Can the red skin of peanuts be eaten

No matter how you eat peanuts, many people have the habit of peeling off the outer layer of the peanut skin, because this layer of red skin will affect the taste, and it is not crispy or sweet at all. On the contrary, it is bitter and astringent, which will affect the whole peanut. Therefore, many people think that the red outer skin of peanuts is not edible. On the contrary, this red outer skin can be used as medicine and will not harm the body if eaten appropriately.

[Nature and flavor and meridians] Sweet, astringent, neutral. Enters the lung, spleen and liver meridians.

[Effects] Nourishes blood and stops bleeding.

[Laboratory research] Peanut skins can resist the dissolution of fibrin, reduce bleeding, shorten coagulation time, promote bone marrow hematopoiesis, increase platelet content, improve platelet quality, improve coagulation factor defects without increasing coagulation factor levels, strengthen capillary contraction function, and have a significant therapeutic effect on bleeding and anemia caused by bleeding.

[Clinical Application] Bleeding caused by various reasons such as aplastic anemia, hemophilia, primary and secondary thrombocytopenic purpura, liver disease bleeding, postoperative bleeding, uterine functional bleeding, cancer bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, and pulmonary bleeding.

1. Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in children Purpura nephritis is a major type of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. The main clinical manifestations are often hematuria and varying degrees of proteinuria. It is often accompanied by skin purpura, gastrointestinal symptoms, joint pain and other manifestations. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the cause of this disease is damp heat and heat toxicity, or damp heat accumulated in the lower abdomen, which damages the blood vessels and causes poor water flow, resulting in hematuria, oliguria, and even edema. Heat toxins damage the kidneys, causing the kidneys to lose their ability to control their qi and spleen to be damaged, which can lead to the discharge of essence and varying degrees of proteinuria. Or it may be caused by external evil, and heat toxins may enter the blood, causing blood heat to run wild and blood not flowing through the meridians. We often use the empirical prescription: 15 grams of peanut skins, 30 grams of Imperata root, 10 grams of Verbena officinalis, boil them in water and drink them, which can clear away heat, detoxify and eliminate dampness, and assist in cooling blood, stopping bleeding and removing spots. Often good results are achieved.

2. For thrombocytopenic purpura, take 20 grams of peanut skins and 30 grams of small red dates, decocted in water and taken orally.

3. For leukopenia and anemia, fry 500 grams of peanut skins until fragrant, grind them into powder, fry them with 500 grams of glutinous rice flour until fragrant, mix them into fried rice flour, and add sugar. You can take it at will every day.

4. For aplastic anemia, take 10 grams of peanut skins, decocted in water. Take 3 times a day. Or take 6 grams each time, twice a day.

5. For chronic nephritis, take 40 grams each of peanuts with skins and red dates, decoct them into a soup and drink it instead of tea.

6. Chronic tracheitis (long-term cough due to lung deficiency or dry cough): 60 grams of peanut skin, boil in water for 10 hours, filter, concentrate to 100 ml, add sugar, and take twice a day