The efficacy and function of orange peel

Orange peel is simply the food that is made by washing and drying the orange peel. But its essence has not changed, just like the finished product of lily. Now many people use them to make tea for drinking. However, they still have other functions and effects. As we all know, chrysanthemums and roses are not only used as foods for making tea, but some people also use them to cook.

Because chrysanthemum has the effect of reducing heat, rose is very good for some women to drink. It can help us to regulate our skin, improve the skin's gloss and make it look white and smooth. So as long as a food is processed and presented as a finished product, it is still particularly beneficial to the body. So what are the effects and functions of orange peel?

Function and indications

Regulate Qi, resolve phlegm, strengthen the spleen, and remove stagnation.

Treat cold and cough, loss of appetite, chest and abdominal pain, intestinal rumbling and diarrhea, and mastitis.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": It is mainly used to descend qi, relieve fullness, and break up old phlegm and phlegm that is as solid as glue.

② "Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan": To treat the initial stage of mastitis, boil it in water and wash the affected area several times with high heat.

③ "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica": Promotes qi and resolves phlegm, strengthens the spleen and warms the stomach.

It is used to treat loss of appetite, fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen, rumbling in the abdomen, and loose or diarrheal stools.

Dietary effects

Orange peel tastes spicy and bitter, and is warm in nature; it enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians;

Nutritional knowledge

Orange peel knowledge introduction: Orange peel is the peel of the sweet orange of the Rutaceae family. Sweet orange is an evergreen small tree cultivated in hills, low mountains and along the banks of rivers and lakes. It is cultivated in various places south of the Yangtze River in my country and has many varieties. In winter or early spring, the peeled fruit skin is sun-dried or baked.

Orange peel is the dry outer layer of the fruit, which is often peeled into several petals, connected at the base or in irregular pieces. It is about 1 to 4 mm thick, with an orange-yellow or reddish-brown outer surface, relatively smooth, with fine wrinkles and sunken punctate oil chambers; the inner surface is yellowish-white, rough, spongy, with yellowish-white or yellowish-brown tendon-like vascular bundles. It is hard and crisp, fragrant, and tastes spicy and slightly bitter. The best ones are those with fresh color, moist texture, soft texture, strong spicy aroma, slightly sweet taste and bitter taste.

Orange peel is suitable for people: People with stomach heat and spitting blood should not use it.

It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting qi and relieving fullness, descending adverse qi and resolving phlegm; it is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation, fullness in the abdomen, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, cough with excessive sputum, fullness and stuffiness in the chest and diaphragm, and plum pit qi.

Instructions for making orange peel: 1. Treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension. Take 10 grams of pomelo peel, 10 grams of costusroot, 10 grams of magnolia bark, 10 grams of bitter orange, 15 grams of yam and 15 grams of clematis, decocted in water and taken orally. 2. Treat spleen and stomach weakness, indigestion, and abdominal distension. 12 grams of pomelo peel, 30 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 30 grams of yam, and 30 grams of gentian root, decocted in water and taken orally.

The above introduces the effects and functions of orange peel, which allows us to understand that eating orange peel can help us eliminate phlegm and also play a role in strengthening the spleen. Therefore, for people who are not feeling well in these aspects, eating orange peels regularly can improve their condition. Most people can eat orange peel, but it is better for people with hot stomachs not to eat it.