The fresh orange peel is used to soak in water to drink. It is believed that the fresh orange peel is the same as the tangerine peel, which regulates qi and strengthens the spleen. Regular drinking can also achieve the effect of health care.
In fact, fresh orange peel and tangerine peel have very different properties, directly soaking fresh orange peel in water, span>Not only does it not achieve health care effects, it may also be unhealthy.
Why is this? Let’s have a look!
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Fresh orange peel is not equal to tangerine peel
Tangerine peel, as the name suggests, is the peel after aging.
In Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the definition of tangerine peel is described as follows: Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivars dry ripe peel. Medicinal materials are divided into “tangerine peel” and “Guangchen peel”. The ripe fruit is picked, peeled, and dried in the sun or at low temperature. ①
▲Xinhui tangerine peel
That is to say, fresh orange peel wants to become tangerine peel , it also needs to go through the process of “sun drying or low temperature drying”. The fresh orange peel without this process is not considered tangerine peel.
However time passes >The aged tangerine peel, the strong qi is eliminated, the medicinal properties are milder, and it has the functions of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. ① This is like a wild horse that has been domesticated so that it can hunt on horseback.
This statement has also been discussed in the past dynasties of Materia Medica:
●“Guangzhou” In the middle of the long period of time, it is good, so it is called tangerine peel. Chen is strong, and there is no problem of dryness and looseness.” – “Ben Cao Bei Yao” Wang Ang ②
● “Orange peel, such as When a person reaches old age, the potency gradually decreases, and after a long period of time it becomes tangerine peel, which will experience more cold and heat, and the dry qi will be completely eliminated.” – Wu Yiluo, “Renewal of Materia Medica” ③
● “If you collect it and keep it for a long time, you will have many plums and summers and all the strong qi will disappear, the temperature will be moderate without the risk of dryness and heat, and the qi will be circulated without the risk of being severe.” – “Leigong Pao Pharmacy Solution” Li Zhongzi ④
In addition, modern research has found that the two main chemical components in tangerine peel, flavonoids and volatile oils, the higher the age of tangerine peel, the higher the content of flavonoids. The volatile oil content will vary. As shown below:
▲Picture from: “Dynamic Changes in Xinhui Citrus Peel Total Flavonoids and Hesperidin in Different Years” . The content of total flavonoids in Xinhui tangerine peel increased with the longer storage years. . ⑤
The composition of volatile oil changes with the increase of storage years, the irritation is reduced, and it is more mellow. As shown below:
▲Image from: “GC/MS analysis of volatile oils from Xinhui tangerine peel in different years”. With the growth of years, the volatile oil composition of Xinhui tangerine peel changed significantly. In tangerine peel, the small molecule volatile oil components are reduced, and the macromolecule volatile oil components are relatively increased, so The more elegant the smell, the more mellow the drink. ⑥
It can be seen that, through the clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine and modern scientific and technological means in past dynasties, the utility of tangerine peel lies in the word “Chen”. the better.
Citrus is full of treasures, and only when used properly can it exert a better health care value.
As the saying goes: “one tael of tangerine peel and one tael of gold, a century of tangerine peel is better than gold”, “thousand-year-old ginseng, a century of tangerine peel”, these proverbs reflect the preciousness of tangerine peel, and the longer it ages, the better it is. medicinal value. After natural baptism and years of precipitation, tangerine peel can exert its outstanding value, which is also a unique feature that fresh orange peel cannot match.
References
①Chinese Pharmacopoeia [M]. China Medical Science and Technology Press, 2015: 191.
②Qing·Wang Ang. Materia Medica [M]. Beijing: China Traditional Chinese Medicine Press, 1998: 187.
③ Qing·Wu Yiluo. Materia Medica from the New [M]. Beijing: Traditional Chinese Medicine Publishing House, 2001:142.
④Ming·Li Zhongzi. Lei Gong [M]. Beijing. China Traditional Chinese Medicine Press: 1998: 19.
⑤ Lin Lin, Lin Zixia, Mo Yunyan, Liao Sumei, Huang Qinghua. Different years Dynamic analysis of total flavonoids and hesperidin in Xinhui tangerine peel[J]. Shizhen Chinese Medicine and Chinese Medicine, 2008,19(6): 1432-1433.
⑥Zhou Xin, Huang Qinghua, Mo Yunyan, Liao Sumei. GC/MS analysis of volatile oil from Xinhui tangerine peel in different years[J]. Chinese Materia Medica, 2009, 32(1): 24-26.
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