Tangerine peel – chen pi

Orange peel (attached: orange network, turning into orange red)
[Medicinal Use] The ripe peel of Citruereticulate Blanco and its cultivated varieties.
[Nature, flavor and meridians] pungent, bitter, warm. Returns to the spleen and lung meridians.
[Efficacy] Promotes qi and removes distension, removes dampness and resolves phlegm, strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the heart.
[Clinical Application] 1. Used for chest and abdominal distension and other symptoms
Tangerine peel pungent powder has a warm and fragrant smell, is good at regulating qi, and can enter the spleen and lungs. Therefore, it can not only dispel blocked lung qi, but also promote qi in the middle. It is used for stagnation of lung qi, fullness of the chest and diaphragm, and stagnation of spleen and stomach qi. , epigastric distension and other symptoms. It is often used in combination with costus and citrus aurantium.
2. It is used for diseases such as dampness in the middle burner, epigastric distension, loose stools and diarrhea, and cough with excessive phlegm.
Orange peel is bitter, warm and dries dampness, and can invigorate the spleen and promote qi. Therefore, it is often used for diseases such as dampness obstruction in the middle burner, abdominal distension and stuffiness, loose stools and greasy coating. It can be used together with Atractylodes rhizome and Magnolia officinalis. It is also good at drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It is a commonly used medicine to treat dampness and phlegm blocking the lungs and coughs with excessive phlegm. It is often used together with pinellia and tuckahoe.
3. Used for spleen deficiency, reduced diet, indigestion, nausea and vomiting
This product can remove dampness and strengthen the spleen and appetite. It is suitable for diseases such as spleen and stomach weakness, reduced diet, indigestion, and diarrhea. It is often used in combination with ginseng, Atractylodes, Poria, etc. Because it can both invigorate the spleen and regulate qi, it is often used as an adjunct to qi-tonifying medicines, which can make it tonic without stagnation, and can prevent congestion and bloating.
In addition, orange peel can be used as a soothing agent and can treat gastric disorders, nausea and vomiting. If the stomach is cold and vomiting, it can be used together with ginger; if the stomach is hot and vomiting, it can be used together with Zhuru, Coptis and other medicines.
[Prescription name] Orange peel, tangerine peel, orange peel, Xinhui peel (wash, dry and chop), fried orange peel (stir-fried with bran)
[General dosage and usage] 1 to 3 qian, decoct and take.
[Additional medicine] 1. Orange collaterals: and the fascia on the orange flesh. (It is the vascular bundle group between the mesocarp and endocarp of tangerine). Bitter in nature and flavor, flat. It functions to dissolve phlegm, regulate qi and unblock meridians, and is suitable for symptoms such as phlegm stagnation in the meridians, cough, and pain in the chest and hypochondrium. The general dosage is one to one and a half qian, decoction and taken.
2. Turn orange into red: and the fruit of pomelo, a plant of the family Yuanxiang. Nature and flavor are bitter, pungent, and warm. Function: drying dampness and reducing phlegm, regulating qi and digesting food. It is suitable for coughs with excessive phlegm, as well as food accumulation, epigastric distension and pain. The general dosage is 3–10g, decoction and taken.
[Note] 1. Orange peel has a pungent taste and warm nature, and its aromatic odor enters the lungs and spleen. Pungent powder can relieve qi stagnation and is an important medicine for lung qi stagnation and spleen and stomach qi stagnation. It is bitter and warm and dries dampness, so it is very effective in treating dampness-blocked middle burns and coughs with excessive phlegm. It can also be used to treat hiccups and treat hiccups. It can strengthen the spleen, etc.
2. Orange peel is widely used clinically. “Gangmu” states that “the same as a tonic, it will nourish, the same as a laxative, it will cause diarrhea, the same as a rising medicine, it will rise, and the same as a descending medicine, it will fall.” However, the diseases it treats are all lung and spleen. It has two meridians, and its functions are to regulate qi, dry dampness, resolve phlegm and strengthen the spleen.
3. The ancients’ application of orange peel can be divided into orange-red and orange-white. Orange-red refers to the red outer layer of the orange peel, which is effective in drying dampness and resolving phlegm. Orange-white refers to the white inner layer, which has no harmful effects. , and can resolve dampness and harmonize the stomach. Now the Shanghai area is no longer differentiated.
[Literature excerpt] “Compendium of Materia Medica”: “The most important thing is to regulate qi and dry dampness. The same tonic medicine will make it tonic, the same laxative will make it purge, the same rising medicine will make it rise, and the same lowering medicine will make it fall. Which vitality of the spleen is known? “Mother, the lungs are the key to absorbing qi, so orange peel is the key to dividing qi into the two meridians, but it can be used to nourish, reduce, and lower the qi according to the combination.”
“Daily Materia Medica”: “It can disperse and purge, warm and tonify, eliminate diaphragmatic qi, resolve phlegm and saliva, harmonize the spleen and relieve coughs, and relieve the five stranguria.”
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Pin can be powdered, bitter can be purged, and warm can be passed through, then the inverse qi will be lowered, vomiting and coughing will stop, and the heat in the chest will disappear. The spleen is the organ that grinds things when moving, and qi stagnation means that water and grains cannot be digested. For symptoms such as vomiting, cholera, and diarrhea, the bitter temperature can cut the dampness in the spleen and cause the stagnant Qi to circulate, and all symptoms will be cured by themselves.”
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It has a pungent taste and is good at dispersing, so it can invigorate qi; it has a bitter taste in the stomach, so it can relieve phlegm; it has a calm temperature and is good at clearing out, so it can stop vomiting and coughing, and strengthen the spleen and stomach. Dong Yuan Said: Madam, the main focus is on the spleen and stomach, and regulating qi is the first priority in treating diseases. If you want to regulate qi and strengthen the spleen, the effect of orange peel is the first.”
Where are the main medicinal parts of tangerine peel?
Medicinal parts of tangerine peel: This product is the dried and mature peel of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. Characteristics of the parts of tangerine peel used as medicine: This product is in irregular strips or filaments. The outer surface is orange-red or reddish-brown, with fine wrinkles and concave dot-like oil chambers. The inner surface is light yellowish white, rough, with yellowish white or yellowish brown tendon-like vascular bundles.
How is tangerine peel recorded in ancient historical books?
“Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”: “It treats fatigue and heat in the chest and adverse qi. It can benefit water and grains. Take it for a long time to remove odor and reduce qi.”
“Famous Doctors”: “Reducing Qi and relieving vomiting and cough.” “The spleen cannot eliminate grains, and the qi rushes into the chest, causing vomiting and cholera to stop diarrhea.
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “Cures vomiting, nausea, noisy stomach, occasional vomiting of clear water, phlegm, cough, malaria, obstruction of stool, and breast cancer in women. Human food can detoxify fishy poison.”
Function and efficacy
Chenpi has the effects of regulating qi, strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and reducing phlegm.
What are the main functions and clinical applications of tangerine peel?
Tangerine peel is used for chest distension, vomiting and diarrhea after eating less, and cough with excessive phlegm.
Spleen and stomach qi stagnation syndrome:
It can be used to treat cold-dampness, spleen and stomach qi stagnation, epigastric distension and pain, vomiting and diarrhea, etc. It is often used together with Atractylodes, Magnolia officinalis and Licorice.
To treat qi stagnation caused by food, Yue can be combined with hawthorn, Shenqu, malt, etc. Abdominal distension and pain,
To treat spleen deficiency and qi stagnation, abdominal pain and indigestion, it can be used with ginseng, atractylodes, and poria.
It is often used together with ginger to treat nausea and vomiting due to stagnation of qi in the middle burner and gastric insufficiency.
Cough with phlegm:
To treat dampness-phlegm cough, it is often combined with Pinellia ternata;
To treat cold phlegm and cough, it is often used with dried ginger, asarum, and Schisandra chinensis.
What other benefits does tangerine peel have?
Commonly used medicinal recipes for tangerine peel are as follows:
Stagnation of spleen and stomach qi and dampness, distension and distention in the abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea due to lack of food
·This product has a pungent aroma, warms and relieves bitter dryness, enters the spleen and stomach meridian, and has the functions of promoting qi, removing distension and drying dampness. Therefore, it is a good product to treat abdominal distension, vomiting and diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach qi stagnation and dampness resistance. It is suitable for It is most suitable for people with cold-dampness blocking the middle burner.
For those with mild spleen and stomach qi stagnation, it can be used alone; for those with severe qi stagnation, it can be used with Acosta and Zhishi; for those with cold-dampness stagnation in the spleen and stomach, it can be used with Atractylodes and Magnolia officinalis, such as Pingwei Powder; for those with qi stagnation due to food, For those with epigastric distension and pain, it can be used with hawthorn, Shenqu, etc., such as Baohe Pills; for those with spleen deficiency and qi stagnation, poor appetite, and abdominal distension after eating, it can be used with ginseng, Atractylodes, and Poria, such as Yi Gong Powder.
Vomiting, hiccups
·This product has a bitter and subduing nature. “Famous Doctors” states that it “lowers Qi and relieves vomiting”. “Compendium of Materia Medica” states that it “treats vomiting, regurgitation, noisy stomach, and occasional vomiting of water”, so it is a good product for treating vomiting and hiccups. .
For those who are cold, it can be ground into powder alone, or it can be combined with ginger, such as orange peel soup; for those who are hot, it can be combined with bamboo root, gardenia, etc.; if it is mixed with deficiency and excess and there is heat, it can be combined with ginseng, bamboo root, jujube, etc. , such as orange peel and bamboo soup.
Damp phlegm and cold phlegm, cough with excessive phlegm
·This product is bitter and warm, good at drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and can regulate qi and widen the chest. It is an important medicine for treating damp phlegm and cold phlegm.
To treat damp cough, it is often used together with Pinellia ternata and Poria cocos, such as Erchen Decoction (“Heji Bureau Prescription”); to treat cold phlegm cough, it can be used equally with dried ginger, Asarum, and Pinellia ternata.
Chest paralysis
This product has pungent and warming properties, enters the lungs and travels through the chest, and can promote qi, relieve numbness and relieve pain. To treat chest pain caused by phlegm and Qi obstruction, air blockage in the chest, and shortness of breath, it can be combined with Zhishi, ginger, etc., such as Orange Peel Zhishi Ginger Decoction.
What are the compound preparations containing tangerine peel?
Shedan Chenpi Powder/tablet/capsule: regulates qi and resolves phlegm, expels wind and soothes the stomach. It is used for phlegm blocking the lungs, stomach disorder, cough, and vomiting. Shuganpingwei Pill: soothes the liver and harmonizes the stomach, resolves dampness and guides stagnation. It is used for chest and hypochondrium fullness, epigastric pain, noisy belching, sour vomiting, and irregular stools caused by disharmony of the liver and stomach and obstruction of dampness and turbidity.
·Xiangsha Pingwei Pill: strengthens the stomach, relieves qi, and relieves pain. Used for gastrointestinal weakness, indigestion, chest fullness and tightness, stomach pain and vomiting. Baohe Pills: eliminate food, guide stagnation, and harmonize the stomach. It is used for food stagnation, abdominal distension, rottenness, soreness, and lack of desire to eat. .
Erchen Wan: dry dampness and resolve phlegm, regulate qi and harmonize the stomach. It is used for cough with excessive phlegm, chest and epigastrium distention, nausea and vomiting caused by phlegm-dampness stagnation.
Compound Chenxiangwei Tablets: promotes qi and calms the stomach, reduces acidity and relieves pain. It is used for epigastric pain, abdominal fullness, belching and acid swallowing caused by stagnation of spleen and stomach qi; stomach and duodenal ulcers and chronic gastritis with the above syndromes.
·Pingwei Powder: removes dampness and nourishes the spleen, promotes qi and harmonizes the stomach. It mainly treats dampness stagnation in the spleen and stomach.
·Liujunzi Decoction: Replenishes qi and strengthens the spleen, removes dampness and resolves phlegm. It mainly treats spleen and stomach qi deficiency and phlegm-dampness syndrome. Lack of food, constipation, chest tightness, vomiting, etc.
·Erchen Decoction: removes dampness and resolves phlegm, regulates Qi and harmonizes the mind. Cure damp phlegm cough.
Modern research progress on tangerine peel
This product has various pharmacological effects such as regulating gastrointestinal motility, promoting gastric juice secretion, anti-ulcer, liver protection, choleretic, anti-allergic, lowering blood lipids, anti-platelet aggregation, antioxidant, phlegm dispelling, antiasthmatic, antibacterial, and anti-tumor.
How to use
Tangerine peel has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It can be taken in decoction, soaked in water, cooked in porridge or soup. But no matter which method is used, it needs to be taken according to the doctor’s instructions.
How to use tangerine peel correctly?
Dried tangerine peel is generally taken in decoction and decoction. It can also be made into powder or pills. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, let alone listen to traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
When tangerine peel decoction is taken orally, the usual dosage is 6~10g.
Common Chinese medicine combinations are as follows:
Tangerine peel with Pinellia ternata: Tangerine peel can regulate qi, strengthen the spleen, dry dampness and resolve phlegm; Pinellia ternata can dry dampness and resolve phlegm. The two medicines are compatible with each other and have strong ability to dry dampness and resolve phlegm. They can be used for syndromes such as phlegm-dampness, bardo, lung arrest and other syndromes.
In addition, tangerine peel can also be used for daily health care. Commonly used methods of consumption are as follows:
Make tea: Use tangerine peel to make tea, suitable for people with spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension, indigestion, loss of appetite, cough and phlegm. Soup (Old Duck Stew with Tangerine Peel and Green Radish): Use 20 grams of tangerine peel, 600 grams of green radish, 1 gutted old duck. Put the prepared ingredients into the pot, boil it over high heat first, then simmer over low heat for about two and a half hours. Finally, add an appropriate amount of salt, green onions, and ginger. It has the effect of clearing away heat from the lungs and moisturizing the throat. Generally, everyone can put a little tangerine peel in when making soup at home, which is suitable for people with stagnation of spleen and stomach Qi, cough with phlegm, epigastric distension and pain, etc.
Stir-fried vegetables: When stir-frying meat or stew, add a little tangerine peel to it, which has the effect of widening the chest, regulating qi, drying dampness and reducing phlegm.
Note: Tangerine peel has a certain effect of drying dampness. People with qi deficiency, dry cough, and stomach fire should not eat more. Generally, people can eat it once a week and should not take it for a long time.
When consuming tangerine peel, please note that tangerine peel has an impact on medicinal enzymes. Patients who are taking medication should not eat too much. They should seek advice from a traditional Chinese medicine doctor before eating.
How to prepare tangerine peel?
Tangerine peel: Take the raw medicinal materials, remove impurities, spray water, moisten, cut into shreds, dry and fry in the shade. Tangerine peel: take the clean shredded tangerine peel, place it in a frying container, heat it over a slow fire, stir-fry until the color deepens and the aroma escapes, take it out. Let cool.
Which drugs require special attention when using tangerine peel at the same time?
The combined use of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese and Western medicine requires syndrome differentiation and clinical individualized treatment. If you are using other medicines, please consult your doctor before taking the medicine, and inform the doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and the treatment plans you are receiving.
Medication instructions
Tangerine peel powder is pungent and dry. It is warm and can help heat. It has a red tongue and less fluid. People with excessive internal heat should use it with caution.
What precautions should be taken when using tangerine peel?
People with qi deficiency, body dryness, yin deficiency, dryness, cough, vomiting blood, and excess heat should be careful when taking tangerine peel.
·This product is pungent, bitter and dry, and the warmth can help heat. The tongue is red and less fluid, and those with excess heat should use it with caution.
It should not be used by those with qi deficiency and yin deficiency, dryness and cough.
·Use with caution in patients with vomiting blood.
Taking too much for a long time damages one’s vitality.
Pregnant and lactating women: If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding, please inform your doctor in time and ask whether you can treat it with traditional Chinese medicine.
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·Children: Medication for children must be done under the guidance of a doctor and adult supervision.
·Dietary taboos: Avoid cold, sticky, and phlegm-producing foods.
Please keep the medicinal materials properly and do not give the medicinal materials you use to others.
How to identify and use tangerine peel?
·Tangerine peel: It is the dry and mature peel of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. The medicinal properties of tangerine peel are bitter, pungent, and warm, and it returns to the lung and spleen meridians. This product mainly contains volatile oil, flavones or flavonoids, organic amines and trace elements. It has the functions of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and reducing phlegm.
able. It is used for abdominal distension, vomiting and diarrhea after eating less, and cough with excessive phlegm. ·Orange: It is the dried outer peel of the Rutaceae plant Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. Nature and flavor are pungent, bitter, warm; returns to spleen and lung meridian. Functions: regulate qi, remove dampness and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for coughs with excessive phlegm, excessive food and alcohol, and nausea and vomiting. Decoct and take, 3~10g. ·Citrus reticulata Blanco: The dried and mature seeds of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. Bitter in nature and flavor, neutral: returns to liver and kidney meridians. Functions: regulating qi, dispersing stagnation, and relieving pain. It is suitable for hernia pain, testicular swelling and pain, mastitis, etc. Decoct and take, 3~9g. ·Citrus reticulata Blanco: It is a group of fiber bundles between the mesocarp and endocarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. The nature and flavor are sweet, bitter and flat. Returns to the liver and lung meridians. Functions: promoting qi and unblocking collaterals, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It is suitable for chest pain, cough, and excessive phlegm caused by phlegm stagnation in the meridians. Decoct and take 3~5g.
·Citrus reticulata Blanco: It is the leaves of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. Nature and flavor are pungent, bitter, and flat. Returns to liver meridian. Function: Soothe the liver and promote qi, dissipate stagnation and reduce swelling. It is suitable for flank pain, mastitis, breast lumps, etc. Decoct and take, 6~10g. Orange red: It is the immature or nearly mature outer peel of the Rutaceae plant Citrus grandis ‘Tomentosa’ or Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. The former is commonly known as “Mao Juhong”, and the latter is commonly known as “Light Seven Claws” and “Light Five Claws”. Nature and flavor are pungent, bitter, warm; returns to the lungs and meridians. Functions: regulate qi, remove dampness and resolve phlegm. It is suitable for coughs with excessive phlegm, excessive food and alcohol, nausea and nausea, etc. Decoct and take, 3~6g.