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Latin pharmacognostic name: Citri Fructus

Alternate English names: Chinese lemon

Alternate Chinese names: 香圆 xiāng yuán; 香栾 xiāng luán

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Citrus medica L.; Citrus wilsonii Tanaka

Origin (other sources): Citrus medica L.*; Citrus wilsonii Tanaka*; Citrus medica L. var. sarcodactylis (Noot.) Swingle

Use: Medicinal

Category: Qì-rectifying agents

Properties: Acrid, slightly bitter, and sour; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Liver, lung, and spleen channels.

Indications:

Courses the liver and rectifies qì; harmonizes the center and transforms phlegm.

liver-stomach disharmony with distension and pain in the chest rib-side, glomus and fullness in the stomach duct and abdomen, and vomiting and retching; cough with copious phlegm.

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