Medicinals

jú / 橘 / 橘 / tangerine

Latin pharmacognostic name: Citri Reticulatae Fructus

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Plant

Use: alimentary

Category: Unclassified

Properties: Sweet and sour; cool.

Channel entry: lung and stomach channels.*

Indications:

Opens the stomach (increases appetite) and rectifies qì; allays thirst and moistens the lung.

binding qì in the chest and diaphragm; retching counterflow; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě).

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