The benefits of orange peel

As the name suggests, orange peel is the peel of orange. We often eat oranges, but we have not discovered the role of orange peel. In fact, orange peel is also very nutritious. Orange peel can be used as medicine or food. Orange peel can reduce phlegm and promote our digestion. Orange peel has auxiliary effects on the treatment of many diseases. Let us discuss the role of orange peel below.

The benefits of orange peel are that it can be used as medicine, and it can also be used as a food therapy material. The nutritional value of orange peel is very high. We can use orange peel to make food therapy dishes, which have very good therapeutic effects on symptoms such as weak spleen and stomach and indigestion.

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.

Additional information about orange peel: Preparation: Take the original medicinal material, remove impurities, wash it with water, moisten it thoroughly, cut it into shreds, and dry it in the sun or in the shade. After processing, store in a dry container in a cool and dry place.

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

Orange peel therapeutic effects: Orange peel tastes spicy and bitter, warm in nature; enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians;

It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting qi and relieving fullness, and relieving adverse reactions and resolving phlegm;

It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, cough with excessive sputum, chest fullness and stuffiness, and plum pit qi.

Instructions for making orange peel: 1. Treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness. 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.

Above we introduced what orange peel is. We know that orange peel is actually the peel of oranges. We also learned about the effects and functions of orange peel. We can use orange peel as medicine, and we can also use orange peel to make therapeutic dishes. Orange peel is very beneficial, so when we eat oranges in the future, remember to keep the peel.