Health Benefits and Effects of Drinking Water Infused with Sugar-Fried Tangerine Peel
Disease description:
I’ve been experiencing indigestion and poor gastrointestinal function recently. At home, I prepared a remedy by stir-frying orange peel with sugar and then steeping it in hot water, which I drank for two days. Could you please explain its specific therapeutic effects?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Shen Yonghua
Tangerine peel water with added sugar can be used as a dietary therapy. Tangerine peel—considered equivalent to aged tangerine peel (Chen Pi in Traditional Chinese Medicine)—helps strengthen the spleen, resolve phlegm, and promote diuresis. Sugar provides the body with supplemental carbohydrates. Thus, tangerine peel water with sugar may offer mild benefits for nourishing the spleen and stomach and aiding digestion and phlegm resolution. However, its medicinal constituents are minimal, and its therapeutic effects are very limited. Therefore, patients with medical conditions are advised to seek professional pharmaceutical treatment at a hospital. We hope this information is helpful to you. Wishing you good health!
