This product is the peel of young or immature fruits of orange (Citrus reticulata Blanco) and its cultivated varieties. The origin is the same as tangerine peel. From May to June, the young fruits that have fallen off are collected and dried in the sun, called "green tangerine peel". From July to August, the immature fruits are harvested, cut into four petals lengthwise on the peel to the base, dried in the sun, and then dried. It is called "four-flowered green tangerine peel". Use raw or roasted in vinegar.

[Property]

bitter and acrid, warm. Act on liver, gallbladder and stomach channels.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

Soothing liver and regulating qi, eliminating accumulation and stagnation.

[Indications]

1. It is used for all syndromes of liver qi stagnation. This product is pungent, dispersing and warming. It relieves bitterness and relieves pain by soothing the liver and regulating qi. To treat liver depression and distending pain in the chest and ribs, it can be used with Bupleurum, Curcuma Root, Cyperus, etc. To treat distending pain or lumps in the breast, Bupleurum, Thunberg Fritillary Bulb, tangerine leaf, etc. can be used. To treat swelling and pain in acute mastitis, Trichosanthis Fruit peel, Lonicera, Dandelion, etc. can be used. To treat cold abdominal colic pain, it is often used with Lindera, Fennel, Aucklandia Root, such as Heavenly Platform Lindera Powder.
2. For food accumulation abdominal pain. This product is pungent and bitter, and has the effect of removing accumulation and stagnation, lowering stomach qi, and moving qi to relieve pain. Treat food accumulation qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness pain, often used with hawthorn fruit, Medicated Leaven, Germinated Barley, To enhance the effect of eliminating accumulation and stagnation, such as green tangerine peel pills in "Shen Shi Zunsheng Shu". If the qi stagnation is severe, it can be paired with Aucklandia Root, Areca Seed or Immature Orange Fruit, Rhubarb Rhizoma Same as used. In addition, its ability to break up qi and dissipate stagnation can be used to treat stagnation and blood stasis, abdominal mass, consumptive malaria, etc., and is often used with Sparganium Rhizome and Zedoary Rhizome, Salvia etc. can be used.

[Documentation]

1. Bencao Tujing: "Dominant qi stagnation, lowering food, breaking accumulated knots and diaphragmatic qi."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Treatment of chest and diaphragm qi Counterflow, chest pain, lower abdominal hernia, breast swelling, soothing liver and gallbladder, diarrhea lung qi."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3~10g. Vinegar, soothing liver, has strong analgesic effect.

[Modern Pharmacology]

The main ingredients contained in this product are similar to those of tangerine peel, but the content of paraphenyl is higher than that of tangerine peel. The volatile oil contained in this product has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, can promote the secretion of digestive juices and eliminate gas accumulation in the intestines. Its decoction can inhibit intestinal smooth muscle and have an antispasmodic effect. This effect is stronger than Dried Tangerine Peel. This product has a relaxing effect on the smooth muscle of the gallbladder and has a choleretic effect. Its volatile oil has dispelling phlegm and antiasthmatic effects. Intravenous injection of its injection has a significant boosting effect, and has a significant positive effect on the excitability, contractility, conductivity and autonomic properties of the myocardium.