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What are the benefits of eating tangerine peel for women?

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Asked on:Apr 01, 2026 06:42 PM

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  • Beck Beck

    Apr 01, 2026

      Tangerine peel, also called orange peel, is a common traditional Chinese medicine used in daily life, but few people really understand it. The following introduces to you the benefits of eating tangerine peel for women and the nutritional value of tangerine peel. If you want to know more, you may wish to take a look. Previously, the editor introduced to you the benefits of eating cloves for women. I believe everyone has a better understanding of cloves, a traditional Chinese medicine. So today I will introduce to you another traditional Chinese medicine - tangerine peel. Tangerine peel, also known as orange peel, is actually the peel of the oranges we usually eat. After being dried in the sun or at low temperature, it becomes a traditional Chinese medicine. Chenpi is used in many places in daily life. So what are the benefits for women of eating tangerine peel? What are the nutritional values ​​of tangerine peel?

      The benefits of eating tangerine peel for women

      1. Raise blood pressure

      Chenpi can cause mild contraction of blood vessels and rapidly increase blood pressure.

      2. Prevent arteriosclerosis

      The pectin in tangerine peel also has a certain preventive effect on arteriosclerosis caused by high-fat diet.

      3. Diuretic and laxative

      Tangerine peel has the function of promoting qi and diuresis, so it is often used for edema, difficulty in urination, and constipation.

      4. Excited myocardium

      Extracts of tangerine peel can excite the myocardium, but if the dose is too large, it will inhibit it, so the amount of consumption must be controlled.

      5. Dry dampness and resolve phlegm

      This product is pungent, warm, fragrant and dry. It can not only remove stagnation of lung qi, but also remove dampness and turbidity to resolve phlegm. Therefore, it is often used for symptoms such as phlegm-dampness blocking the lungs, cough with excessive phlegm, chest and diaphragm fullness and tightness, and dizziness.

      6. Good for stomach

      The volatile oil contained in tangerine peel has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, promotes the secretion of digestive juices, eliminates gas accumulation in the intestines, and plays the role of the aroma of tangerine peel in strengthening the stomach and dispelling wind and lowering qi.

      7. Used for chest and abdominal distension and other symptoms

      Tangerine peel pungent powder has a warm and fragrant smell, is good at regulating qi, and can enter the spleen and lungs. Therefore, it can not only dispel blocked lung qi, but also promote qi in the middle. It is used for lung qi stagnation, chest and diaphragm fullness, spleen and stomach qi stagnation, epigastric and abdominal distention and other symptoms. It is often used in combination with costus and citrus aurantium.

      Nutritional value of tangerine peel

      1. Chenpi is rich in vitamin E, potassium, iron, dietary fiber, etc.

      2. Tangerine peel contains volatile oil, hesperidin, vitamins B, C and other ingredients.

      3. The bitter substances in tangerine peel are "limonoids" represented by limonene and picrin. This limonoid has a mild taste and is easily soluble in water.

      4. Each 100 grams of tangerine peel contains 1.4 grams of total fat, 21 milligrams of sodium, 79 grams of total carbohydrates, 20.7 grams of dietary fiber, 8 grams of protein, 7 mg of vitamin C, 82 mg of calcium, and 9.3 mg of iron.