How much is a pound of five-year tangerine peel

Poria is the dried and perfect outer peel of the citrus plant and its cultivated variation of the Rutaceae family. It is called old tangerine peel because the old one is more suitable as a medicine. It is divided into two types, "Poria" and "Guang Chenpi". It has the functions of promoting qi and strengthening the spleen and stomach, resolving dampness, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. It is mainly used to treat abdominal distension, food stagnation, vomiting, diarrhea, cough with phlegm and other symptoms. Let's take a look at how much one pound of Poria costs!

How much does a pound of Poria cocos cost?

Poria cocos is actually orange peel. Only those over three years old are called Poria cocos. It takes a certain age to reflect its "quality". The older the Poria cocos, the more valuable it is. Its price depends mainly on the quality and varies slightly in markets across the country. A pound of Poria cocos stored for 29 years can be sold for 5,300 yuan, and the price of Poria cocos that has been stored for forty or fifty years can reach more than 12,000 yuan per two taels, or more than 120,000 yuan per pound.

How to identify Poria cocos

1. Touch: Touch the Poria cocos on a rainy day or with force. The younger the Poria cocos, the softer the skin. This is because the young Poria cocos still contains a lot of glucose and moisture, so it is easy to become damp and soft. The older the Poria cocos is, the harder its skin feels and the easier it is to break.

2. Taste: The 3 to 8 year old ones have a pungent aroma with a fruity taste, sweet and sour. The 9 to 20 year old ones have a fragrant aroma that is refreshing and pleasant. The 20 to 40 year old ones have a pure aroma, smooth and mellow. The ones over 50 years old can be easily picked up and smelled mature and detached.

3. Color: The inner surface of young Poria cocos is snow-white or yellow-white, and the outer surface is red or dark red. The inner surface of old Poria cocos is ancient red or reddish brown, and the outer surface is dark brown or gray-black.

4. Taste: Young Poria cocos tastes bitter, sour and astringent, while old Poria cocos tastes sweet, mellow and aged.

5. Brown color: The color of young tangerine peel tea is light green with a slightly bitter taste, while the color of old tangerine peel tea is light yellow and bright red with a fragrant taste and a smooth and mellow taste.

How to make delicious tangerine peel?

1. Braised Pork with Poria

The raw materials for the production of vaccine are 400 grams of pork belly, appropriate amounts of Poria cocos, dried chili segments, Huadiao wine, onion, ginger, rock sugar, soy sauce, cooking oil, starch, and salt.

Production method: Cut the pork belly with skin into small triangles, soak the Poria cocos in boiling water, pound the ginger, and cut the green onion into long sections. Add a small amount of green onion and ginger to the meat cubes, boil them in boiling water for a while and then take them out. Add a little oil to a wok and bring it to a boil. Add ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Add Huadiao wine, rock sugar, soy sauce, salt, pork belly and Poria cocos and cook for 30 minutes. Remove ginger, scallion and Poria cocos, thicken with water starch and serve.

2. Red Bean and Poria Soup

The raw materials for producing the vaccine are 60 grams of red beans, an appropriate amount of Poria cocos, and an appropriate amount of cold water.

Production method: Wash the red beans and soak them overnight. Put the soaked red beans and cleaned Poria cocos into the cooking pot and introduce appropriate amount of cold water at one time. Add a lid, bring to a boil, then simmer until the red beans are cooked. Lift the lid with a heavy weight, put in an appropriate amount of old brown sugar, bring to a boil and turn off the heat.

3. Pure honey and tangerine peel tea

The raw materials for production are vaccine Poria cocos and jujube flower honey.

Production method: Wash the Poria cocos with mineral water and then cut into shreds. Blood puts Poria cocos into the tea set. Then pour in boiling water, cover with lid and simmer for 10 minutes. After the tangerine peel tea has cooled down a little, add appropriate amount of jujube flower honey and mix well.