Pomelo Peel and Ginger Tea

Why people make this tea

A friend back from travelling brought me some sugar-preserved pomelo peel and a fingered citron. The candied pomelo peel comes in strips you can dice and eat like a sweet preserve. Pomelo peel is traditionally used to resolve phlegm, ease a cough, regulate the qi and relieve discomfort. Candied pomelo peel is traditionally taken for travel-sickness queasiness and vomiting, or for a sluggish, off-feeling stomach during a cold. This pomelo peel and ginger tea is traditionally used to warm the centre, resolve phlegm, aid digestion and settle nausea — a gentle helper for an upset stomach.