The efficacy of tangerine peel porridge

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Tangerine peel porridge

1. Used for chest and abdominal distension and other symptoms. Tangerine peel is pungent, dispersing, warming, and aromatic. It is good at regulating qi and can enter the spleen and lungs. Therefore, it can both disperse the lung qi stagnation and promote qi circulation. It is used for lung qi stagnation, chest and diaphragm distension, spleen and stomach qi stagnation, and abdominal distension and other symptoms. It is often used in combination with costus root, bitter orange peel, etc.

2. Used for dampness blocking the middle jiao, abdominal distension, loose stools and diarrhea, and cough with excessive phlegm. Tangerine peel is bitter, warm, and can dry dampness and invigorate the spleen and promote qi, so it is often used for dampness blocking the middle jiao, abdominal distension, loose stools and greasy tongue coating, and can be used together with Atractylodes macrocephala and Magnolia officinalis. It is also good at drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and is a commonly used medicine for treating damp phlegm blocking the lungs and cough with excessive phlegm. It is often used together with Pinellia ternata and Poria cocos.

3. Used for spleen deficiency, decreased appetite, indigestion, nausea and vomiting. This product can dry out dampness and invigorate the spleen and appetite. It is suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, decreased appetite, indigestion, loose stools and other symptoms. It is often used in combination with ginseng, white atractylodes, and Poria. Because it can both invigorate the spleen and regulate qi, it is often used as an adjuvant to qi-tonifying drugs, which can replenish without stagnation and prevent bloating. In addition, orange peel can harmonize the middle, treat stomach disharmony, nausea and vomiting. If the stomach is cold and vomiting, it can be used with ginger; if the stomach is hot and vomiting, it can be used with bamboo shavings, coptis and other drugs.

The role of tangerine peel

The effect of tangerine peel porridge

It has the functions of regulating qi and lowering adverse reactions, regulating the middle and stimulating appetite, and drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach qi stagnation and dampness obstruction, chest fullness and stuffiness, abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, vomiting, constipation, lung qi obstruction, cough and sputum, and also treats the initial stage of mastitis. After years of research, it is now known that tangerine peel has many pharmacological effects.

1. Effect on the digestive system: The volatile oil contained in tangerine peel has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, which can promote the secretion of digestive juice and eliminate gas accumulation in the intestine, showing the effects of aromatic stomachic and wind-expelling and gas-removing effects.

2. Effects on the cardiovascular system: Tangerine peel decoction and alcohol extract can excite the myocardium, but excessive doses can cause inhibition. In addition, it can also cause slight contraction of blood vessels and rapidly increase blood pressure. The pectin in tangerine peel also has a certain preventive effect on arteriosclerosis caused by a high-fat diet.

3. Effects on the respiratory system: The volatile oil contained in tangerine peel has a stimulating passive expectorant effect, making sputum easier to cough up. Tangerine peel decoction has a weak dilating effect on the bronchi. Its alcohol extract has a high antiasthmatic effect.

4. Effects on the urinary and reproductive system: Tangerine peel decoction can cause renal vasoconstriction and reduce urine volume.

5. Anti-inflammatory effect: The decoction of tangerine peel can be used together with vitamin C and vitamin K to enhance the anti-inflammatory effect.

Tangerine peel decoction has very few side effects, and no acute poisoning has been observed in multiple animal tests. People with qi deficiency, yin deficiency, dry cough, hematemesis, red tongue with little fluid, and internal heat should take it with caution.