tangerine peel is a traditional Chinese medicine, but orange peel and tangerine peel are two different concepts. So many people take it for granted that orange peel can be used to make water for drinking, so what is the truth? Fresh orange peel has a special fragrance and many wonderful uses, but it cannot be eaten directly or used to make water for drinking.
After eating oranges, don't throw away the rest of the orange peel. It's good for bathing. Citrus peel has the functions of sterilization, dispelling wind and cold, moisturizing, sleep supporting and odor removing. It can not only remove skin dirt, but also moisturize skin and eliminate fatigue.
Never eat fresh orange peel
Chinese medicine reminds fresh orange peel not to use. We know that orange peel is the same thing as Chinese medicine orange peel, which has a good medicinal value. So many people like to collect the peeled orange peel and drink it in water. Traditional Chinese medicine experts point out that fresh orange peel cannot be eaten.
Experts said that fresh orange peel is orange peel after being dried and processed. The longer orange peel is aged, the better. Generally, it should be placed for another year before use. As a common Chinese medicine for regulating qi, strengthening stomach and resolving phlegm, tangerine peel can really clear away heat and resolving phlegm by making tea drinks. It's different to soak fresh orange peel in water. Because fresh orange peel contains more volatile oil, it is easy to stimulate the digestive tract, which leads to digestive dysfunction.
In addition, the fresh orange peel stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, which may also be due to the pesticide or preservative attached to the surface of the orange peel, and the general washing and sun exposure may not remove these harmful substances. Therefore, it's better not to make tea or wine with fresh orange peel. When drying orange peel, you should also pay attention to the mildew orange peel on the surface.
Therefore, it's better to dry the fresh orange peel and put it up. It's better to reuse it every other year.
When eating oranges, please note:
1. Take medicine and avoid oranges
Orange is rich in fruit acid and vitamin C. when taking vitamin K, sulfanilamide drugs, spironolactone, tripterine and potassium supplements, orange should be avoided.
2. Avoid making tea with orange peel
The peeled oranges are mostly soaked with preservatives and then put on the market. The preservatives are a kind of chemical agent. The soaked oranges have no effect on the pulp, but the residual preservatives on the orange peel are difficult to wash off with water. If such orange peel is used to make water instead of tea, it is harmful to health.
3. You can't eat more oranges
According to the test, eating three oranges a day can meet everyone's daily need for vitamin C. If you eat too much, excessive intake of vitamin C, the body metabolism of oxalic acid will increase, easy to cause urinary stones, kidney stones. In addition, eating more is harmful to the mouth and teeth. Eating too many oranges is harmful to children's mouth, teeth and gastric mucosa.
If children overeat oranges, the heat produced can not be converted into fat and stored in the body, and can not be consumed in time, it will be caused by the accumulation of 'fire', manifested as stomatitis, periodontitis, pharyngitis and constipation.
4. Those with poor gastrointestinal function should eat at ease
If you eat too many oranges, you will easily suffer from the trouble of gastric excrement stone. Excessive consumption of citrus fruits can cause 'orange disease', skin yellowing and other symptoms.
5. Oranges and milk should not be eaten together
The protein in milk is easy to react with the fruit acid and vitamin C in orange and coagulate into blocks, which not only affects digestion and absorption, but also causes abdominal distension, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. You should eat orange one hour after drinking the milk. In addition, people with deficiency of gastrointestinal, renal and lung functions should not eat more to avoid abdominal pain, waist and knee tenderness.
6. Not to eat with radish
When radish enters the human body, it will quickly produce a substance called sulfate, and quickly metabolize to produce an antithyroid substance - thiocyanate. If you eat oranges at this time, the flavonoids in oranges will be broken down in the gut, and converted into hydroxybenzoic acid and ferulic acid, which can strengthen the inhibition of thiocyanate on the thyroid, thus inducing or leading to goiter.
We know from the above article that fresh orange peel can't be eaten directly, can't be used for drinking water, and can't eat too many oranges. In winter, it's easy to catch fire, and it's easier to catch fire if you eat too many oranges.