Many people may not know what exocarpium citri grandis is. In fact, Exocarpium Citri Grandis is the dry skin of Exocarpium Citri Grandis in Huazhou when it is immature or about to mature. As a Chinese herbal medicine, it is also called "five-claw light" or "seven-claw light". Although exocarpium Citri Grandis is very common, it has many functions. Let's have a look!

1, regulating qi and regulating middle

Exocarpium Citri Grandis is pungent, fragrant and easy to disperse, with wide breath, reduced bitterness and turbid qi, which can harmonize the ups and downs of the spleen and stomach and make the breath smooth. It can regulate qi, strengthen spleen, regulate middle energizer, accelerate diaphragm, regulate stomach and stop vomiting. It is often used for food retention, disharmony between stomach and qi, epigastric fullness, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea, dyspepsia, etc.

2, cough and phlegm

Exocarpium Citri Grandis is warm and dry, and it is more effective to eliminate dampness and phlegm. It is especially suitable for cough and asthma, chest tightness and diaphragmatic distension caused by cold phlegm and wet phlegm. It can be combined with Pinellia ternata, SEAO and Almond to enhance the antitussive and antiasthmatic effects. So whether you have a cold cough or a dry cough, taking oranges can be effective.

3, Jianwei Xiaoshi

Exocarpium Citri Grandis has the function of invigorating stomach and promoting digestion; Used for food retention, abdominal distension and vomiting. Exocarpium Citri Grandis can be mixed with Fructus Crataegi, Fructus Hordei Germinatus and Fructus Aurantii to help digestion, eliminate food stagnation and guide stagnation. People who often dine together should take exocarpium Citri Grandis, which has a good effect on the digestion of the stomach and can relieve the digestive pressure in the stomach after meals.

4. Anti-inflammatory and analgesic

The experiment shows that intraperitoneal injection of naringin can reduce the swelling of mice's feet caused by formaldehyde. Intravenous injection of naringin can inhibit the increase of capillary permeability in rats caused by microvascular osmotic adjustment protein. Therefore, exocarpium Citri Grandis has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

5. Antioxidant activity

The water extract of Exocarpium Citri Grandis can inhibit lipid peroxidation in mice liver (in vivo and in vitro), scavenge oxygen free radicals and reduce O2- induced hyaluronic acid depolymerization.

6. Taboo of Exocarpium Citri Grandis

1, people with qi deficiency and yin deficiency and phlegm dryness should not take exocarpium citri grandis.

2. It is not suitable for those with physical deficiency and lung heat, and it is not suitable for those with yellow phlegm and white phlegm. Exocarpium Citri Grandis is mild in nature, and is only suitable for colds, coughs, bronchitis and pharyngitis, all of which have good curative effects. Friends who cough with lung heat can't eat tangerine peel.

7. How to eat

The usage of exocarpium citri grandis is very simple. Can be sliced or diced, boiled, or directly brewed. If it is used to treat diseases, it is recommended to take it once a day at a dose of about 15g. Try to follow the doctor's advice. In addition to treating diseases, exocarpium Citri Grandis is also very good as a medicinal tea for daily disease prevention and health care. You can drink it once every three or two days, you can eat passively, dredge the stomach and prevent colds and coughs. Especially for friends who smoke a lot, phlegm tends to accumulate in their throats, so drink more oranges to resolve phlegm.