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CITRUS AURANTIUM
ZHI SHI - ZHI KE - Chih Ko -
Immature Bitter Orange
Fructus Aurantii Immaturus
Lately, extracts of this herb have been used as a substitute for ephedra in weight loss products. There is no history in TCM of it's use in this way. Therefore, it's use as a weight-loss product is entirely speculative and experimental, from a traditional point of view.
Properties: Bitter and pungent, slightly cold in nature, and acts on the spleen, stomach and large intestine channels.
Actions: Disperses, purges, and moves qi downward. This herb can relieve Qi stagnation in the stomach and intestines, clear stagnant food and alleviate bloating. It's also used to promote Qi circulation to resolve masses. It is indicated for gastro-intestinal food retention, Qi stagnation, and distention, obstruction of normal flow of Qi by phlegm, oppressive chest, stiffmass in the stomach and other syndromes.
Effects: Relieving Qi stagnation, and food retention, resolving phlegm and masses.
Indications:
With rhubarb root, magnolia bark and other herbs for purging heat and relaxing the bowel
With hawthorn fruit, medicated leaven areca see for eliminating stagnant food, indigestion, anorexia and abdominal distention;
With scutellaria root, coptis rhizome for clearing heat, removing dampness to treat damp-heat in the large intestine, diarrhea, dysentery and abdominal pain.
With tangerine peel and fresh ginger for clearing phlegm, promoting Qi circulation, resolving masses to treat stagnation of phlegm-dampness, obstruction of Qi in the stomach, oppressive chest, anorexia, vomiting and hiccup
With cinnamom twig, mongolian snakegourd fruit for resolving phlegm, alleviating oppressed feeling in the chest, promoting Qi circulation and activating Yang,
Dosage and Administration: 3-10g.
Appendix: Nearly Mature Bitter Orange Fruit. (Zhi Ke) The drug is the nearly ripen fruit of Citrus aurantium L. and its cultivated variations. It is cleared or the pulp and used unprepared or stir baked. Its effects are the same as those of immature bitter orange, but its potency is slow and mild. The herb is good at promoting Qi circulation to alleviate Qi stagnation in the middle jiao, and indicated for Qi stagnation in the liver and stomach, gastro-abdominal distention and fullness, and other syndromes. Its dosage is 3-10g.
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