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How to make orange peel into orange peel?

Many people after eating the orange, the orange peel to throw away. In fact, many people do not realize that the thrown away orange peel is also a flavor of food and medicine. So, what is the use of this orange peel? Why don't we follow the footsteps of the experts to find out!

Especially in the fall and winter seasons, fruit will be more. In the home, by the way to the supermarket to buy some fruit, the most striking is the orange. Speaking of oranges, it is also a whole body is a treasure. I remember for a while, some people eat oranges will be carefully put away the orange peel, dried up soak water to drink, but also in the cooking meat put some dry orange peel flavoring.

Of course, there are many people eat oranges on the skin to throw away. So, what exactly is the use of this orange peel? Orange peel, if left for a period of time, is called aged peel. In my clinical practice, I often use the peel as well. Some people ask me, can you put your own home sun-dried orange peel into the pot of medicine and decoct together, do not have to buy the peel in the pharmacy?

I don't have much of an impression of how much a gram of peel costs in a hospital or pharmacy, probably a few cents. But the last time I went out to play, in the North and South store, I saw the pitch-black Chenpi, the owner said it was fifty years old, but the price is more than gold. Why? Because the longer the peel is aged, the better the medicinal effect. Generally put the orange peel three to five years is better, the medicinal effect is better.

I have treated a family of three, may be the family diet is too good, all are white thick greasy moss. The book formula all have Chenpi, but the father's medicine is bought in Shenzhen, he bought the medicine specifically called me, asked to buy what price of Chenpi? I replied, of course, a little more expensive will be good, ginseng, dendrobium and other good drugs are not so, the Chinese people pay attention to a penny a penny goods, if it is a Taoist medicinal herbs, although the price is expensive, but the efficacy of a guarantee.

Three weeks later, the family came back for a follow-up, and the father's thick moss was gone, and his stubborn blood pressure had decreased. The mother and son bought their medication in Beijing, and although their discomfort improved, the thick and greasy moss did not. Remembering the phone call the father had made to me, I was enlightened. Examined several famous big pharmacies in Beijing, and found that, including certain big pharmacies, Chenpi are used orange peel, not Guang Chenpi.

Orange peel is bright, yellow in color. And the real Chenpi refers to the wide Chenpi, is the dried rind of Dahong Citrus produced in Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, to the longer the storage time the better, so it is called Chenpi. Qing Dynasty physician Ye Tianshi's "Er Chen Tang", especially written to "Xinhui Pi". Because it is not produced by Xinhui orange peel is far less effective, and lack of flavor and paralytic mouth (i.e., bitter and spicy taste). Therefore, Xinhui Chenpi price is higher, the skin is more expensive than the meat.

The general Xinhui skin to be repeated sun more than five years before they will be sent to the pharmacy, and then the color of the citrus skin has been darkened and blackened. Reminiscent of the more expensive than golden peel that I had seen in Hong Kong and Macau, I began to suggest that the mother and son also take Guang Chen Pi, and at the same time, selected a few cases of phlegm-dampness in outpatient clinics that were very heavy, and the moss could not be lowered despite repeated treatments, and also gave them similar advice.

Look at the ancient books, all the famous doctors on the medical case have such a word: Guang Chenpi, Sichuan Huanglian, Huai yam, cloud Poria ...... such a way of writing lies in the tip of the traditional Chinese medicine of a place of origin. That is, we usually say the Taoist herbs. Taoist herbs, not just talk, is condensed the wisdom of the ancestors. If you can really comply with, half of the work and twice the result.

Newcomers to answer.

If from the "Chenpi" plant species, "Chenpi" is in fact the rue family plant orange and its cultivated varieties after drying mature rind. Therefore, to a certain extent, said Chenpi is "dried orange peel" is not wrong. And China's history to, the earliest record of the use of Chenpi is the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Shennong Ben Cao" in the "orange red" into the medicine, but at that time the record does not say is the peel or pulp, and to the Tang Dynasty, Chenpi is officially because of the concept of Chenjiuzhi Liang is widely used. After the Song Dynasty, Chenpi is better known as "Guang Chenpi", of which Xinhui Chenpi is the most famous.

From citrus peel to tangerine peel, it is through the history of the ancient people many times on the raw material of tangerine peel after deep research and excavation, there is the orange tree "cultivation varieties" after the occurrence of the "citrus"--Chinese orange (Xinhui). The orange tree has been cultivated and mutated to produce the "mandarin" - Chaji mandarin (Xinhui), Dahongpao (Sichuan), Wenzhou mandarin orange (Jiangsu, Zhejiang), Fuguang (Fujian, Chaoshan). These tangerine varieties are categorized as "Chenpi" and "Guangdong Chenpi" depending on their origins and cultivars. Among them, Xinhui Chenpi, the main source of Chaji Citrus produced in Xinhui, Jiangmen, is the best quality of Guangdong Chenpi (Guangdong Chenpi is also categorized into Xinhui Chenpi, Sihui Chenpi, Chaozhou Chenpi, and other kinds of Chenpi).

All "citrus peel" can be the raw material to make "Chenpi"

As mentioned above, the earliest raw material for Chenpi in history is orange peel, which is a very popular cash crop in China. The orange is a very popular cash crop in China, and there are citrus plants all over the country, except for the highland areas. Therefore, ordinary people in their daily life can contact and try to make Chenpi by themselves. Of course, compared to 2,000 years ago when citrus fruits were not as abundant as in modern times, the natural material for making orange peel is also relatively scarce, and the raw material you can choose from may be oranges, while now we have a lot of raw materials for making orange peel. In view of the need for some volatile oil components in citrus peel, so the author suggests that if you make your own peel, you should choose the "big red" stage of citrus, which is already ripe, with more volatile oils in the peel, and the flavor will be stronger after making it into orange peel, and if you choose the green peel, because its components such as hesperidin have not been fully developed, so the peel will not be as rich as it is now. If you choose the green feeling, because its orange peel glycosides and other components are not yet fully developed, so the peel will be slightly bitter and astringent flavor.

The production of Chenpi needs to follow the tradition: "turning sun" and "aging" is indispensable

Citrus peeling before the fruit is rinsed, and dispersed to dry the surface water, combined with this work to do a good job of grading. Secondly, the processing requirements of the peel to the subtle: "picking fruit to test the eyesight, two or three knives to open the skin. Turn the skin to see the doorway, sun skin while the weather." It is orthodox to open the skin with "symmetrical two knives", "positive three knives" or "two knives with the word "T""; the process of making tanned skin is based on "good weather before winter, water loss, soft tanned skin; natural tanned skin is made by natural aging". The process of tanning is based on the principle of "good weather before winter, water loss, soft tanning; natural tanning system, drying without hesitation". Taking Xinhui Chenpi as an example, Chenpi Chenpi has always been using the process of "natural tumbling", and nine system of Chenpi, honey system of Chenpi, three steaming and three sunshine, etc., the natural tumbling can maximize the preservation of Chenpi's ingredients from man-made damage, so the quality of Xinhui Chenpi, the natural conditions of the storage area depends on a very high degree of dependence, so many merchants abandon the processing, storage, and storage. So the quality of Xinhui Pericarp depends very much on the natural conditions of the storage area, so many merchants abandon the traditional craft of processing and storage and go to the biased door of making old and counterfeiting! Its storage location requires high terrain, natural ventilation, dry and three away (from the ground, away from the wall, away from the top) place, at the same time to do a good job of measures, timely anti-burning, mildew, insects and moisture, the old skin fixed loaded with fixed position, the right time to turn over the sun!

"Chenpi" in the active ingredients and pharmacology

Modern clinical, Chenpi (not necessarily "Xinhui Chenpi") have the qi and spleen, dry dampness and phlegm effect, mainly used in the digestive system of the intestines, stomach, etc., and the respiratory system, such as coughing, etc. A few used in the urinary system, as well as the heart and lungs; A few of them are used in the urinary system and cardio-circulatory system. It is found that the chemical composition of Xinhui Pericarp is more or less the same as that of common Pericarp, but the content is quite different. In terms of volatile oils (that is, the oil cells we say are distributed on the rind), the content of limonene, terpinene and methyl o-carboxylate and polymethoxyflavonoids (chuan chenpiin, orange peel) in Chenpi is higher. The alkaloids sinfrin and N-methyltyramine as well as the polymethoxyflavonoid constituents in Chenpi (whose main roles are antibacterial and anti-inflammatory as well as effects on the gastrointestinal and smooth muscle), including mainly Chuan chenpiin and tangeretin, have been confirmed in pharmacological experiments to be anticarcinogenic, cholesterol-lowering, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory.

"Xinhui Chenpi" has its own "local" advantages

It is found that Xinhui Chenpi is rich in polymethoxyflavonoids (Chuan Chenpi Piin, Tangeretin), while other Chenpi (such as Gan Chenpi, Chuan Chenpi, Jian Chenpi) contains more polymethoxyflavonoids (Chuan Chenpi, Tangeretin), which are also known as "Chuan Chenpi", Jian Chenpi) contain more dihydroflavonoid glycosides (hesperidin), and these characteristic components can be used as the index components to distinguish Xinhui Chenpi from other Chenpi. And from many ancient medical books, Lao Li has also read a lot about the medicinal effects of Xinhui Pericarp, which mainly focuses on the digestive system and respiratory system as well. The difference between Chenpi and Xinhui Chenpi is not only in terms of quality and efficacy, but also in terms of its origin. Xinhui Chenpi has a long history of medicinal use, with a cultivation history of more than 700 years, and its medicinal use was recorded in the Ming Dynasty, and its application flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Now as the first of the three treasures of Guangdong and one of the top ten Canton medicines, it has become a national geographical indication product.

In a word, Chenpi has been known as "Millennium Ginseng, Century Chenpi" because of its good quality for a long time, and "other medicines are expensive and new, but this is expensive and old" is the uniqueness of Chenpi. The more aged Chenpi is, the better its quality is, the more expensive it is, and the better its clinical efficacy is. At the same time, Chenpi is also widely used in medicinal dietary therapy, Chenpi tea, Chenpi wine, Chenpi drinks, Chenpi bread cake, Chenpi moon cake, Chenpi cake, Chenpi sauce, Chenpi enzymes, and Chenpi soup meals, dishes, etc., by the vast number of consumers warmly welcome. In short, with the current Xinhui peel application of more extensive and more in-depth research, the future of Xinhui peel will have better prospects for development. Development at the same time, the urgent need to solve the current quality and product channels can not standardize the management of the problem.

1. Wash the orange peel and dry it.

2. Put it in a steamer, steam it through on the pot, and then dry it again. This way repeat 2 times to become. That is to say, it is used three times to steam and three times to dry.

3. Do the orange peel rush into the cookie jar, write the date of collection, stored for more than a year that is.

Chenpi does not mean orange peel alone, Chenpi is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other southeastern provinces of China to citrus peel, the production of Chenpi must pay attention to peeling, peeling with a knife must be fast, do not squeeze the cut, the best use of two or three knives, the pulp peeled, to maintain the integrity of the orange peel, as far as possible in the ventilated cool weather drying, drying after the device to the ventilation to the sack or woven bag, placed in the shade of the sun or woven bag, put to a cool dry place, in case of good weather can be drying again, stored for three years of orange peel will become Chenpi.

Pericarp can be used medicinally, dietary, medicinal value is mainly used for epigastric distension, less food, vomiting and diarrhea, coughing and phlegm, but also with ginger, scallion white, red girl skin, fat sea, honeysuckle, rock candy treatment of colds, coughs, throat speech, pharyngitis. Meal making fish, meat, chicken and other meat food has the role of refreshing and deodorizing. Especially the utility of stewed fish is excellent.

The liquid of orange peel can dissolve plastic foam and other plastic materials, in today's takeout popular era, the human body has appeared plastic particles, and occasionally drink water with orange peel helps to clean up the stomach and intestines.

Forget to adopt~

Chenpi, also known as orange peel, orange and its cultivated variants of the ripe peel after drying that is Chenpi. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the longer the peel is placed, the better the quality, the storage period from 1 year, 2 years, 3 years to more than 10 years, the local medicine "Xinhui Chenpi" storage up to decades, and the longer the storage, the higher the price.

Chenpi mainly contains Chenpi pigment, hesperidin, lemon bitter pigment and citral and other volatile oils, has the effect of regulating qi, spleen, drying dampness and phlegm, is a traditional Chinese medicine is also a condiment.

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Committed to spreading scientific knowledge of nutrition, to help your health, the whole family at ease. Citrus fruit rind dried and stored for three years for the peel can be used medicinally.

Fresh orange peel after drying, placed more than a year, during which there is no moth, no mold can be. The color of the orange peel changes after placement, the color is orange-red for the best. It is what people call Chenpi.

Orange flap peeling, white belly skin upward sun drying, drying placed for three years , storage to keep a ventilated place , Chinese medicine Chenpi are so

Orange eaten, with a vegetable cutter shredded, so that it is naturally drying, do not sunlight, drying written on the year points, sealed, do not care, many years later .....

Pericarp is actually sold very cheaply in pharmacies, the general big pharmacy inside the Chinese medicine, directly buy perhaps a little better than their own. Of course I say this is for personal use, if you yourself are doing herbs, ask this question may you need a lot of making. As you can see from the word Chenpi, Chen means orange peel with a vintage, orange peel is used in medicine, and Chen is the best, Chenpi is naturally citrus peel that has been left for a longer period of time. It is the complete definition of the fruit citrus peel after drying treatment and made of dry peel. This kind of peel, such as in keeping dry conditions, can be placed in storage for a long time, so it is called Chenpi.

Chen pericarp can not only be used as a medicinal herb but also as a flavoring.

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