What are the benefits of drinking tangerine peel and Poria cocos soaked in water

Tangerine peel and Poria cocos are two traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, and both can be used to make tea. Tangerine peel is what we call orange peel, which has a good cough-relieving effect. There are many ways to eat Poria cocos. Soaking it in water and drinking it is the simplest way, and it has a good effect on weight loss. Later, some people soaked Poria cocos and tangerine peel in water and found that it not only helps lose weight but also strengthens the spleen and stomach. It is more suitable for obesity caused by heavy dampness. It should be noted that tangerine peel and poria are both medicinal materials, so you must pay attention to the dosage when consuming them. It is best to take them under the guidance of a professional doctor.

How to use tangerine peel and tuckahoe to lose weight :

1. One recipe : Astragalus, Poria, Tangerine Peel, Alisma Orientalis, Pinellia, and Raw Rhubarb.

This prescription replenishes Qi, strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness. It is suitable for obesity caused by Qi deficiency and severe phlegm.

Prescription 2 : Gentian, Centella asiatica, Artemisia capillaris, Gardenia jasminoides, Curcuma aromatica, Cassia tora, Alisma orientalis, and lotus leaf.

This prescription is used to treat obesity caused by phlegm and dampness turning into heat and liver heat rushing up, so as to clear the liver, promote bile secretion and resolve turbidity.

Three prescriptions : Horsetail root, Poria cocos, Atractylodes macrocephala, Honeysuckle vine, Cibotium bark, and raw rhubarb.

This prescription is suitable for obese people with dampness and heat accumulated in the stomach and intestines, to clear turbidity, eliminate dampness and promote bowel movements.

2. To treat obesity, high blood lipids, and those weighing about 85-90 kg, use 10 grams of lotus leaves, decoct in water and drink in winter. After dozens of doses, the weight can be reduced by about 6 kg, and those with high blood lipids can gradually return to normal. In summer, you can use fresh lotus leaves to cook porridge or use fresh lotus leaves instead of tea, both are effective.

3. 12 grams of almond, 15 grams of Stephania tetrandra, 20 grams of Alisma orientalis, 10 grams of white mustard seed, 20 grams of wax gourd peel, 20 grams of lotus leaf, 6 grams of ginseng, 10 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 20 grams of Astragalus, 10 grams of tangerine peel, 15 grams of raw Puhuang, 12 grams of Toosendan fruit, and 6 grams of white cardamom.

This prescription is mainly used to treat simple obesity in people with phlegm-damp constitution. Those with qi deficiency syndrome can also take it in the form of decoction or powder. It can be used for 3 consecutive months with an effective rate of 73.7%.

4. One prescription : Jiaoshanzhi, lotus leaf, Alisma orientalis, coix seed, Poria, Astragalus, Kelp, Tangerine peel, Radish seed, and Licorice.

For patients with prominent symptoms of salivation, add an appropriate amount of jasmine tea to the medicine. For patients with scanty menstruation and excessive leucorrhea, add safflower and curcuma. For obesity in the elderly, add processed Polygonum multiflorum and Viscum album. Take 10 doses of the above medicine, grind it into coarse powder, use appropriate amount of powder every day, add water to slightly boil it, and take it frequently as a drink. You can also put the powder in a thermos, fill it with boiling water the night before, and drink it the next day.

Second prescription : lotus leaf, turmeric, cassia seed, trichosanthes, kelp, seaweed, radix polygoni multiflori, radix rapae, bupleurum, oriental water plantain, rhizoma strychnifoliae, radix strychnifoliae, salvia miltiorrhiza, and licorice.

Take 10 doses of the above medicine, grind it into coarse powder, and boil 50-100 grams of the powder daily as a drink. You can also soak 10 grams of rhubarb in boiling water the night before, and take 50 ml on an empty stomach the next morning. You can also grind rhubarb into fine powder and swallow 3-6 grams every morning to eliminate phlegm.