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Ancient Medical Records of Xinhui Chenpi

The orange peel used in ancient times is the Chenpi used in modern times, and the Xinhui Chenpi used in modern times is the Citrus peel used in ancient times. The orange peel is called Chenpi because it is aged for a long time, and it is called Guang Chenpi because it is 'produced in Guangzhong', and it is called Xinhui Chenpi because it is 'produced in Guangdong and it is superior'. As the top grade of Guang Chen Pi, Xinhui Chen Pi is a traditional Chinese authentic medicinal material, the first of the three treasures of Guangdong, one of the top ten Guangdong medicines, and a national geographic indications product. Xinhui Pericarp has a long history of medicinal use, famous in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, continues to this day, the planting history of nearly 700 years, the main effect is to regulate qi and dry dampness, different from the Chenpi and have the effect of liver, gallbladder, detoxification carbuncle and so on. Chenpi medicinal efficacy with the development of history, successive generations of medical practitioners according to their own experience on the efficacy of Chenpi has expanded.

1 Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (神农本草经)-理气 Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (神农本草经)< has documented the efficacy of Chen Pi in regulating qi in Qin and Han Dynasties: "Tangerine and grapefruit is pungent in flavor and warm in temperature. The main obstruction in the chest is hot and rebellious qi, and it is good for water and grain. Taken for a long time to remove the odor, down the qi through the spirit." Tip: In the long history of medicinal use, tangerine has been divided into tangerine peel and tangerine red, tangerine peel and green peel, and tangerine and pomelo. Tang and Song dynasty before the ancient use of tangerine medicine there is orange and grapefruit is not divided into cases, and then appeared tangerine, citrus, orange mixed. Nowadays, it is believed that the orange and pomelo contained in "Shennong's Classic of the Materia Medica" is the earliest historical record of Chenpi!

2 "Famous Doctor's Record" - antidiarrheal and diuretic Wei, Jin, North and South Dynasties period, in addition to the efficacy of Chenpi, in addition to regulating the qi, there are antidiarrheal and diuretic effects. According to Famous Doctor's Record, it is recorded that: "down the gas, stop vomiting and coughing, treating the gas in the chest, vomiting and cholera, treating the spleen can not be eliminated, stopping diarrhea, in addition to the bladder to stay hot and stopping the water, the five drenchings, diuretic, to go to inches of white worms, served for a long time to lighten up the body and long years." Here it has been said that more often consume Chenpi, have the effect of prolonging life.

3 The theory of medicinal properties In the Sui and Tang dynasties, a very important effect of Chenpi, phlegm cough, such as The theory of medicinal properties : "Tangerine peel, clearing phlegm and saliva, open the stomach. It treats coughing in the upper chi, main chi diarrhea, breaks the obstruction in the abdomen, and negotiates the chi between the chest and the diaphragm." Rihua Zi Materia Medica : "Tangerine peel, warm, eliminate phlegm and cough, break the obstruction of the masses."

4 "Po House Editorial" - moisturize the lungs and drive away the cold "Po House Editorial" in the Song Dynasty period, "Tangerine peel wide diaphragm to lower the gas, eliminate phlegm and expel the cold, with special efficacy", mentioning that Chen Pi benefits the lungs and Qi, expelling phlegm and driving away the cold effect.

5 "Tang Liquid Materia Medica" - Antidote to alcohol toxicity Jin Yuan period "Tang Liquid Materia Medica" in the "Antidote to alcohol toxicity", for the first time, suggested that Chenpi can antidote alcohol toxicity.

6 "Compendium of Materia Medica" - cure breast pain, make spices Ming Dynasty period not only found the Chenpi has the effect of curing women's breast carbuncle, but also the first mention of the application of antidote fish poisoning and other condiments.

Such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded, "orange peel, into the spleen, lungs, two meridians of the qi points of the medicine, the treatment of retching retching stomach noisy, spitting water, phlegm plumping malaria, intestinal clogging, women's breast carbuncle. Into the food ingredients, antidote fishy poison". In ancient times, different medical books have a variety of studies on the Chenpi, there is no lack of "prolong life", "rule over a hundred diseases", and modern research also shows that the Chenpi does contain a very large number of beneficial components: volatile oils, hesperidin, flavonoids, cinvolin, chenpi, polysaccharides, limonoids, citric acid, citric acid, citrus aurantium, citrus aurantium, citrus aurantium, citrus aurantium. Polysaccharides, citrulline, vitamins, and trace elements needed by the human body, Chenpi's health effects on the body are gradually known.