Tangerine peel, presumably everyone is no stranger, can be medicinal, can make tea, can cook soup, can make incense, the use of the law is very diverse. Moreover, the folk are known as "one or two orange peels and one or two gold", which shows the high health value of tangerine peels.
Recently, it is the season when oranges are on the market, and many friends directly dry the leftover orange peels for convenience, and use homemade orange peels for health care. But is this really feasible?
The habit of drying leftover orange peels as orange peels and soaking them in water is common to many families. But when you drink water soaked in homemade tangerine peel, do you feel bitter and astringent, and the taste is different from the taste of the purchased tangerine peel?
In fact, although the orange peel is a sun-dried orange peel, not all sun-dried orange peel can be called tangerine peel!
First of all, the storage age of tangerine peel is exquisite, it needs to be placed for at least 3 years, so as to reduce the dryness of it, and achieve the effect of wide and medium rational qi, spleen and stomach.
The longer it is stored, the better the medicinal properties of tangerine peel. In the "Shennong Materia Medica", it is mentioned that "the orange peel is used in medicine to be good for a long time, so the name is chen pi, noble old." ”
And homemade orange peel, orange peel may have pesticide residues, drying time is usually only a few days, the process of sealing, improper preservation may also occur rot, mildew, after eating may cause fire, diarrhea or even more serious health crisis.
Therefore, in general, it is more recommended that you go directly to the pharmacy to buy tangerine peel. If you really want to make your own tangerine peel at home, you must pay attention to cleaning and preserving these two aspects, once mildew and deterioration occur, you can no longer use it.
Homemade Tangerine Peel Method:
(1) Before peeling the oranges, soak them in tao rice water or flour water for 10 minutes, gently scrub the surface of the orange peel with fine salt, and then rinse them with running water;
(2) Peel the peeled orange peel to drain the water and put it in a ventilated place to dry, taking care not to direct sunlight;
(3) Put the dried orange peel into two layers of plastic bags, or seal it with a crisper box and store it in a cool and dry place at home for more than 3 years;
(4) It is best to take out the tangerine peel every summer to dry it to remove moisture, mildew and moth.
People who often watch the "Yangshengtang" program, in addition to the tangerine peel, should often hear about the two medicinal herbs of orange red and orange red. Tangerine peel is orange peel, so what is orange red and orange red?
Tangerine peel and orange red are both derived from the rubiaceae plant orange, directly peeled off the peel, dried in the shade is called tangerine peel or orange peel; if the white part of the inside of the peel is removed, only the outer layer of orange red is retained, and after the yin is dried, it is called orange red.
The orange red is completely different from the first two, it is another plant - the outer peel of grapefruit.
In terms of efficacy, the whitening orange peel is biased towards the stomach and spleen; the orange red warm and dry effect of whitening is stronger, and it is better than the orange peel in terms of cold dispersion and phlegm, which is suitable for patients with external wind chill and cough phlegm; the nature of orange red is cooler than the orange peel, and has the effects of qi, phlegm elimination, dryness and wetness.
The most common use of tangerine peel is to soak in water to drink, but it is this seemingly simple way to eat, which also pays attention to, if not done correctly, the health value will drop significantly.
The correct method of making tangerine peel blisters should have two steps:
Step 1 – Wash the medicine
Place the tangerine peel in a cup, add water to brew, and then pour out the first soak of water. This can wash away the dust and impurities in the tangerine peel, and also facilitate the release of effective substances in it.
Step 2 – Boil the water
Put the washed tangerine peel in the pot and drink it directly in boiling water.
Chinese medicine says "100 years of orange peel, millennium ginseng", stored for a long time, its health care value is enough to be compared with ginseng, if paired with a few good partners, the effect is doubled, the effect is better!
Tangerine peel + ginger peel
Lowers uric acid
Ingredients: 5 to 10 grams of tangerine peel, 5 to 10 grams of ginger peel
Directions: Wash and boil water for tea.
Tangerine peel and ginger can promote the excretion of uric acid in the body, and daily tea consumption helps prevent gout.
Tangerine peel + cinnamon
Dispel cold and invigorate blood
Ingredients: 5 g tangerine peel, 5 g ground cinnamon
Directions: Bring the tangerine peel to a boil in 500 ml of water, then pour it into the cinnamon powder and simmer for 5 minutes.
Cinnamon has the effect of warming the stomach and dispelling cold, invigorating blood and relieving muscles, relieving pain through the pulse, etc., and after matching with tangerine peel, the effect of dispelling cold and activating blood is better, which is very suitable for women with dysmenorrhea or cold fear during menstruation and breast swelling and pain.
Tangerine peel + hawthorn + honey
Prevents late autumn coolness
Ingredients: 6 grams of tangerine peel, 15 to 30 grams of hawthorn, honey to taste
Directions: Steep the tangerine peel and hawthorn in water to soften, then cook for about 15 minutes, then add honey when cool to the right temperature.
Anti-autumn dryness is a major focus of health at this time, the recent weather is getting colder, dry more for "cool and dry", and tangerine hawthorn honey drink is very suitable for the conditioning of cool dryness, can moisten the lungs, and stomach digestion, lipid reduction and grease.
In addition to tea substitutes, tangerine peel can also be added to dishes, paired with meat such as beef, fat-reducing, greasy and digestive, and the taste is also very good.
Winter melon tangerine peel beef balls
Ingredients: winter melon, tangerine peel, beef, coriander, egg, ginger, starch
Directions: Mince the beef into a filling, add chopped coriander, tangerine peel water, ginger water, tangerine peel grains, egg whites, starch and salt, stir well. Put water in the pot, add ginger shreds, tangerine peel, boil the water and cook the beef balls over low heat, add the winter melon after the balls change color, and then add the appropriate amount of salt, sesame oil, pepper to taste, cook to get out of the pot.
However, although the tangerine peel is good, it is not for everyone to eat. People with stomach fever like yellow tongue, hot cough patients with yellow and white sputum, insomnia and dreams accompanied by a dry throat, should not eat tangerine peel!