What are the effects of fried bitter orange?

Stir-fried Citrus aurantium with bran is a kind of plant Chinese medicine, which is generally common in the mountains. The medicinal effect of stir-fried Citrus aurantium with bran is very large. Taking stir-fried Citrus aurantium with bran can relieve gastrointestinal diseases of the human body, and can also treat indigestion and gastrointestinal diseases. It is a very good medicinal material for the human body. It can also effectively relieve diseases such as difficulty in defecation and long-term constipation. It also has good health care effects on the human body.

Effects and functions of fried bitter orange

It is the dried young fruit of the Rutaceae plant sour orange and its cultivated varieties or sweet orange. It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Jiangsu and other places. Collect the fallen fruits between May and June, cut them in half from the middle, and dry them in the sun or at low temperature. The smaller ones can be directly dried in the sun or at low temperature. When using, wash, soak, cut into thin slices and dry. Use raw or stir-fried with bran.

[Nature and flavor and meridians] Bitter, pungent, sour, warm. It enters the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians.

[Effects and indications] ① Breaking up Qi and relieving abdominal distension: This product is pungent in nature and bitter in nature, and is good at breaking up Qi and relieving abdominal distension, eliminating accumulation and relieving stagnation. Used for food accumulation syndrome, gastrointestinal heat stagnation and qi stagnation syndrome. This product can also promote qi circulation to help activate blood circulation and relieve pain. It is used together with red peony root, angelica, motherwort, etc. to treat abdominal pain caused by postpartum blood stasis. ② Resolving phlegm and eliminating accumulation: This product can promote qi and resolve phlegm to eliminate stagnation, break up qi, eliminate fullness and relieve pain. It is used for chest and abdominal distension caused by phlegm stagnation, chest pain, chest congestion, etc. It is often used in combination with Allium macrostemon, cinnamon twig, and Trichosanthes kirilowii for treating chest pain. For the treatment of phlegm-heat in the chest, it can be used together with Coptis chinensis, Pinellia ternata, and Trichosanthes kirilowii.

[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 3-9g, large amount can be used up to 30g. It becomes milder after frying.

【Precautions】Use with caution in pregnant women.

Effects of fried bitter orange

Bidirectional regulation of gastrointestinal smooth muscle function.

It has a dual function on gastrointestinal smooth muscle. It can not only excite the gastrointestinal tract and enhance peristalsis, but also reduce the tension of intestinal smooth muscle and relieve spasms. Its decoction can excite gastric smooth muscle when administered intragastrically, and inhibit isolated intestinal smooth muscle, significantly reducing its tension and inhibiting its contraction. This product has an inhibitory effect on intestinal smooth muscle at high concentrations, and a short-term inhibitory effect on intestinal smooth muscle at low concentrations, followed by an excitatory effect.

Regulation of the uterus.

Its water decoction has a significant stimulating effect on the isolated or in vivo uterus of rabbits, and on the pregnant or non-pregnant uterus. Both contraction force and tension are enhanced, and even tetanic contraction occurs.

Its bioalkalis have a contractile effect on the rabbit's uterus, and removing these bioalkalis will cause the uterus to relax.

Boosts blood pressure and strengthens the heart.

Intravenous injection of the injection can constrict peripheral blood vessels and has a significant effect of increasing blood pressure, which can increase both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Its pressor effect is rapid, lasts for a long time, and no rapid tolerance phenomenon is observed. Its active ingredients are hydroxyfrine and N-methyltyramine.

Para-hydroxyfrine can directly excite α receptors, causing vasoconstriction, increasing blood pressure, and having a cardiotonic effect. N-methyltyrosine stimulates α and β receptors by releasing norepinephrine, thereby enhancing myocardial contractility.

Its decoction has a slight strengthening effect on toad's blood vessels.

This product and its active ingredients, hydroxyfrine and N-methyltyrosine, have the effects of enhancing myocardial contractility, increasing cardiac output, improving cardiac pumping function, and increasing total peripheral resistance, thereby leading to an increase in left ventricular pressure and arterial blood pressure. This is the pharmacological basis of the cardiotonic and anti-shock effects of Citrus aurantium.

The active ingredients of this product can constrict the gastrointestinal mucosal blood vessels, and are poorly absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, or are easily hydrolyzed by alkaline intestinal fluid. Therefore, it is difficult to achieve effective blood drug concentrations by taking the water decoction of Zhishi orally. Therefore, when used to fight shock, injections are used to administer the drug.

Effects on the central nervous system.

Citrus aurantium extract has a significant sedative effect.