Tangerine peel is already very familiar to everyone, when drinking tea, we put some tangerine peel in, when cooking porridge, you can also put some tangerine peel, not to mention boiling sugar water and old fire soup, no matter what you cook, add tangerine peel, the taste has been upgraded essentially.
Some people say that one or two tangerine peels and one or two gold, and a hundred years of tangerine peel is better than gold.
So, who is tangerine peel suitable for?
Like to eat meat, sticky throat, phlegm, tiredness and drowsiness, can eat but can't digest, easy to bloating and stomach distention, etc., if you are also like this, it is recommended to be friends with tangerine peel.
And in autumn, "tangerine peel" is a very "easy-to-use" ingredient~
Eating tangerine peel in autumn will bring 8 benefits into your pocket
Cough
Tangerine peel can regulate qi and dissolve phlegm, which is very suitable for people with wet phlegm, cold phlegm and cough (symptoms such as cough, phlegm, white and greasy tongue, chest tightness, and lack of food and drink). People with bronchitis can also try boiling water with tangerine peel to drink. Because the limonene in tangerine peel can stimulate the bronchial tubes, increase the secretion of glands, and thus achieve expectorant effect.
Tangerine peel can lower lipids
Fat people have more phlegm, and obese people have more phlegm in their bodies. Such a person can take 10 grams of tangerine peel and lotus leaves to make tea to drink, tangerine peel to reduce turbidity, lotus leaves to reduce turbidity at the same time can make the clear qi rise, between a rise and a fall, the spleen and stomach will turn the wheel, and the spleen and stomach will have more power to transport phlegm and dampness. This recipe, it not only loses weight, it can also lower lipids, because the two of them are essentially the same thing, both are related to phlegm dampness, phlegm dampness is blocked in the blood, called hyperlipidemia; Stuffed on the belly, it is called a small belly.
Moreover, modern research has also found that the lotus leaf itself has a very good effect on lowering blood lipids, lotus leaf tangerine peel tea, drinking for a period of time, the weight becomes lighter, and the blood lipids are slowly lowered.
Tangerine peel dissolves phlegm and strengthens the spleen
The main function of tangerine peel is to promote the qi of the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach mainly transport water and dampness, so the qi of the spleen and stomach can remove dampness, strengthen the spleen, and dissolve phlegm, so tangerine peel has the effect of nourishing the spleen, awakening the spleen, and strengthening the spleen.
Tangerine peel treats loose stools
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the stool is thin and watery, or the frequency of stool is relatively large, mainly due to the deficiency of the spleen and stomach or the invasion of cold, dampness and evil qi. Tangerine peel has the effect of strengthening the spleen, regulating the function of dispelling dampness, and can remove the cold in the body.
Citrus peel tube dyspepsia
The volatile oil of tangerine peel has the effect of expectorant asthma and bronchial dilation, has a mild stimulating effect on the smooth muscle of the gastrointestinal tract, can promote the secretion of digestive juices, and increase appetite.
Tangerine peel calms the nerves
Tangerine peel pays attention to a Chen word, which is to be placed for a long time, and the tangerine peel has an old atmosphere after years of precipitation, which can make people calm and calm, and the tangerine peel also has a unique aromatic smell. Folk often use tangerine peel to make pillows, which is fragrant and pleasant, and has a good relieving effect on insomnia and neurasthenia.
Tangerine peel chest tightness and abdominal distention
Hesperidin, vitamin B, vitamin C and other ingredients in tangerine peel can gently stimulate the stomach and intestines.
Dry skin of tangerine peel tubes
Skin can nourish skin. If the skin is not good, you can use hemp seeds and yam to make porridge, and then add some tangerine peel into it, hemp seeds moisturize dryness, can remove the dryness of the body, and the yam color is white into the lungs, which can nourish the lungs, and the main skin of the lungs, and the tangerine peel leads the medicinal properties to the body surface.
Tangerine peel is beneficial for preventing hardening of the arteries
Tangerine peel contains pectin, which can reduce the deposition of lipids in blood vessels, which helps to prevent arteriosclerosis to a certain extent.
Tangerine peel with it for better results
(1) Tangerine peel + wolfberry = spleen and cough
Recommended recipe: Tangerine peel wolfberry tea
Function: Relieves chills and cough, promotes digestion
Ingredients: 2 grams of tangerine peel, 6 grams of wolfberry
Directions: Brew and drink the above ingredients together.
(2) Tangerine peel + red adzuki bean = clear away heat and dampness
Recommended recipe: tangerine peel and red bean soup
Function: Clear away heat, dispel dampness, nourish the heart and calm the nerves
Ingredients: 5 grams of tangerine peel, 70 grams of red adzuki beans, 20 grams of cored lotus seeds, 10 grams of lily
Method: Soak the adzuki beans for 1 night in advance. Soak lotus seeds and lilies for 1~2 hours in advance. Pour all the ingredients into the pot and add water. After boiling over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for about 1.5~2 hours.
(3) Tangerine peel + hawthorn = scraping oil for laxative
Recommended recipe: tangerine peel hawthorn tea
Function: Digestion and accumulation, moistening the intestines and laxative, 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
Directions: Brew and drink the above ingredients together.
When eating tangerine peel, you should also pay attention to 2 points
(1) It is not feasible to make homemade tangerine peel
Many people think that drying the peel of eating oranges can replace tangerine peel. This is actually a misunderstanding, eating the wrong will hurt the body. Medicinal tangerine peel has very strict requirements in terms of orange variety, production process and preservation. Therefore, it is best to buy tangerine peel in a regular Chinese medicine pharmacy, and do not make it yourself at home.
(2) These groups of people should not be edible
- People with stomach heat: often accompanied by yellow and greasy tongue, love to eat cold food, stomach pain and refusal to press, etc.;
- People with hot cough: cough and wheezing with yellowish-white sputum;
- People with yin deficiency or qi deficiency: insomnia and dreams, accompanied by dry throat.