Tangerine peel (Chenpi)
Citrus reticulata Blanco (Fam. Rutaceae)
Pharmaceutical Name: Pericarpium Citri
reticulatae.
Botanical Name: Citrus
reticulata Blanco (Fam.
Rutaceae).
Common Name: Tangerine peel.
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong
Bencao Jing.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: After tangerines ripen in autumn, the skins are collected and
dried.
Properties & Taste: Pungent, bitter
and warm.
Meridians: Spleen and lung.
Functions: 1. To regulate qi in the
spleen and stomach; 2. To dry dampness and resolve phlegm.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Qi stagnation in the spleen and stomach
manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, belching,
nausea and vomiting, poor appetite and diarrhea. Tangerine peel (Chenpi) is
used with Bitter orange (Zhiqiao) and Costus root (Muxiang) for epigastric and
abdominal distension and fullness, with Fresh ginger (Shengjiang) and Bamboo
shavings (Zhuru) for nausea and vomiting, and with Pilose asiabell root
(Dangshen) and White atractylodes (Baizhu) for poor appetite and diarrhea.
2. Dampness blocking the spleen and stomach
manifested as fullness and stifling sensation in the chest and epigastric
region, poor appetite, lassitude, diarrhea and white and sticky tongue coating.
Tangerine peel (Chenpi) is used with Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu) and
Magnolia bark (Houpo) in the formula Pingwei San.
3. Excessive dampness, deficiency of the
spleen and turbid phlegm blocking the lungs manifested as cough with profuse
sputum. Tangerine peel (Chenpi) is used with Poria (Fuling) and Pinellia
tuber (Banxia) in the formula Erchen Tang.
Dosage: 3-10 g, decocted in water for
an oral dose.
Precautions: None noted.
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