Chenpi is made of dried citrus peel, which is the natural prescription of citrus peel after many years. It is produced in many places, such as Guangxi, Hunan, Zhejiang, Fujian and so on. Among them, Xinhui is the best, known as Xinhui Chenpi, also known as Guangchenpi, Zhougang Red Peel and Xinhui Chenpi. Xinhui Yunxiang tea orange as raw material needs to be preserved for a long time (more than three years) after drying, and its value is much higher than that of ordinary orange peel.
Moreover, Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty clearly classified the difference between oranges and oranges in Compendium of Materia Medica, and said: "The orange peel is thick, yellow and thick, with a white film inside, and it tastes sweet. Today, the people who widely adopted it in China won. " "Guangzhong" is today's Xinhui, and the raw material of Xinhui tangerine peel is tea branch orange peel. Therefore, it is well known that Xinhui citrus has always been more expensive than meat.
Can orange peel be used as dried tangerine peel?
So, can all orange peels be used as dried tangerine peel?
The answer is obviously not. It is generally believed that only mature orange peel can be made into dried tangerine peel, and it is a good quality and relatively expensive orange peel. Citrus peel stored for more than three years is tangerine peel with medicinal value, which is much higher than ordinary orange peel. In other words, the raw material of dried tangerine peel is orange peel. So, what's the difference between orange peel and orange peel?
Oranges: Actually, oranges and oranges are the same. The fruit is small, oblate, orange red, vermilion or orange yellow. The peel and sponge layer are thin, sweet and sour, and are not resistant to storage. Common oranges (oranges) include Nanfeng orange, sugar orange and rock sugar orange, which are not suitable for dried tangerine peel. Orange peel, which has been stored for less than three years, has a strong and bitter taste and is not suitable for direct consumption. It takes time to temper and grow.
Citrus: The fruit is large, spherical, with yellow, orange-yellow or orange-red skin, thick skin and sponge layer, which is suitable for storage. Common oranges are Xinhui orange, Chaozhou orange and Shandong orange.
Xinhui Chenpi
However, it doesn't mean that all orange peels can be turned into dried tangerine peel. Because of different varieties and different places of origin, orange peels that can be aged should be graded. Due to the different origins and types, the efficacy after aging is also very different. For example, there is a big gap between ordinary tangerine peel and Xinhui tangerine peel. Xinhui tangerine peel is much higher in efficacy and price than ordinary tangerine peel, which is the difference between citrus varieties and producing areas.
Therefore, dried tangerine peel is the top grade of dried tangerine peel made of Xinhui orange, which is what we said above. Moreover, only when the citrus peel is stored for more than three years, with the passage of time, the rich fruity acidity will decrease, and the old taste will gradually increase, which is suitable for eating and will have medicinal value.