Tangerine peel is also known as orange peel. Tangerine is a small evergreen tree or shrub, distributed in various areas south of the Yangtze River. When the fruit is ripe from October to December, the fruit is picked, the peel is peeled, and dried in the shade or ventilated.
Orange peel is used in medicine to be good for those who have been aged for a long time, so it is called tangerine peel and noble old. The ancients said: "It is better to have orange peel that has been red for a long time, so it is called red peel and tangerine peel." ”
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: orange peel, bitter can be laxative, dry, bitter can be dispersed, and warm can be harmonious. Its treatment of all diseases, always take its work of regulating qi and dampness, with tonic medicine to supplement, with laxative medicine to laxative, with the rise of medicine, with the drop of medicine will fall. The spleen is the mother of vitality, and the lungs are the key to qi intake, so orange peel is the key to the two meridian qi, but it is supplemented with the rise and fall of the qi.
"Huiyan of Materia Medica" records: the taste is pungent and good at dispersing, so it can open qi, the stomach is bitter and discharged, so it can make phlegm, its temperature is flat, it is good at communication, so it can stop vomiting and cough, and strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Tangerine peel is the "all-rounder" in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, which can be used with various drugs, whether it is good at tonic or excretion, or drugs that are good at ascending and descending, they can complement each other with tangerine peel and exert wonderful effects.
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Soaking tangerine peel in water has 5 major benefits
1. Bowel movement
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Tangerine peel has a good effect on constipation caused by qi stagnation. If you often have a swollen stomach, friends with constipation can soak tangerine peel and licorice together in water to drink, which can have a good laxative effect.
2. Stagnation
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Tangerine peel has a very good effect on strengthening the spleen, which can promote appetite and help digestion. People who have accumulated food can use tangerine peel to soak in water and drink, and can also be used to make soup or make tea.
3. Dissolve phlegm
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Tangerine peel can regulate qi and dissolve phlegm, which is very suitable for people with wet phlegm, cold phlegm and cough. For example, people who have symptoms such as cough, phlegm, white and greasy tongue, chest tightness, and lack of food and drink can try boiling water with tangerine peel to drink.
4. Anjin
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The volatile oil, hesperidin and other components in tangerine peel can relieve tension, relieve stress, improve sleep quality, and properly drink tangerine peel water can relieve depression and make people feel comfortable.
5. Dispel dampness
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Tangerine peel has a bitter and pungent taste, warm in nature, and has the effect of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, as well as the effect of drying dampness and dissolving phlegm. If the humidity is heavier, you can soak your feet with tangerine peel to promote sweating and take away some of the moisture in your body. In addition, tangerine peel can be mixed with Poria cocos, barley, gourd, etc., which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and promoting dampness, and can achieve the effect of dispelling dampness.
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