| English
Name |
| Dried
Tangerine Peel |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Dried
Tangerine Peel is the dried pericarp of the ripe fruit of
Citrus reticulate Blanco or its cultivars (Fam. Rutaceae) |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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| Main
Active Ingredient |
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Hesperidin
(C28H34O15) |
| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a cool and dry place, protected from mould and moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Chenpi
often peeled in several lobes connecting at the base, or in
irregular slices, 1-4 mm thick. Outer surface orange-red to
reddish-brown, with fine wrinkles and sunken oil cavity spots;
inner surface pale yellowish-white vein-like vascular bundles.
Texture slightly hard and fragile. Odour, aromatic; taste,
pungent and bitter.
Guang Chenpi often in three lobes connected at the base, regular
in shape and even in thickness, about 1 mm thick. The sunken
oil cavity spots relatively large, transparent when observed
against light. Texture slightly soft.
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ACTION |
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To regulate
the flow of qi, to invigorate the spleen function, to eliminate
damp, and to resolve phlegm. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Distension
and fullness sensation in the chest and epigastrium with anorexia,
vomiting and diarrhea; cough with copious phlegm. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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TIPS |
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