Lowering Blood Lipids with Peanut Shell Chenpi Tea: A Natural Remedy for Hyperlipidemia

Why High Blood Lipids Drink Peanut Shell Chenpi Tea
 

　Brief Introduction to Chenpi Tea:
 

　　Chenpi tea is made by putting small pieces of orange peel in a cup or bowl of boiling water, letting it steep for a while, and then removing the residue. This tea can relieve heat and dissolve phlegm. Chenpi, also known as orange peel, guilao, red peel, yellow orange peel, Guang orange peel, Xin Hui peel, tangerine peel, and Guang Chenpi. It is the mature peel of the citrus plant, a member of the Rutaceae family, and its cultivated varieties. The orange is an evergreen small tree or shrub, cultivated in hills, low mountains, river banks, lakeshores, or plains. It is distributed in various regions south of the Yangtze River. When the fruit is ripe from October to December, the fruit is picked, the peel is peeled, and it is air-dried or dried with ventilation. Guang Chenpi is often cut into 3 to 4 pieces when peeled. Chenpi medicinal materials are divided into "Chenpi" and "Guang Chenpi".

　　This product is the dried mature peel of the citrus plant and its cultivated varieties. Medicinal materials are divided into "Chenpi" and "Guang Chenpi". The ripe fruit is picked, the peel is peeled, and it is dried in the sun or dried at low temperature.

　　Here is a recommended peanut shell chenpi tea for patients with hyperlipidemia, which can lower blood lipids. The specific method is: take 100 grams of peanut shell, 10 grams of chenpi, 5 jujubes, 10 grams of Huangjing, 15 grams of Danshen, decocted with water and taken once a day.

　　Peanuts have high nutritional value, and peanut shells are not inferior. They contain abundant dietary fiber, which can effectively promote gastrointestinal digestion, reduce cholesterol, and prevent arterial sclerosis. Chenpi has a warm nature and a pungent taste. It belongs to the lung and spleen meridians and has the functions of invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness, regulating qi, and resolving phlegm. Jujube has a sweet and warm nature and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It can replenish qi and blood, invigorate the spleen and stomach, and enhance the spleen-invigorating and qi-supplementing effects of chenpi. Huangjing has a neutral nature and a moistening quality. It has a sweet and mild taste, especially suitable for people with high blood lipids who have weak spleen and stomach and feel tired and weak. Danshen is a commonly used blood-activating and stasis-removing medicine, known as "the same effect as the Four Gentlemen". It can regulate qi and activate blood, inhibit platelet aggregation, improve blood viscosity and hypercoagulability. The combination of these drugs has excellent effects in invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness, promoting blood circulation, and dredging collaterals.

　　While taking this prescription, patients with hyperlipidemia should also maintain a healthy lifestyle, which can be summarized as "controlling diet and exercising". The diet should be light, with less animal fats such as butter, cream, and fatty meat; less cholesterol-rich foods, such as animal offal and egg yolks; eat more soy products, cereals, and seafood, which can reduce the deposition of cholesterol on the blood vessel walls and hinder the absorption of cholesterol in the intestines. At the same time, choose appropriate exercises according to your own situation, such as brisk walking, jogging, swimming, etc. The amount of exercise should make you slightly sweat and breathe slightly faster, but it should not affect your ability to speak.

　　Functions:

　　1. Used for symptoms such as chest and abdominal distention. Chenpi has a pungent and dispersing nature, a fragrant aroma, and is good at regulating qi. It can enter the spleen and lungs, so it can disperse lung qi stagnation and widen qi in the middle, used for lung qi stagnation, chest and diaphragmatic distension, and spleen and stomach qi stagnation, epigastric and abdominal distension symptoms. It is often used in combination with muxiang, zhike, and other herbs.

　　2. Used for dampness blocking the middle-jiao, epigastric and abdominal distension, loose stools and diarrhea, and excessive phlegm cough. Chenpi is bitter, warm, and drying. It can invigorate the spleen and regulate qi, so it is often used for dampness blocking the middle-jiao, epigastric and abdominal distension, loose stools, and greasy tongue coating. It can be used in combination with cangzhu and houpo. It is also good at drying dampness and transforming phlegm. It is a commonly used medicine for treating damp phlegm stagnation in the lungs and excessive phlegm cough. It is often used in combination with banxia and fuling.

　　3. Used for reduced food intake due to spleen deficiency, poor digestion, and nausea and vomiting. Chenpi can invigorate the spleen and stimulate appetite by drying dampness. It is suitable for weak spleen and stomach, reduced food intake, poor digestion, and diarrhea. It is often used in combination with ginseng, baizhu, fuling, and other herbs. Because it can invigorate the spleen and regulate qi, it is often used as an auxiliary to tonify qi medicine, so that it can tonify without stagnation and prevent stagnation.

　　In addition, chenpi can harmonize the stomach and treat vomiting. If there is cold vomiting, it can be used together with fresh ginger; if there is heat vomiting, it can be used in combination with zhuru and huanglian.

　　Suitable for:

　　1. Chenpi (including orange-red and orange-white) tea is suitable for people with spleen and stomach qi stagnation, epigastric and abdominal distension, poor digestion, loss of appetite, and excessive phlegm cough; it is also suitable for people who want to prevent hypertension, myocardial infarction, and fatty liver, and those with acute mastitis.

　　2. People with qi deficiency and dryness, yin deficiency and dry cough, hemoptysis, and internal heat should use it with caution.