Pomelo peel

Pomelo peel

(Tang materia medica)

[synonym] pomelo peel (Tao Hongjing), Qigan peel and orange peel (Sichuan records of traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the peel of grapefruit. See "pomelo" for details of plant morphology.

[collection] collected in late autumn and early winter, dissected into 5-7 valves. Hang up and dry in the sun or in the shade.

[medicinal materials] the dried pericarp is mostly 5-7 petals, rarely single petal. The diameter of the extended flap is about 25-32 cm. Each single flap is 10-13 cm long, 5-7 cm wide and 0.5-1 cm thick. The outer surface is yellowish brown or withered yellow, sometimes slightly golden yellow, very rough, with many concave dots and protruding oil spots; the inner surface is white, slightly cotton like. Soft, with strong aroma of grapefruit.

It is mainly produced in Sichuan. In addition, it is also produced in Jiangxi and other places.

[chemical constituents] see "pomelo" strip.

[flavor] spicy, sweet and bitter, warm.

① Tang materia medica: "it tastes sweet. "

② "Seeking the source of Materia Medica": bitter and bitter. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "warm in nature, sweet in taste, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "entering the spleen, kidney and bladder. "

[function indications] phlegm, digestion, lower Qi, fast diaphragm. Treatment of qi depression, chest tightness, epigastric cold pain, food stagnation, cough and asthma, hernia.

① Lieh Tzu: "I've been angry with you. "

② Tao Hongjing: "I'm angry. "

③ "Compendium": "digestion fast diaphragm, scattered anger of the gas, phlegm. "

④ "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "detoxification, treatment of renal edema, food stagnation, wet phlegm cough and hernia. "

Dosage: Decoction and powder.

[taboo] Sichuan records of traditional Chinese medicine: "pregnant women and Qi deficiency should not use it. "

[prescription selection] ① for cold abdominal pain: two liang of peach peel, four liang of tea rhizome and two liang of Sinomenium. Mix and pound into fine powder. Two yuan per serving, yellow sugar and Laozao. (Chongqing herbal medicine)

② Treatment of stagnation of food and lodging: pomelo peel, Amomum villosum, chicken, lateral ear root, charou, Shenqu. Take it by frying.

③ Treatment of cough and asthma in the elderly: pomelo peel, steamed cockscomb oil service.

④ Treatment of hernia cyst: pomelo peel, cherry, August melon, ovum, fennel root, camphor root, abacus root. Take it by frying. (2) Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals