Tangerine peel and hawthorn tea

Overview

In autumn and winter, oranges are on the market in large quantities again. It is sweet and sour, cheap and easy to preserve. It has become the fruit that many people eat the most in winter and is also the main source of vitamin C. So do people only eat the flesh of oranges and throw away the skin? Or just use orange peels to make tea? In fact, doing so is a waste. Today I will tell you how to turn worthless orange peels into tangerine peels that become more valuable as they get older, and how to make tangerine peel and hawthorn tea. Tangerine peel, a traditional Chinese medicine, is the dry and ripe orange peel, which has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and reducing phlegm. The tangerine peel produced in Xinhui, Guangdong is called Xinhui peel (derived from the Chinese Medical Information Query Platform). As the saying goes, a hundred-year-old tangerine peel and a thousand-year-old ginseng, one tael of tangerine peel and one tael of gold can be compared with ginseng and gold, which shows the value of tangerine peel. The price of tangerine peel is very high in the market. Ordinary Xinhui tangerine peel can be sold for hundreds of yuan per catty, and the most expensive ones can even be sold for thousands of yuan. The combination of tangerine peel and hawthorn is a relatively common health-preserving tea. "Danxi Heart Method" mentions that it can be used with hawthorn, Shenqu, etc., such as Baohe Pills, to treat qi stagnation due to food and abdominal distension and pain. In other words, it can play the role of digestion, stomach strengthening, and appetite promotion. However, the taste of tangerine peel is relatively strong, and the taste of hawthorn is sour. If you drink it directly in water, most people will not find it delicious. At this time, add rock sugar syrup appropriately, which dissolves faster than large pieces of rock sugar and is easy to use. It not only can be used for seasoning, but also nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs without causing internal heat. Let’s take a look at how to do it next.

Tags

• drinks
• home cooking
• afternoon tea
• autumn recipes
• chenpi
• hawthorn
• rock sugar syrup
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare tangerine peel, hawthorn and rock sugar syrup.

   

2. 2 Wash the hawthorn, use a knife to make a horizontal circle around the core, pinch the upper and lower halves and twist them apart.

   

3. 3 Remove the core and stem.

   

4. 4 Add water to a pot or health kettle and bring to a boil, put the tangerine peel in and soak for a while, then pour away the first soaking water (to wash the tea to remove impurities).

   

5. 5 Add water again, add hawthorn, and cook for 3-5 minutes, until the brown color turns orange.

   

6. 6 Pour into a cup and add rock sugar syrup in small amounts according to personal taste.

   

7. 7 Mix thoroughly and drink while hot.