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Citri Sinensis Exocarpium
Sweet orange peel
橙皮 〔橙皮〕 chéng pí
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in unofficial sources: Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck; Citrus aurantium L.
Use: Medicinal
Properties: Acrid and slightly bitter*; warm*; nontoxic*.
Channel entry: Spleen and lung channels.*
Actions and indications: Rectifies qì, transforms phlegm, fortifies the spleen, and abducts stagnation. Treats cough and common cold; poor appetite; distension and pain in the chest and abdomen; rumbling intestines and diarrhea; mammary welling-abscesses (rǔ yōng).
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