What is the use of drinking tangerine peel and wolfberry soaked in water?

In daily life, drinking some Chinese herbal medicines in water can help the body solve many practical problems, including some diseases. Take wolfberry for example. Soaking wolfberry in water is very suitable for men, especially those who have an unsatisfactory sex life. When soaking wolfberries in water, you can also add some other ingredients, such as tangerine peel. So the question is, what is the use of drinking tangerine peel and wolfberry in water?

Drinking tangerine peel soaked in water can promote digestion and increase appetite. Because tangerine peel contains limonoids, this limonoid taste helps promote intestinal peristalsis and thus promote digestion; in addition, tangerine peel contains volatile oils, hesperidin, vitamins B and C and other ingredients. The volatile oil it contains has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, can promote the secretion of digestive juices, eliminate accumulated gas, and increase appetite.

Drinking tangerine peel soaked in water has the effect of removing phlegm and relieving cough. Tangerine peel is also a commonly used Chinese medicine. It tastes bitter and warm in nature. It has the effects of ventilating the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving greasiness and leaving a fragrance, and relieving adverse reactions and stopping vomiting. It is suitable for people with symptoms such as stomach bloating, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough and phlegm.

Drinking tangerine peel soaked in water has the effect of eliminating intestinal gas. Tangerine peel has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal smooth muscles, which can promote the secretion of digestive juices and eliminate intestinal gas.

To sum up, drinking tangerine peel soaked in water has a relatively large effect on the spleen and stomach. It can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, but also eliminate intestinal gas accumulation. The most important thing is that drinking tangerine peel soaked in water also has the effect of removing phlegm and relieving cough. Although drinking tangerine peel water has so many benefits, it also has contraindications. For example, those who suffer from qi deficiency and dry body, yin deficiency and dry cough, vomiting blood, and internal heat should not drink tangerine peel water.

Tangerine peel is pungent, dispersing and warming, and can soothe the liver and regulate qi, making it suitable for patients with liver qi stagnation. Tangerine peel can also reduce the degree of fatty changes in liver cells and has a liver-protecting effect. The Lycium barbarum polysaccharides in wolfberry can lower serum alanine aminotransferase and promote the repair of liver damage. Lycium barbarum can also inhibit the deposition of fat in liver cells and promote the regeneration of liver cells. Therefore, drinking water soaked with tangerine peel and wolfberry has the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi.