Can I eat tangerine peel if I have a cold body? What should I pay attention to when eating if I have a cold body?

Cold body means cold constitution. Generally speaking, we should eat more warm food, less cold food and keep warm. Tangerine peel is made of orange peel and has certain medicinal value. So can we eat tangerine peel if we have cold body? What should we pay attention to when eating it?

Can I eat tangerine peel if I have a cold body?

You can eat tangerine peel.

Tangerine peel is also called Guangpi, Guangjubai, orange peel, Ganpi, etc. It is spicy, warm in nature, non-toxic, and can remove odors, relieve gas, and soothe the spirits after long-term consumption. Tangerine peel itself is warm in nature, and eating tangerine peel will not cause body coldness. On the contrary, people with yin deficiency and excessive fire should use less tangerine peel, as eating too much can easily cause internal heat.

Eating tangerine peel regularly can help relieve symptoms such as abdominal distension, belching, nausea and vomiting caused by stagnation of qi in the spleen and stomach. For people who are prone to motion sickness, you can also prepare some to smell when you are in the car to help relieve dizziness. In addition, tangerine peel can clean the intestines, promote qi and relieve constipation. It can cure coughs, eliminate food stagnation, maintain beauty, and cure colds, etc.

Tangerine peel and Pu'er tea are very popular now. They can help people with cold and damp constitutions expel dampness. However, dampness can be divided into cold and dampness, damp-heat, phlegm and other types. Tangerine peel and cooked Pu'er are both warm in nature. People with damp-heat constitutions will not only have no effect after drinking them, but will aggravate their irritability.

What should you pay attention to when eating if you have a cold?

Generally speaking, people with cold body should avoid eating raw and cold food. Most fruits are cold in nature. For those with weak constitution, they should pay special attention to eating less raw and cold food. The spleen governs blood and transports and transforms, which is the foundation of acquired constitution. The spleen likes dryness and hates dampness. It is afraid of raw food, coldness, and overeating. Otherwise, it will damage the spleen and stomach functions.

Pay attention to these foods

(1) Foods that are cold in nature and can easily damage the yang energy of the spleen and stomach, such as buckwheat, oats, mung beans, tofu, spinach, water spinach, eggplant, black fungus, day lily, lettuce, winter melon, celery, amaranth, wild rice stem, cucumber, bitter melon, watermelon, persimmon, banana, loquat, pear, peach, etc.

(2) Foods that are thick and greasy, difficult to digest, and that can easily hinder the functioning of the spleen and stomach, such as pork, duck, turtle, oyster meat, glutinous rice, etc.

(3) Foods that can invigorate the body and aid digestion but can damage vital energy and aggravate coldness, such as hawthorn, radish, allium macrostemon, and coriander, should be avoided if possible.

The spleen is afraid of cold, and people with cold and dampness in their bodies generally have bad spleen and stomach. So first of all, people with cold body should go to bed early. Secondly, the spleen and stomach don't like cold, and they will go on strike when it gets cold, so it is recommended not to eat cold things, and you should drink warm water at ordinary times. If you have a cold body, you can drink honey ginger soup, and soak your feet more often. Pay attention to self-protection measures, and generally the cold body constitution can still be adjusted.

Why do we feel cold?

1. Caused by disease

The so-called long-term illness causes physical weakness. People who are ill for a long time are prone to insufficient yang energy and poor circulation of qi and blood. Because the disease causes excessive damage to the human body and the body is not properly recuperated, it will naturally cause coldness in the body.

2. Poor blood circulation in the body

When the organs in the body begin to age, such as the decline of heart function, the blood cannot meet the needs of every part of the body, and the chill phenomenon will naturally occur. Anemia and poor blood circulation will also lead to poor circulation in the extremities of the human body, which will then cause chills.

3. Insufficient Yang Qi in the body

In traditional Chinese medicine, Yang Qi is the basis for maintaining life. It has the functions of warming the body, promoting the circulation of Qi and blood, and protecting the body from diseases. When the body's Yang Qi is insufficient, it will cause chills and body coldness. Traditional Chinese medicine even believes that insufficient Yang Qi can cause pain.

4. Postnatal diet causes

First, acquired bad eating habits, such as excessive consumption of raw and cold food, partiality, dieting, etc., can easily damage the gastrointestinal tract, and on the other hand, lead to insufficient calories and sub-health. Secondly, bad mood, love of smoking and drinking, lack of exercise and other habits can also cause physical weakness and fear of cold.