Aged tangerine peel
For Chinese dietary therapy, Aged tangerine peel (陈皮) is a food of Warm nature and Pungent · Bitter flavor. An aged citrus peel used as a digestive aromatic, between cooking and materia medica.
Traditional energetics
- Nature
- Warm
- Flavor
- Pungent · Bitter
- Affinity
- Spleen · Lung
- Direction of Qi
- Warming · mobilizes Qi
- Season
- Autumn · Winter
- Group
- Aromatics
How tradition reads it
An aged citrus peel used as a digestive aromatic, between cooking and materia medica.
Classic synergy with adzuki in dampness-draining soups and with ginger for heavy digestion; tradition moderates it in dryness with dry cough.
In the kitchen
Stews, congee, legumes, and teas in small amounts.
Organic mandarin peel dried at home for several days serves as a practical equivalent.
Current nutrition note
Citrus peel rich in essential oils (limonene) and flavonoids such as hesperidin.
Precautions
Use food-grade aged peel; fresh citrus peel with waxes or pesticides is not equivalent.
Recipes with this food
Health notice. Educational and study content. It describes concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine and does not replace diagnosis or treatment by a healthcare professional. Needling, medicinal herbs and invasive techniques must be applied by trained professionals. Safety guide.
