Chen Pi is the dried and ripe peel of tangerine and its variants, which is a relatively mild dual-use product for medicine and food, with the effects of tonifying Qi, strengthening the spleen, warming the stomach and dispersing cold. Since it has the effect of dispersing cold, can Chen Pi resolve phlegm and relieve cough?
Can Chen Pi resolve phlegm and relieve cough?
Chen Pi can resolve phlegm and relieve cough.
Cough with phlegm is usually a cold cough, mostly caused by wind and cold. Chen Pi is warm in nature and good at regulating qi, which can make the stagnant evil qi in the lungs expel, dry dampness and dissolve phlegm, as well as warming cold phlegm. In addition, the volatile oil contained in Chen Pi has a stimulating passive expectorant effect, making the phlegm easy to cough out, so Chen Pi can resolve phlegm and stop cough.
How to eat Chen Pi to relieve cough and resolve phlegm
Chen Pi Tea
Ingredients:10 grams of Chen Pi, a small amount of sugar.
Directions: Take 10 grams of peel, wash and tear it into small pieces, put it into a tea cup, brew it with boiling water, cover the cup and let it simmer for about 10 minutes, then remove the dregs and put in a little sugar. After a little cool, put it in the refrigerator to chill a little better.
Suitable for people: people with spleen and stomach stagnation, bloating, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough and phlegm.
Effects: Relieving cough and phlegm, strengthening the stomach.
Chen Pi Porridge
Ingredients: 10 grams of orange peel, 50 grams of rice.
Directions: Wash Chen Pi, cut it finely, decoct it with water, remove the dregs and extract the juice; clean the rice, put it into a pot, add the juice of Chen Pi and the right amount of water, cook it into a thin porridge and take it, 1 dose daily; or grind Chen Pi into fine powder, take 3-5 grams each time, mix it into thin porridge and take it.
Suitable for people: stagnant spleen and stomach, indigestion, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, cough with phlegm, etc.
Effects: Relieving cough and phlegm, promoting the flow of Qi and strengthening the spleen.
Snow Pear Stewed with Chen Pi
Ingredients: 1 snow pear, 10-15 pieces of rock sugar, 6 grams of peel, 500 grams of water.
Directions: Wash and chop the pear, put all the ingredients into a casserole dish, bring to a boil, then turn down the heat and cook for 40-50 minutes. Ready to drink.
Suitable for people: Especially suitable for children with cough.
Effect: Stop cough and dissolve phlegm, harmonize the stomach and lungs, take care of the throat.
Classification of cough
Cold cough
It is mostly caused by wind and cold and can be treated with Chen Pi.
Symptoms: cough with phlegm, thin white phlegm, foamy; headache, nasal congestion, clear runny nose; or accompanied by fear of cold, aversion to cold, no sweating, etc., and night cough is more severe than daytime.
Hot cough
Dry fire in the body is not suitable for treatment with Chen Pi, and taking Chen Pi will heat up the heat.
Symptoms: dry cough without phlegm, sometimes coughing up blood; dry and painful throat, thirst; often accompanied by fever, headache, dizziness, etc.
Precautions for eating Chen Pi
1, Chen Pi has a certain dry dampness effect, if some patients with stomach fire, qi deficiency or hot cough in the body, it is best not to take too much to avoid the body's condition more serious.
2, Chen Pi has a certain effect on the drug enzymes, so patients who are taking medicine during the period of need to take Chen Pi is best to seek the advice of a doctor in advance, to avoid affecting the effectiveness of the medicine or cause adverse effects on the body.
3, after taking Chen Pi body discomfort phenomenon, should immediately stop taking, serious cases should immediately seek medical attention.
