Can Astragalus and Tangerine Peel be soaked in water at the same time?

You may not know much about tangerine peel. After all, it is a traditional Chinese medicine. As far as health is concerned, people don’t seem to care much about traditional Chinese medicine. In fact, tangerine peel is very common. It generally refers to orange peel, but it has been processed and can be regarded as a kind of Chinese medicinal material. Of course, as a Chinese medicinal material, tangerine peel is often used with other Chinese medicines. So, can astragalus and tangerine peel be soaked in water and drunk at the same time?

Astragalus is mainly used to replenish qi, while tangerine peel is mainly used to treat symptoms such as chest and abdominal distension. Tangerine peel is pungent, dispersing, warming, and has a fragrant smell. It is good at regulating qi and can enter the spleen and lungs. Therefore, it can both disperse lung qi stagnation and promote qi circulation and relieve fullness. It is used for symptoms such as lung qi stagnation, chest and diaphragm fullness, spleen and stomach qi stagnation, and abdominal distension. Because when they are combined together to make tea, the main purpose is to replenish qi. As the saying goes, train your muscles, bones and skin externally and your breath internally, this shows the benefits of replenishing qi.

People who should not eat tangerine peel:

1. Stomach heat: The stomach-strengthening effect of tangerine peel is based on stomach cold (manifested as stomach pain, preference for pressure, love of hot food, thin white tongue coating, etc.). If you have gastrointestinal discomfort caused by heat (manifested by stomach pain that refuses to be pressed, preference for cold food, yellow and greasy tongue coating, etc.), you should not take tangerine peel.

2. Insomnia and dreaminess: Tangerine peel is pungent and warm in nature, and tends to be dry, so it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency (or qi deficiency). Most people who suffer from insomnia and nightmares usually have dry throat, which is a typical symptom of Yin deficiency. If you eat tangerine peel, it will make the dryness and heat worse. Once a person feels hot, it is difficult for him to fall asleep, or he may have many dreams and be unable to fall asleep.

3. Heat cough: Many people know that tangerine peel has the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, but they don’t know that when cough and asthma are caused by excessive heat (the phlegm is yellow and white), eating tangerine peel will not only fail to cure cough and asthma, but will make the condition worse.

Additional information:

Since the cough symptoms caused by exogenous wind-heat are hot coughs, sudden changes in temperature or improper diet are the main factors that cause hot coughs, so patients with hot coughs should pay more attention to their diet. Although tangerine peel has the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, coughing and asthma are both conditions of excessive heat, so eating tangerine peel will not only fail to cure cough and stop phlegm, but will also aggravate the cough.

Blood comes out of the stomach and esophagus through the mouth. People who often vomit blood have stomach problems, which are mainly caused by stomach heat and excessive liver fire. Their spleen is relatively weak. It is best not to take foods that are spicy and warm, such as tangerine peel, to avoid burning the stomach network and causing vomiting blood due to the upward flow of stomach qi. In addition to the above groups of people, ordinary people can take tangerine peel. If someone around you has a fever, eating tangerine peel can effectively reduce the fever. It has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. You can keep some of it in your life, it can play a vital role.

The main effects of tangerine peel are to strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, as well as to resolve phlegm and relieve cough. The main symptoms it treats are stomach pain or indigestion. However, tangerine peel has a certain effect of drying dampness. If patients have stomach fire, qi deficiency or dry cough, it is best not to take too much to avoid making their condition worse. Generally speaking, healthy people only need to take it once a week, and never take it in excess.