Citrus Peel for Digestive Issues
Do you eat the meat of the citrus fruit then discard the peel? You could be missing out on some well needed medicinal properties if so.
The protective coating of oranges, the peel, is bitter tasting with a pungent and sweet quality.
Perfect for moving stagnation, clearing obstructions and draining damp.
If you add apple cider vinegar and hot water to the peel you create a sour bitter flavour which can reduce excess liver symptoms such as depression, indigestion, mood swings and PMT.
This Detoxing and highly activating mix can include honey also.
If you're a very hot person, you can swap vinegar (which is warming) for a cooling sour like grapefruit or lemon.
Orange meat and peel tea.
The meat and juice of the grapefruit is cooling, with a sweet and sour taste which can treat..
🍊Belching
🍊Poor appetite during pregnancy
🍊Alcohol intoxication
🍊A fever.
The peel of the fruit has a warming thermal energy with a pungent, sweet and bitter taste. This means that it can move and regulate the qi energy of the spleen and stomach (like most citrus peel).
A good vitamin C source, plus bioflavanoid activity can help strengthen the gums, arteries and help circulation in general.
Grapefruit peel tea simmer the peel in water for 20 minutes then drink.
I added lemon and Sheng Jiang to mine.
Drink grapefruit peel to treat:
🍊Intestinal Gas
🍊Stomach pain
🍊Abdominal swelling
🍊promote peristalsis
🍊Cough with cold signs
Can be applied on frostbite as a compress, at room temperature to restore circulation to damaged tissue.
