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Pharmaceutical Name

Fructus Citri

Botanical Name

1. Citrus medica L.; 2. Citrus Wilsonii Tanaka

Common Name

Citron fruit

Source of Earliest Record

Bencao Tujing

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations

The ripe fruit is gathered in October, cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into slices.

Properties & Taste

Pungent, slightly bitter, sour and warm

Meridians

Liver, spleen and lung

Functions

1. To promote the free flow of qi in the liver; 2. To harmonize the spleen and stomach and resolve phlegm

Indications & Combinations

1. Qi stagnation in the liver manifested as costal pain and stifling sensation in the chest. Citron (Xiangyuan) is used with Curcuma root (Yujin), Finger citron (Foshou) and Cyperus tuber (Xiangfu). 2. Qi stagnation in the spleen and stomach manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension and pain, nausea, vomiting, poor appetite and belching. Citron (Xiangyuan) is used with Costus root (Muxiang), Finger citron (Foshou), Bitter orange (Zhiqiao) and Tangerine peel (Chenpi). 3. Cough with profuse sputum. Citron (Xiangyuan) is used with Pinellia tuber (Banxia) and Poria (Fuling).

Dosage

3-10 g

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