What are the nature, flavor and meridians of tangerine peel?

Friends who have some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine know that there is a thing called tangerine peel among Chinese medicinal materials. In fact, it is very common in our lives, but many people don’t know much about it. In fact, tangerine peel is made from orange peel, and you can make it yourself at home. So from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, what are the properties and meridians of tangerine peel?

The nature, flavor, meridians and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine tangerine peel

Tangerine peel's nature and flavor: spicy, bitter, warm. It enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians.

Tangerine peel effects: regulates Qi and harmonizes the middle, dries up dampness and resolves phlegm, promotes diuresis and relieves constipation.

Tangerine peel is mainly used to treat: spleen and stomach disharmony, abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, vomiting and hiccups, phlegm and dampness blocking the lungs, cough with excessive sputum, chest fullness and stuffiness, dizziness, edema, difficulty urinating, constipation, breast abscess, tinea, fish and crab poisoning, and alcohol poisoning.

Effects of Chinese medicine tangerine peel

1. Anti-inflammatory effect

2. Expectorant effect

3. Improve cardiovascular function

4. It has a significant inhibitory effect on gastrointestinal smooth muscle

Application of the efficacy of Chinese medicine tangerine peel (for reference only)

1. Traditional Chinese medicine tangerine peel regulates qi and harmonizes the stomach. Tangerine peel has a fragrant aroma and warm nature, is pungent and dispersing, bitter and descending, and is good at regulating qi stagnation, harmonizing the spleen and stomach, drying out dampness, and relieving bloating. It is an important medicine for treating qi stagnation and dampness obstruction in the spleen and stomach, and therefore is often used for symptoms such as spleen and stomach disharmony, abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, vomiting and hiccups. For those with indigestion, stomach disharmony and descending, abdominal distension and pain, belching and vomiting, it can be combined with hawthorn, Shenqu, Pinellia, etc. If dampness and turbidity block the middle, the spleen and stomach qi are stagnant, the epigastric and abdominal distension and pain, poor appetite and loose stools, it is often used with Atractylodes lancea, Magnolia officinalis and Licorice to dry out dampness, strengthen the spleen and stomach; if the spleen is deficient and qi is stagnant, the symptoms include abdominal pain that likes to be pressed, loss of appetite, and abdominal distension after eating, it is appropriate to use it together with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, etc. to replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and regulate the middle; if the spleen deficiency and qi stagnation are more severe, food cannot be digested, and there is abdominal distension, it can be used with Citrus aurantium and Atractylodes macrocephala to strengthen the spleen, eliminate accumulation and relieve distension.

2. Chinese medicine tangerine peel can dry out dampness and resolve phlegm. Tangerine peel is pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking, with a fragrant and dry aroma. It can not only relieve stagnation of lung qi, but also dry out dampness and resolve phlegm. Therefore, it is often used for symptoms such as phlegm and dampness blocking the lungs, cough with excessive sputum, chest fullness and stuffiness, and dizziness. For those with phlegm and dampness blocking the lungs, which causes the lungs to fail to descend and cough with excessive phlegm, and chest tightness, it is often used with Pinellia ternata and Poria cocos to dry out dampness, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. If it is used to treat cold phlegm and retained fluid, chest tightness and cough, it is appropriate to use it together with dried ginger, Alpinia galanga, etc. to warm the middle, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Reference for dosage of Chinese herbal medicine tangerine peel

Patients with Qi deficiency and dry body, Yin deficiency and dry cough, vomiting blood, and internal heat should take it with caution. Dosage: 6-10g