Chenpi
Traditional Chinese seasoning and medicine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chenpi, chen pi, or chimpi is sun-dried mandarin orange peel used as a traditional seasoning in Chinese cooking and traditional medicine. It is aged by storing them dry. The taste is first slightly sweet, but the aftertaste is pungent and bitter. According to Chinese herbology, its attribute is warm. Chenpi has a common name, ‘ju pi’ or mandarin orange peel.[1]
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Traditional Chinese | 陳皮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈皮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | preserved peel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gwo Pei | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 果皮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | fruit peel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 橘皮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 桔皮 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | mandarin orange peel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chenpi contains volatile oils which include the chemical compounds nobiletin, hesperidin, neohesperidin, tangeretin, citromitin, synephrine, carotene, cryptoxanthin, inositol, vitamin B1, and vitamin C.[2] Traditional Chinese herbal medicine uses the alcohol extracts of several citrus peels, including those extracted from mandarin orange and bitter orange.