO. 1 points from the skin shape

Xinwill tangerin peel is generally neat three-petal, lobes rolled outward.

NO. 2 points from the color

A short year of tangerine peel, white or yellowish white on the inner surface, bright red or dark red on the outer surface; a long year of tangerine peel, ancient red or brownish red on the inner surface, brown or black on the outer surface.

NO. 3 points from the feel

The orange peel with a short year is soft because it contains a large amount of fructose and water. The longer the year, the harder the feel and easy to break.

NO. 4 points from the smell

The tangerine peel of 1-5 years old smells spicy and irritating. 5-10 years fragrant and fragrant; 10-20 years sweet and mellow; More than 20 years old.

NO. 5 points from the tea after soaking in water

There is also a difference in the color of tea after soaking in water.

The tangerine peel of the year is short, brown, green and yellow, and the taste is sour and astringent. However, the tangerine peel of the year is yellowish red, and the taste is sweet and mellow.

NO. 6 points from the oil chamber integrity

Through the oil chamber to identify the quality of tangerine peel. The oil chamber, that is, the surface of tangerine peel numerous large and concave oil points, the higher the integrity of the oil chamber, the higher the orange peel contains hesperidin and other active substances, the better the medicinal health effect.

Medicine? Make tea? Or into the meal?

Medicine and food dual-use tangerine peel,

How to eat on it?

Pericarpium citri reticulatae is a commonly used medicine, food and supplies. It can be used as medicine, daily tea and soup.

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The formula of the ancient prescription Erchen Decoction is 15 grams of Pinellia ternate, 15 grams of tangerine peel, 9 grams of poria cocos and 4.5 grams of moxibustion licorice. When decocting, seven slices of ginger and one dark plum can be added.

It varies from person to person and has different symptoms. On the basis of this formula, it can also be matched with different Chinese herbal medicines to make the treatment effect more excellent. Of course, you should consult a professional pharmacist before taking it.

Daily consumption and health care

tangerine peel is everyone can eat it?

Pericarpium Citrielis bitter and dry and warm in nature, easy to hurt and help heat. If yin deficiency and dry cough, those with real heat should be used with caution. It is recommended to follow the advice of Chinese medicine doctors.

Pericarpium Citrate Tea recommend: Moisturizing Tea

Practice:

Take 1/3 pieces of tangerine peel, 3-5 red dates, 10-20 wolfberries and 3-5 dried longan meat, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, brew with boiling water, and drink instead of tea, one cup at a time, two to three times a day.

Strengthening spleen and nourishing blood, tonifying qi, nourishing skin and moistening lung are very suitable for friends who need to talk all the time at work!

Tangerine peel is also a traditional spice and seasoning, and it is also one of the most proud ingredients of Cantonese. When cooking dishes with tangerine peel, it can correct peculiar smell, relieve fish and crab poison and increase sweetness.

In addition, there are certain therapeutic effects of health, can promote the secretion of digestive juice, eliminate gas in the intestine, increase appetite.