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理气药 · Qi-regulating

Aged tangerine peel chén pí · 陈皮

Citrus reticulata

Nature and flavour. Pungent, bitter, warm; Spleen and Lung systems.

Deliberately aged peel — vintage peel is traded at high prices — and a cooking flavouring as well as a medicine.

性味归经。辛、苦,温;归脾、肺经。

需陈放的橘皮,老陈皮价格可观;既是药材也是烹饪调料。

Classical category · no formulas, no dosages, no herb-drug combinations are given.
Safety. A food herb, mild in use. Classical statements describe it as drying, so it is not advised in large amount where there is dryness or yin deficiency.

药食两用,作用平和。传统认为其性偏燥,阴虚或津亏者不宜大量使用。

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