Five Health Benefits of Dried Tangerine Peel

Introduction: People often use dried tangerine peel to make tea, but nutrition experts say it can also be used in cooking to create many unique-flavored dishes and has certain therapeutic and health benefits.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, dried tangerine peel has a pungent, bitter, and warm nature, and it acts on the spleen and meridians of the lung. It functions to promote qi circulation and strengthen the spleen, reverse qi to stop vomiting, regulate the middle jiao to stimulate the appetite, and dry dampness to transform phlegm. It is indicated for epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, belching, nausea, and vomiting caused by qi stagnation in the spleen and stomach; poor appetite, lassitude, loose stools caused by dampness obstructing the middle jiao; and cough with excessive phlegm caused by phlegm-dampness accumulation. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that it "treats vomiting, retching, counterflow of stomach qi, gastric upset, occasional spitting of clear water, phlegm accumulation, phlegm malaria, intestinal obstruction, and mastitis in women. When used in dietary therapy, it detoxifies fishy poison." "Dried tangerine peel, its bitterness can purge and dry, its pungency can disperse, its warmth can harmonize... When taken with tonifying herbs, it tonifies; when taken with purgative herbs, it purges; when taken with ascending herbs, it ascends; when taken with descending herbs, it descends." Pharmacological analysis shows that dried tangerine peel contains volatile oil, flavonoids (such as hesperidin), inositol, vitamin B1, etc.

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The functions of dried tangerine peel are as follows:

1. Effects on the digestive system: The volatile oil in dried tangerine peel has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, which can promote the secretion of digestive fluids, expel accumulated gas from the intestines, showing the effects of aromatic stomach strengthening and expelling wind to move qi.

2. Effects on the cardiovascular system: The decoction and alcohol extract of dried tangerine peel can excite the myocardium, but excessive doses can have an inhibitory effect. In addition, it can also cause mild contraction of blood vessels, rapidly increasing blood pressure. The pectin in dried tangerine peel also has a certain preventive effect on arteriosclerosis caused by hyperlipidemia.

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3. Effects on the respiratory system: The volatile oil in dried tangerine peel has an irritating and expectorant effect, making it easier to expel phlegm. The decoction of dried tangerine peel has a slight dilating effect on the bronchi, and its alcohol extract has a better anti-asthmatic effect.

4. Effects on the urinary system: The decoction of dried tangerine peel can cause contraction of renal blood vessels, reducing urine output.

5. Anti-inflammatory effect: The decoction of dried tangerine peel, when used in combination with vitamin C and vitamin K, can enhance the anti-inflammatory effect.

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