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Can pregnant women eat tangerine peel during pregnancy?

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Asked on:Apr 02, 2026 06:08 PM

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  • Bissett Bissett

    Apr 02, 2026

      Tangerine peel is the mature peel of the Rutaceae plant Tangerine and its cultivated varieties. Orange evergreen small trees or shrubs, cultivated in hills, low mountain areas, along rivers, lakes or plains. Distributed in various areas south of the Yangtze River. When the fruit matures from October to December, pick the fruit, peel off the peel, and dry in the shade or ventilate. When peeling the tangerine peel, cut it into 3 to 4 pieces.

      Chenpi medicinal materials are divided into "Chenpi" and "Guangdongchenpi".

      1. The peel of tangerine peel is often peeled into several petals, with the base connected or in irregular fragments. About 1 to 4 mm thick, the outer surface is orange-yellow or reddish-brown, with fine wrinkles and sunken dot-like oil chambers; the inner surface is yellow-white, rough and spongy, with yellow-white or yellow-brown tendon-like vascular bundles. The texture is slightly hard and brittle. It smells fragrant and tastes pungent and slightly bitter.

      2. The peel of Citrus tangerine peel is mostly cut into 3 to 4 petals, connected at the base, neat and orderly in shape, and about 1 mm thick. The dotted oil chamber is larger, transparent and clear to light, and soft in texture.

      The best ones are those with large slices, fresh color, oily texture, soft texture, strong aroma, sweet, bitter and pungent taste.

      Edible effect

      Tangerine peel is pungent, bitter, and warm in nature; it returns to the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians; it has a dispersing aroma that can rise or fall;

      It has the effects of regulating qi, harmonizing the middle, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, diluting water and laxative;

      Indications: Treat spleen and stomach disharmony, epigastrium distended pain , not thinking about eating, vomiting and vomiting; phlegm and dampness blocking the lungs, cough Excessive phlegm, fullness and tightness in chest and diaphragm, dizziness; edema, difficulty in urination, constipation constipate Knot; breast carbuncle, scabies, fish and crab poison, alcohol poison.

      Applicable people

      1. Make tea with orange peel (including orange red and white orange), suitable for people with stagnation of spleen and stomach qi, abdominal distension, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough and phlegm; it is also suitable for preventing high blood pressure, myocardial infarction, fatty liver person, acute mastitis Those who eat.

      2. People with qi deficiency, body dryness, yin deficiency and dryness, cough, vomiting blood, and excessive heat should be taken with caution.