Efficacy of Chenpi water

Chenpi, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dry and mature peel of Rutaceae citrus and its cultivated varieties. Let's take a look at the use of dried tangerine peel in life!

Effect of soaking tangerine peel in water for drinking

Dried tangerine peel is a popular snack and a commonly used Chinese medicine, which is good for the spleen and stomach. People often drink old skin water. Why? What is the charm of soaking dried tangerine peel in water? This stems from the soaking effect of dried tangerine peel, which is summarized as follows:

1, soaking tangerine peel in water can promote digestion and stimulate appetite. Because dried tangerine peel contains limonin, this limonin flavor helps to promote intestinal peristalsis, thus promoting digestion; In addition, dried tangerine peel contains volatile oil, hesperidin, vitamins B and C, etc. The volatile oil contained in it has a slight stimulating effect on gastrointestinal tract, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice, eliminate gas accumulation and increase appetite.

2, dried tangerine peel soaked in water has the effect of relieving cough. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is also a commonly used Chinese medicine, which tastes bitter and warm, and has the effects of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving boredom and keeping fragrance, reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting. It is suitable for people with epigastric fullness, dyspepsia, loss of appetite and cough with excessive phlegm.

3. Soaking dried tangerine peel in water can eliminate intestinal pneumatosis. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can stimulate gastrointestinal smooth muscle slightly, promote the secretion of digestive juice and eliminate intestinal pneumatosis.

To sum up, soaking dried tangerine peel in water has a great effect on the spleen and stomach, which can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, but also eliminate intestinal pneumatosis. The most important thing is that soaking dried tangerine peel in water also has the function of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. Although soaking dried tangerine peel in water has so many effects, there are also taboos, such as dryness due to qi deficiency, dry cough due to yin deficiency, vomiting blood and excessive internal heat, so it is not advisable to drink dried tangerine peel water.

Method for making dried tangerine peel

Chenpi should have more memories when he was a child. At that time, dried tangerine peel was mostly used to make snacks, which was sweet and loved by many children. However, tangerine peel can be eaten as a snack, and it can also be used as a Chinese herbal medicine, because of its various functions and functions, which are of great benefit to the human body. So how to make dried tangerine peel exert its maximum nutritional value? Let's take a look at how to make dried tangerine peel:

The production technology of dried tangerine peel: blank making-feeding impregnation-drying-feeding drying-continuous feeding drying-adding licorice powder-finished product.

Production technology of dried tangerine peel:

Selection of raw materials: fresh yellow sweet orange, orange, etc. The outermost layer (orange layer) of fruit is used as raw material.

Blanking stage: peel the orange peel with a special plane to peel off the outermost layer of the orange peel, and the peeled small peel is flaky and irregular.

Impregnation stage: put orange peel 100 kg, plum brine 50 liters and alum 0.5 kg into the tank for impregnation. After 48 hours, take out the orange peel, blanch it in boiling water for 2 minutes, and immediately rinse it with tap water. The rinsing time is about 24 hours. Then drain the orange peel, and then marinate it with 50% salt and 30% plum brine (referring to the weight percentage of raw materials). Pickling for about 20 days, taking out and drying to obtain orange peel blank.

Decocting stage: decocting Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch., draining off residues, and concentrating. Add appropriate amount of sugar and saccharin, and dissolve them together to make the original juice for use.

Drying stage: put the orange peel blank into the old jar, pour the cooked licorice juice into the jar, and cover it. After stewing for 2 hours, take out the orange peel and part of the juice, put them in a drying tray and send them to a drying room for drying. After drying, add the original juice, which can be repeated many times. Adding licorice powder: after the last feeding and drying, adding licorice powder with the weight of 65438 0% of the finished product from the drying room, and uniformly mixing to obtain nine-system dried tangerine peel.

Taboo of soaking dried tangerine peel in water

Chenpi is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with very good health care effect, and its price is also very cheap. Many people can make it at home. Therefore, many people usually like to soak dried tangerine peel in water, which is considered to have a good effect on the body.

First of all, let's talk about dried tangerine peel, which is obtained by drying citrus peel. Because it can be preserved for a long time, it is also called dried tangerine peel. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is warm and bitter, with a faint orange fragrance in the taste, so many people like to add Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae to their daily cooking, which can make the taste of food more delicious.

In daily life, taking dried tangerine peel can play a health care role in cases of loss of appetite, indigestion, nausea and vomiting caused by weakness of spleen and stomach. In addition, if you want to recover quickly from these physical conditions, you can also add some Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos and Ginseng, which can not only regulate qi, but also have a very good effect on strengthening the spleen.

However, although soaking dried tangerine peel in water has many functions, it will also have side effects on the body if it is not used in the right way. Specific precautions are as follows:

First: you can't drink Chenpi water because of hyperacidity.

The main function of dried tangerine peel is to strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, and it also has the function of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. The main symptom to be treated is stomach pain or indigestion. However, dried tangerine peel has a certain dampness-drying effect. If some patients have stomach fire, qi deficiency or dry cough, it is best not to take too much, so as not to aggravate the condition.

Under normal circumstances, people in good health can take it once a week, and don't overdo it.

Second: It is forbidden to take Chenpi water during taking medicine.

Experts tell us that dried tangerine peel has a certain influence on drug enzymes, so if patients who are taking medicine need to drink very skin water, it is best to consult a doctor in advance so as not to affect the curative effect or have adverse effects on the body.

Third: pregnant women should pay attention to eating old skin water.

Pregnant women are a very special group. At this time, the food intake not only affects the health of the mother, but also is very important for the development of the fetus in the abdomen. Many pregnant women are very concerned about whether they can brag during pregnancy. Because tangerine peel has a good appetizing effect, it can also eliminate phlegm and dry dampness, so it has a good effect on some patients with cough, excessive phlegm, nausea, abdominal distension or loss of appetite. However, if the pregnant woman's constitution is dry due to qi deficiency or dry cough due to yin deficiency, and her body is accompanied by vomiting blood due to excess heat, then it is suggested that pregnant women must do a good job of avoiding food to avoid adverse effects on themselves and the fetus.

If pregnant women must take tangerine peel, then they must choose the most suitable method according to the specific situation, as follows:

1. Many women get pregnant in early pregnancy. If the problem is serious, you can smell the smell of dried tangerine peel, or take a small amount of food made of dried tangerine peel, which can control vomiting well.

2. If the appetite of pregnant women is not very good, then a small amount of dried tangerine peel can be added to the food, which not only has an appetizing effect, but also promotes digestion.

3. If it is a patient with yin deficiency constitution, then it is best to avoid eating dried tangerine peel, otherwise the body yin deficiency will be aggravated;

4, pregnant women can use dried tangerine peel and rice to cook porridge, which is not only fragrant and refreshing, but also good for the body.

Other ways to take dried tangerine peel

There are many ways to take tangerine peel in daily life. In addition to soaking in water, it can also be made into tea or porridge, which not only increases the taste of dried tangerine peel, but also strengthens the role of nourishing the body. The specific administration method of dried tangerine peel is as follows:

Chenpi herbal tea

The main function of dried tangerine peel is to treat anorexia and dyspepsia. You can see that dried tangerine peel is mixed with other Chinese medicines to promote health. Common are malt tea and lipid-lowering tea.

Malt tea: prepare malt, grain buds, dried tangerine peel, Massa Medicata Fermentata and licorice, then put it in a pot and boil it with slow fire for 15 minutes, and take it after filtering the residue. Its main function is to stimulate appetite and promote the digestive function of gastrointestinal tract.

Lipid-lowering tea: prepare dried tangerine peel, hawthorn, licorice and salvia miltiorrhiza, then add water to decoct, boil with strong fire and simmer for 20 minutes, and filter the residue to take. The main function of this lipid-lowering tea is to reduce cholesterol and blood lipid content in the body, which is very suitable for middle-aged and elderly people to drink.