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青皮 Qingpi
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Chinese Name |
青皮 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Qingpi |
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English Name |
Immature Tangerine Fruit |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride |
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Category |
Fruits and seeds |
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Origin |
The dried tender fruit or immature cericarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivars.(Rutaceae). |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Sichuan. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Si hua qing pi: 4 separated lobes, the lobes are a long oval shape, 4~6cm long, 0.1~0.2cm thick. Outer surface is grayish-green or black-green, dense with numerous oil ducts; inner surface is off-white or yellowish-white, rough, with yellowish-white or yellowish-brown small veins. Slightly hard texture, easily broken, fractured surface edge has 1~2 rows of oil ducts. Aromatic odor, bitter and acrid taste.
Ge qing pi: sub-spherical, 0.5~2cm diameter. Externally grayish-green or black-green, slightly rough, with dense indented oil ducts, apex has raised style base, base has round fruit stem scar. Hard texture, fractured surface is yellowish-white or pale yellowish-brown, 0.1~0.2cm thick, edge has 1~2 rows of oil ducts. 8~10 flesh pieces, pale brown. Clear aromatic odor, sour, bitter, acrid taste. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material of si hua qing pi has green outer skin, white inner surface, thick skin, potent aroma.
Ge qing pi has even pieces, black-green outer skin, hard texture, heavy, thick flesh, little pulp, potent aroma. |
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Properties |
Bitter, acrid, warm |
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Functions |
Courses liver, breaks qi, eliminates stagnation, resolves stasis. Apply to chest and flank and abdominal fullness and pain, acute mastitis, colic, food stagnation and qi stasis. |
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Processed Form |
Fried qing pi: Fry with brans and slow fire, till turned slightly burnt-yellow, take out, remove the brans out and cool. Moderates the nature of breaking qi, and harmonized stomach.
Vinegar qing pi: 100kg qing pi pieces, stir with 15kg rice vinegar, and covered for a while, fry with very slow fire till slight yellow and produce aromatic odor, spread out and cool; take drug into liver, promotes comforting liver and breaking qi, stopping pain.
Qing pi charcoal: fry qing pi pieces with fast fire till burnt-black, take out. Promotes the effect of digesting and resolves stasis, harmonizing stomach and stopping diarrhea.
Wine qing pi: use yellow wine as associated material, fry the same way as above; promotes the nature of acrid and emission of qi. |
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 Medicinal Plant Images Database
Chinese Medicinal Formula Images Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00200 |
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