Citrus Peel (Ju pi, Chen pi)
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
The aged peel of tangerine or mandarin orange.
Nature: Pungent and bitter, warm
Acts on the spleen and lung channels. promoting circulation of Qi
Eliminates dampness in the spleen and stomach and phlegm-dampness in the spleen and lung. It is often used to treat Qi stagnation, distention and fullness in the spleen and stomach, retention and stagnation of dampness in the middle Jiao
Used for cough and asthma due to excessive phlegm in the lung.
Indications: Used with aucklandia root, amomum fruit, nutgrass and other herbs for promoting circulation of Qi and normalizing the stomach, to treat gastro-abdominal distention, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea caused by Qi stagnation in the spleen and stomach;
Used with hawthorn fruit, medicated leaven, unripen bitter orange and other herbs for eliminating stagnated food, to treat dyspepsia, Qi stagnation, distention, acid regurgitation and indigestion; and
Used with dangshen, white atractylodes rhizome and other herbs for strengthening the spleen and supplementing Qi, to treat abdominal distention, anorexia and loose stool due to spleen deficiency.
Used in combination with pinellia tuber, poria and liquorica for strengthening the effects of eliminating dampness and phlegm, such as Erchen Decoction, to treat excessive cold-phlegm and damp-phlegm in the interior, cough, abundant expectoraion and asthma.
Used with atractylodes rhizome, magnolia bark and other herbs for eliminating dampness, relieving phlegm, disintegrating masses and removing food retention, such as Pingwei powder, to treat retention of dampness in the middle Jiao, vomiting, hiccup, diarrhea, oppressed feeling in the chest and greasy fur.
Dosage and Administration: 3-10g. .
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