This product is the peel of the young or immature fruit of the orange (Citrus reticulata Blanco) and its cultivated varieties. The origin is the same as tangerine peel. The young fruits that have naturally fallen are collected between May and June, then dried, and are referred to as "individual green tangerine peel." The immature fruits are harvested between July and August, and the peel is longitudinally cut into four segments to the base, then dried, commonly known as "four-flowered green tangerine peel." It is used raw or processed with vinegar.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

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

bubble_chart Efficacy

Soothing the liver and regulating qi, dispersing stagnation and resolving accumulation.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for various syndromes of liver qi stagnation. This product is acrid and dispersing, warm and unblocking, bitter and descending, thus achieving the effects of soothing the liver and regulating qi, dispersing stagnation, and relieving pain. For treating chest and hypochondriac distending pain due to liver depression, it can be combined with Bupleurum, Curcuma Root, Cyperus, etc. For treating breast distending pain or lumps, it can be combined with Bupleurum, Thunberg Fritillary Bulb, tangerine leaf, etc. For treating swelling and pain of acute mastitis, it can be combined with Trichosanthis Fruit peel, Lonicera, Dandelion, etc. For treating cold abdominal colic pain, it is often used with Lindera, Fennel, Aucklandia Root, etc., such as Heavenly Platform Lindera Powder.
2. Used for food accumulation abdominal pain. This product is acrid and moving, bitter and descending, warm and unblocking, and has the effects of eliminating accumulation and stagnation, harmonizing and descending stomach qi, and moving qi to relieve pain. For treating food accumulation qi stagnation, epigastric distension and fullness pain, it is often combined with hawthorn fruit, Medicated Leaven, Germinated Barley, etc., to enhance the effects of eliminating accumulation and stagnation, such as the green tangerine peel pill in "Shen's Zunsheng Book". If qi stagnation is severe, it can be combined with Aucklandia Root, Areca Seed, or Immature Orange Fruit, Rhubarb Rhizoma, etc. In addition, taking its effects of breaking qi and dispersing stagnation, it can be used for abdominal mass due to qi stagnation and blood stasis, consumptive malaria lumps, etc., often combined with Sparganium Rhizome, Zedoary Rhizome, Salvia, etc.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bencao Tujing: "Stagnant qi, promotes digestion, breaks accumulations and resolves diaphragm qi."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Treats chest and diaphragm qi counterflow, chest pain, lower abdominal hernia pain, reduces breast swelling, soothes liver and gallbladder, purges lung qi."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 3-10g. Vinegar-fried for soothing the liver, with strong pain-relieving effects.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

The main components contained in this product are similar to those in tangerine peel, but it contains a higher level of synephrine compared to tangerine peel. The volatile oils in this product have a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, promoting the secretion of digestive juices and the expulsion of intestinal gas. Its decoction can inhibit the smooth muscle of the intestines, exhibiting an antispasmodic effect, which is stronger than that of dried tangerine peel. This product has a relaxing effect on the smooth muscle of the gallbladder, promoting bile secretion. Its volatile oils have expectorant and antiasthmatic effects. Intravenous injection of its injection has a significant blood pressure-raising effect, with a pronounced positive impact on myocardial excitability, contractility, conductivity, and automaticity.