What are the benefits and contraindications of drinking water infused with orange peel?

Orange peel is a traditional Chinese medicine, and is also commonly used as a seasoning in folk practice. It has effects such as regulating qi, strengthening the stomach, resolving phlegm, and stopping vomiting, and has no particular adverse side effects. Precisely because of these benefits of orange peel, along with its simple availability and low cost, some people like to directly brew orange peel in water to drink as tea. Below, let us take a look together at the benefits and contraindications of drinking water infused with orange peel!

The benefits of drinking water infused with orange peel

1. Drinking water infused with orange peel has effects such as moistening the lungs, strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, quenching thirst, and soothing qi, and people of any age can drink it.

2. Orange peel water can treat colds. When you have a cold, you can brew orange peel in water to drink, and it has a very remarkable effect on symptoms such as colds and fever.

3. The abundant vitamin P in orange peel can effectively prevent and control high blood pressure, and drinking orange peel water is very beneficial to the health of middle-aged and elderly people.

4. Orange peel water also has a good effect on patients with indigestion, and patients with nausea and vomiting will also have their symptoms eased after taking orange peel tea.

The contraindications of drinking water infused with orange peel

1. People with excessive stomach acid must not take orange peel water. Orange peel has a certain drying-dampness effect. If someone has stomach fire, qi deficiency, or dry cough, they must absolutely not drink too much water infused with orange peel.

3. Drinking orange peel water is prohibited while taking medication. Medicine is a special chemical substance containing many complex elements, and orange peel has a certain effect on drug-metabolizing enzymes, so those who have taken medicine should try to avoid drinking orange peel water.

4. Pregnant women should take it with caution. Pregnant women are a very special group. Although orange peel has a very good cold-resisting effect on the body, the medicinal effects of orange peel will have a certain adverse impact on the fetus, so pregnant women must not drink water infused with orange peel.

Extended: Practical uses of orange peel

1. Orange peel can be used to repel mosquitoes in summer. Lighting dried orange peel can achieve the effect of driving away mosquitoes and flies.

2. Soaking orange peel in hot water and using it to wash your hair is like using a high-quality hair conditioner; the hair will become smooth and soft.

3. Putting orange peel in a washbasin can release a fresh fragrance, and can also moisturize the skin and prevent and control dry skin.

4. Putting orange peel in the refrigerator, its fresh scent can eliminate odors.

5. Soaking orange peel in water to compost it, then adding it to potting soil as fertilizer, produces no unpleasant smell, and the fertilizer effect is also long-lasting.

6. Soaking orange peel in water and applying it to pets' bodies can remove fleas and lice.

7. Adding some orange peel when steaming fish at home can remove the fishy smell.