The great nutrients in fruit and vegetable peels.

Tangerine peel can treat cough with phlegm, chest tightness, abdominal bloating, nausea, vomiting, etc. The flavonoid glycosides in tangerine peel can dilate the coronary arteries and increase coronary blood flow.

In daily life, people are used to discarding the peels of fruits and vegetables when eating them, but they don't realize that these peels and scraps are a "good medicine" for preventing and treating diseases and have excellent effects on health care and disease elimination.

Watermelon peel is used to relieve summer heat, quench thirst, and clear heat and toxins, and is superior to the watermelon pulp itself. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, watermelon peel and juice are used as medicine to make "Watermelon Rind" (Xigua cuiyi), which has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, purging fire and eliminating vexation, and lowering blood pressure. It also has certain therapeutic effects on anemia, dry throat, chapped lips, cystitis, ascites, and nephritis.

Winter melon peel has the effects of relieving summer heat, strengthening the spleen, and promoting urination. It can be used to treat edema, abdominal bloating, and difficult urination caused by kidney, lung, or heart diseases. Decocting winter melon peel into a soup to wash the feet can both treat athlete's foot and foot odor, killing two birds with one stone.

Cucumber peel. It's a pity that some people peel cucumbers. The green skin of the cucumber contains chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid, which can act as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory agent and stimulate white blood cells to phagocytose. Eating cucumbers with their skin on is a good remedy for those who often have a sore throat.

Banana peel. Banana peel contains an effective ingredient against fungi and bacteria—bananin. It can treat pruritus (itching) of the skin caused by fungal infections. Banana peel has the effects of moistening the lungs and intestines, activating blood circulation, and nourishing the essence. Mashing banana peel and adding ginger juice can reduce inflammation and relieve pain. Rubbing the hands and feet with banana peel can prevent and treat chilblains. In addition, dried and powdered banana peel is also a good beauty product.

Apple peel has an astringent effect. Taking 30 grams of fresh apple peel to make a decoction or tea can treat excess stomach acid and phlegm. Drying the apple peel and grinding it into a powder, then taking 15 grams on an empty stomach, 2-3 times a day, has certain therapeutic effects on chronic diarrhea, neurotic colitis, and high blood pressure.

Pear peel is cold in nature and sour in taste. It can cool the heart, moisten the lungs, eliminate fire, and resolve phlegm. Taking a decoction of 30 grams of pear peel has the effects of clearing the heart and moistening the lungs, stopping cough, and resolving phlegm, and can treat excessive phlegm and cough. Mashing the pear peel into a paste and applying it externally to the affected area can treat carbuncles and swellings. Drinking a decoction of fresh pear peel frequently can detoxify and reduce swelling.

Pomelo peel can regulate qi, resolve phlegm, stop cough, and relieve asthma. Use one pomelo peel, remove the inner pulp, crush it, add an appropriate amount of honey and malt sugar, and steam it until soft. Take it orally with a small amount of hot yellow rice wine, once in the morning and once at night, one spoonful each time, to treat cough and asthma in the elderly. You can also take a decoction of 9 grams of pomelo peel, which can resolve phlegm, aid digestion, relieve asthma, and stop hernia pain.