Specialist Doctor 2 Huynh Tan Vu, lecturer of Traditional Medicine Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, said that in traditional medicine, tangerine peel is also called dried tangerine peel, the peel is dried and preserved. Tangerine peel is warm, has the effect of strengthening the stomach, clearing phlegm, treating coughs, treating rheumatism, diuretic, treating belching, and epigastric pain.
Modern medicine has proven that tangerine peel contains aromatic essential oils such as orange glucoside, lemon aldehyde, fatty acids..., which have the effect of inhibiting the movement of the stomach, intestines and uterus... Orange glucoside has the same effect as vitamin P, reducing the fragility of blood capillaries, preventing bleeding.
In medicine, from the segments to the peel, seeds, and leaves of the tangerine are all famous medicinal herbs. The tangerine peel is also a good medicine for treating high blood pressure, myocardial infarction, and is especially effective for diseases such as spleen and stomach stagnation, bloating, digestive disorders, poor appetite, nausea, cough with phlegm, chest discomfort, etc.
Tangerine peel contains a lot of essential oils.
Tangerine seeds are bitter and neutral in nature. They are effective in regulating qi, relieving pain, dissolving lumps, and are often used to treat cysts, testicular swelling and pain, back pain, mastitis, and early stage breast cancer.
Tangerine leaves are bitter and neutral in nature. They help the liver, promote qi, reduce swelling, and dissolve tumors. They are used to treat pain in the ribs, cysts, breast pain, and breast tumors.
"Green tangerine peel is warm, bitter, and spicy, and is effective in treating pain in the ribs, breast lumps, stomach pain, and indigestion," said Dr. Vu.
Some remedies from tangerines
- Cure colds : 30 grams of fresh tangerine peel, 15 grams of saposhnikovia, pour in 3 cups of water, boil to get 2 cups, mix in white sugar and drink 1 cup while hot, after half an hour reheat and drink the remaining cup.
- Cure flu, headache : Tangerine leaves and other aromatic leaves such as lemongrass, chrysanthemum, basil, grapefruit leaves, lemon leaves... boil water to make you sweat.
- Cure rheumatism, back pain, body pain : 16 grams of tangerine root, 12 grams of Chinese smilax glabra, 12 grams of Achyranthes bidentata, 8 grams of Chinese clematis root. Chop all into small pieces, boil with water or soak in alcohol to drink. Can also be cooked into a paste and mixed with alcohol to use.
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- Cure cough due to wind heat : 20 grams of tangerine root bark, 10 grams of mulberry root bark, 10 grams of licorice root or leaves (or 5 grams of licorice). Slice the three ingredients thinly, dry them, boil with 400 ml of water until 100 ml remains, add sugar, divide into 2-3 portions to drink during the day.
- Treating dysentery : 20 grams of tangerine peel, 20 grams of pomegranate peel, 20 grams of banana peel, 20 grams of ivy root, 10 grams of guava buds, chopped, dried, and boiled to drink.
- Cure stomachache, backache, knee pain : 15-30 grams of tangerine root, boil in water to drink.
- Treat swelling and blood stasis : 40 grams of tangerine leaves, divided into 2 parts, one part is dried, roasted until golden brown, and boiled to drink, the other part is kept fresh, crushed, and applied to the injured area. Do this continuously for 3-4 days.
- Cure vomiting : 10 grams of tangerine peel, 15 grams of loquat leaves, boil in water to drink.
- Stomach ache and cold: 6 grams of tangerine peel, 3 grams of Chinese clematis root, 3 grams of ginger, decoct and drink.
- Poor appetite : 6 grams of tangerine peel, 6 grams of Chinese clematis root, 6 grams of chicken gizzard lining, decoct and drink.
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