Can tangerine peel and orange peel be substituted? What's the difference between them?

Cough with excessive phlegm after a cold. What should I do? There are just fresh orange peels. I heard it's the same as tangerine peel. Soaking in water can relieve phlegm and cough and treat indigestion. Fresh Chenpi tea is soaked.

In daily life, we often see fresh orange peel instead of tea. Some people think that orange peel is dried tangerine peel. Can fresh orange peel replace medicinal tangerine peel for health care treatment? What's the difference between them?

First, the uniqueness of dried tangerine peel

Dried tangerine peel is "good for a long time", "its medicine is expensive and new, and only this is expensive."

It is the uniqueness of dried tangerine peel. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae is the dried and mature pericarp of Rutaceae plant Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and its cultivated varieties, which was first seen in Shennong Herbal Classic.

"Orange pomelo" and "orange peel" are listed as top grades. It is a commonly used Chinese medicine for regulating qi, invigorating stomach and resolving phlegm. Location: Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan and western Zhejiang. Medicinal materials are divided into "Chenpi" and "Guangpi".

Guangdong Xinhui's Cantonese-style tangerine peel is the most authentic. Because it has the elements of tea: sweetness, fragrance and sweetness, and can be used as tea, it is a rare dual-purpose product for medicine and food.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the storage period of dried tangerine peel ranges from 1, 2, 3 years to more than ten years, while the authentic medicinal material Xinhui dried tangerine peel has been stored for decades, and the longer the storage period, the higher the price. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae stored for a certain year is generally used as medicine in clinic, and it has been used ever since. "Its medicine is expensive and new, but this medicine is expensive and old" is the uniqueness of dried tangerine peel, which is known as "a thousand years of ginseng, a hundred years of dried tangerine peel".

Why dried tangerine peel needs to be used as medicine for a long time has been discussed in herbal medicine in past dynasties. Sun Simiao pointed out in "A Thousand Daughters of Shi Zhi": "Dried tangerine peel is better to be slightly spicy and lukewarm".

. Zhang Leishan recorded in the book Materia Medica Justice: "Chenpi is better than the pungent smell of the elderly, so it is called Chenpi, which is light but not very pungent ..." Wang Ang mentioned in Materia Medica that "Guangnian is good, so it is named Chenpi, so there is no fear of dryness." It can be seen that the ancients thought that long-term storage of orange peel could reduce the disadvantages of gas consumption caused by pungent dryness.

The results showed that the content of main active components (flavonoids) in dried tangerine peel increased with the extension of storage life, and the reasons for the increase were complicated, which may be related to the changes of related enzyme activities during the storage of medicinal materials, or to the loss of volatile components contained in medicinal materials.

From this point of view, although orange peel is the raw material of dried tangerine peel, strictly speaking, fresh orange peel has not been processed and aged, and its effective components and therapeutic effects can not meet the standards of medicinal dried tangerine peel. Compared with dried tangerine peel, fresh orange peel has higher volatile oil content and strong irritation to gastrointestinal tract.

. In addition, pesticides or preservatives are often attached to the surface of fresh orange peel, and it is difficult to remove these harmful substances by general washing, so it is best not to soak fresh orange peel with water.

Second, the medicinal study of dried tangerine peel

Dried tangerine peel tastes spicy, bitter and warm.

Entering the spleen and lung meridian has the effects of "regulating qi and strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm", and is mainly used to treat digestive and respiratory diseases. It is the most commonly used medicine for digestive tract diseases such as esophagus, stomach and duodenum, and can be used to treat abdominal distension, belching, pantothenic acid, nausea and vomiting, constipation or diarrhea. It is most suitable for those with cold and dampness blocking middle energizer. Dried tangerine peel is bitter and warm, good at eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and can regulate qi and broaden chest. It is an important drug for treating damp phlegm and cold phlegm. For wet phlegm and cough, it is often combined with Banxia and Poria, such as Erchen Decoction.

Modern pharmacological research has preliminarily confirmed the application practice of dried tangerine peel for thousands of years.

One of its main functions is to regulate the function of the whole digestive system. It can prevent and treat gastrointestinal diseases, from dyspepsia and intestinal dysfunction to acute and chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer, as well as fatty liver, atherosclerosis, and even gastric cancer and colon cancer. The unique bioflavonoids of oranges have the functions of preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases and anti-tumor.

Third, the dietotherapy method of dried tangerine peel

1. Chenpi tea

Put 5g of dried tangerine peel into a teacup, add appropriate amount of boiling water for brewing, stew for 10 minute, and add appropriate amount of rock sugar. Daily 1 dose, tea can be washed with water for many times, regulating qi and strengthening spleen, eliminating dampness and relieving cough, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for people with spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension, dyspepsia, loss of appetite and cough with excessive phlegm. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has a strong effect of promoting qi circulation, and it is easy to consume qi and damage yin when it is over-filled, so it is not suitable for long-term large-scale use.

2. Chenpi Lotus Leaf Tea

Dry lotus leaf 10g, dried tangerine peel 10g. First, add 500 ml of water to soak for about half an hour, and then put it in a casserole for decoction. After the fire boils, use low fire to fry 15 minutes. After frying, pour into the pot, add rock sugar, and drink the tea soup until the rock sugar dissolves. Obese people or people with heavy gastrointestinal burden drink this tea, which has the effects of losing weight, reducing fat and reducing swelling. Lotus leaf is cold, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should use it with caution.

3. Chenpi Ginger Tea

Tangerine peel 10g, 3 slices of ginger, and brown sugar 10g. First, put dried tangerine peel and ginger into a casserole, add 500ml of water, boil over high fire and simmer for about 5 minutes, then add brown sugar and cook until dissolved. This prescription has the effects of warming stomach, dispelling cold, regulating qi and stopping vomiting, and is suitable for patients with epigastric pain of stomach cold type. Avoid eating cold, sticky and indigestible food during taking medicine.

The above treatments contain rock sugar or brown sugar, which is contraindicated for diabetics.

Fourth, the use of attention.

1. This taste is bitter and warm, easy to hurt body fluids and help heat, with red tongue and little body fluid, dry mouth and sore throat, constipation, red urine, dry cough without phlegm or less phlegm.

2. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has strong internal strength, and it is easy to consume gas and injure yin, so it is not suitable for long-term large-scale use.

3. Avoid foods that are cold, sticky and easy to produce phlegm, such as fried food, fat meat and cold drinks.

4. It should not be used together with digitalis, furazolidone, phentolamine, tolasuline, phenoxybenzamine, calcium carbonate, magnesium sulfate, ferrous sulfate and aluminum hydroxide.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) has an adverse reaction.

"New Edition of Materia Medica", "Classic Interpretation of Materia Medica" and other ancient books all record that tangerine peel is "nontoxic", but there are still reports of adverse reactions in modern times, such as sneezing, runny nose and tears, chest tightness and discomfort after taking tangerine peel. Or abdominal distension, bowel sounds, abdominal pain, diarrhea, loose stools, and mild edema of eyelids; Or skin itching, millet red papules, etc.