What are the effects and functions of Exocarpium Citri Grandis? This article explains it clearly for you

Exocarpium Citri Grandis, also known as Huazhou tangerine peel, Yunpi, Yunhong, etc., is the dried outer peel of the tangerine and its cultivated varieties, plants of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae. It is distributed in Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places. Used as medicine, it has the effects of regulating qi and relieving chest distension, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and has a therapeutic effect on cough with profuse phlegm, food stagnation and alcohol damage, nausea and chest oppression. Let us now take a look at the effects and functions of Exocarpium Citri Grandis!

The medicinal effects of Exocarpium Citri Grandis

[Nature and flavor] Pungent and bitter in flavor, warm in nature.

[Meridian entry] Lung and spleen meridians.

[Effects] Regulates qi and relieves chest distension, dries dampness and resolves phlegm. It mainly treats cough with profuse phlegm, food stagnation and alcohol damage, nausea and chest oppression. It should not be taken by those with dry cough due to yin deficiency or chronic cough with qi deficiency.

Related discussions on Exocarpium Citri Grandis

1. "Yixue Qiyuan": Regulates the qi in the chest and lungs.

2. "Gangmu": Directs qi downward and disperses phlegm.

3. "Bencao Hui": Can eliminate cold and promote sweating.

The pharmacological effects of Exocarpium Citri Grandis

1. Analgesic effect: The naringin contained in Exocarpium Citri Grandis has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

2. Anti-inflammatory effect: Intraperitoneal injection of naringin from Exocarpium Citri Grandis can reduce formaldehyde-induced paw swelling in mice, and intravenous injection of naringin can inhibit the increase in rat capillary permeability caused by leukotaxine.

3. Anti-aging effect: Exocarpium Citri Grandis has an anti-aging effect, can scavenge oxygen free radicals, and has an antioxidant and anti-aging effect on the human body.

4. Other effects: The flavonoids contained in Exocarpium Citri Grandis have functions such as lowering cholesterol, reducing capillary fragility, protecting the cardiovascular system, and promoting blood circulation.

Medicinal prescriptions of Exocarpium Citri Grandis

1. To treat gastric upset with watery vomiting: Grind true tangerine peel (with the white part removed) into powder. At the fifth watch, place five fen in the palm and lick it, then go to sleep.

2. To treat unfavorable spleen qi and difficult urination after childbirth: Grind Exocarpium Citri Grandis into powder. Take two qian per dose on an empty stomach, swallowed with warm wine.

3. To treat heart pain while traveling: Tangerine peel (with the white part removed), decoct and drink the clear liquid; it is very effective.

4. To treat wind-phlegm numbness: One jin of Exocarpium Citri Grandis, five bowls of counter-flow water. Boil until soft, remove the dregs, then continue boiling down to one bowl. Take it all at once to induce vomiting. If there is no vomiting, add melon stalk powder.

5. To treat disorders caused by phlegm-fluid retention, such as vomiting with a sensation of nausea, dizziness and palpitations, or discomfort in the middle energizer; or alternating chills and fever, or disharmony of the spleen and stomach due to eating raw and cold foods: Pinellia (washed with hot water seven times) and Exocarpium Citri Grandis five liang each, white Poria three liang, and honey-fried Licorice one and a half liang. Cut the above into fine pieces. Take four qian per dose, with one cup of water, seven slices of fresh ginger, and one black plum, decoct together down to six fen, remove the dregs and take warm, regardless of the time.