Fructus aurantii

[name of traditional Chinese medicine]

[source] it is the nearly mature fruit of Gouju, suanzao, Xiangyuan or Daidai flower. For details of plant morphology, please refer to "Gouju", "DaiDaiHua".

[collection] harvest from July to August, cut into two parts from the middle, and dry in the shade, air or low fire.

[medicinal materials] 1

It is the near mature fruit of the plant Lycium chinense, which is semicircular and about 2-3.5cm in diameter. The outer skin is orange brown or greenish yellow, scattered with numerous small oil spots and reticular raised wrinkles, densely covered with fine pubescence. There are obvious style residues on the top side of the fruit and stipe marks or short stipes on the base side. On the transverse section, the pericarp is 4-6 mm thick, yellowish white, with 1-2 rows of brownish yellow oil spots along the outer edge; the pulp sac is 6-8-valved, shrunken brown; the central column is 4-6 mm wide. It's fragrant, juicy, slightly sour and bitter.

Produced in Fujian, Shaanxi and other places.

② Orange and Fructus aurantii

Also known as: Sichuan Fructus aurantii, river Fructus aurantii. It is the near mature fruit of the plant lime. It is mostly cut into semicircles with a diameter of 4.5-5.5cm. The surface is greenish brown or greenish brown, slightly rough, scattered with most oil spots. There are style residues on one side of the top and fruit stalk marks on one side of the base. In cross section, the pericarp is about 6-12 mm thick, the mesocarp is yellowish white, with 1-2 rows of brownish yellow oil spots on the edge; the pulp sac is 10-13 petals, brown, with several seeds in each pulp sac; the central column is 7-11 mm wide. It is fragrant, bitter and then sour.

Produced in Sichuan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places.

③ Sweet orange

Also known as: River trifoliate, Sichuan trifoliate. It is the near mature fruit of Xiangyuan, similar to the shape of Citrus aurantii. The surface is brown or tan, and there is usually a ring of money around the style residue. The pericarp is 7-13 mm thick, the mesocarp is gray or white, the pulp sac is 10-12 petals, and the central column is 4-7 mm wide. It is fragrant, sour and bitter.

Produced in Sichuan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places.

④ Trifoliate orange

Also known as: Su Zhike. It is the near mature fruit of the plant hawkesian flower. It is usually cut into two parts, semi-circular in shape and 3-4 cm in diameter. The surface is bluish yellow or orange yellow, with many tiny oil spots and reticular wrinkles. There are small protruding style residues on one side of the top and residual persistent calyx and stipe marks on the other side of the base. Pericarp 5-10 mm thick, brownish yellow; pericarp 9-12-valved; central column 4-8 mm wide. It is fragrant, bitter and then sour.

Produced in Jiangsu.

In addition to the above four kinds of commercial Fructus aurantii, the near mature fruits of sweet orange (Fujian, Guizhou, Yunnan) and citron (Yunnan) are also used as Fructus aurantii. See "sweet orange" and "citron".

[chemical constituents] all kinds of Fructus aurantii contain volatile oil and flavonoid glycosides. Neohesperidin was found in the pericarp of the immature fruits, and disappeared and naringin increased when the fruits were ripe. The nearly mature fruit of lime contains vitamin c-36.6-82.1 mg / 100g.

The same alkaloid like substance was isolated from Fructus aurantii aurantii and Fructus Lycii. Its hydrochloride was white prismatic crystal, soluble in water, melting point 215-216 ℃, and showed purple fluorescence under fluorescent lamp.

[pharmacological action] see "Zhishi".

[processing] Fructus aurantii Immaturus: remove the pulp and core, wash, soak slightly, take out, soften, fold in half by hand, slice and dry. Stir fry Fructus aurantii: Sprinkle the bran in the hot pot. When the color is yellow and smoking, add the slice of Fructus aurantii and stir fry until it is light yellow. Remove the bran and let cool. (100jin for each slice of Fructus aurantii and 10kg for bran)

Bitter, pungent and cool.

① "Lei Gong Paozhi Lun": hard work. "

② Kaibao materia medica: "it tastes bitter and sour, slightly cold and non-toxic. "

③ "Qi is cold and tastes bitter. "

[meridian tropism] entering lung, spleen and large intestine meridians.

① "Lei Gong processed medicine solution": into the lung, liver, stomach, large intestine four channels. "

② "Drug Huayi": it enters the lung, spleen, stomach and large intestine. "

Functions and indications: breaking Qi, promoting phlegm and eliminating accumulation. Treatment of chest diaphragmatic phlegm stagnation, chest distension, hypochondriac distension, food accumulation, eerie gas, nausea, diarrhea, prolapse of anus, uterine prolapse.

① According to the theory of medicinal properties, "it can cure rubella all over the body, itching in the muscles like beans, controlling intestinal wind and hemorrhoids, accumulating Qi in the heart and abdomen, swelling and deficiency in the two flanks, and blocking the diaphragm. "

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "invigorate the spleen and appetizer, regulate the five internal organs, lower Qi, stop vomiting, eliminate phlegm. It can cure nausea, cholera, diarrhea, Xiaoshi, break baijiejuanpi, five diaphragmatic Qi, remove wind, improve eyesight and lung edema, benefit small intestine and itch skin. Hemorrhoids can be roasted and ironed. "

③ Kaibao materia medica: "the main wind itching paralysis, Tongli joint, fatigue cough, back tired, scattered retention knot, chest diaphragmatic phlegm stagnation, by water, distension, large intestine wind, stomach, wind pain. "

④ "Capsule": "to break the Qi, to release the disadvantageous Qi in the lung. "

⑤ "Medical Qiyuan": "according to the secret of indications, it can break down the stiff and ruffian heart, benefit the chest and middle Qi, dissipate phlegm and eliminate food. "

⑥ "The compendium of Medical Sciences" says: "it is urgent to deal with the internal problems. "

⑦ "Modern practical Chinese medicine": "treatment of cough, edema, constipation, uterine prolapse, anal prolapse. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan (0.5-2 Liang), or into pills or powder. External use: wash with boiling water or stir fry and iron.

[should not] pregnant women with weak spleen and stomach should take it with caution.

① Li Gao: "those with weak Qi and blood should not be taken. "

② "Ben Cao Jing Wan": "the weak Lung Qi should be avoided; the deficiency of spleen and stomach, the lack of middle Qi and the phlegm surge and asthma should be avoided; the cough is not due to the wind and cold into the lung qi, taking it can make drama; the cough of yin deficiency and fire, taking it to the critical; all before and after pregnancy, salt should not be taken. "

③ "Ben Cao Hui Yan:" if the liver and kidney yin deficiency, blood damage Ying deficiency, hypochondriac pain, do not use it. If diarrhea lasts for a long time and Qi is deficient, the more it falls, the more serious it is, and the more urgent it is, do not use it. "

④ "Preparation of materia medica:" pregnant women and people with Qi deficiency should not use it. "

[prescription selection] ① treat five accumulations and six accumulations, regardless of men, women, old and young, but Qi accumulation, and treat them all: three jin of Fructus aurantii, go to the pit, each into a kernel. Boil the soup in slow water for one day, then heat the soup again. Do not use cold water. Remove the Croton, slice and dry it. Do not stir fry it. Make noodles, paste balls, and make big Wuzi. Take 30 or 40 pills each time, and make it with the disease decoction. (secret experience recipe)

② Treatment of typhoid: half a liang of Fructus aurantii. On the fine end. One yuan for each serving, the white soup is adjusted. Unknown, and then with. (the parties)

③ Shun Qi Zhi Li: (fried) six money, orange (fried) twenty-four money. The upper part is fine. Take one yuan for each, and take some boiled soup. Kuanchang Zhike powder

④ Treatment of long-term, recent intestinal wind blood more than: Orange (burned black ash storage, for the fine end) five money, sheep tibia charcoal (for the fine end) three money. And make even, drink a cup of rice, adjust, hollow abdomen, and then take effective. (Wu Jin San in Boji Fang)

⑤ Treatment of fecal blood: Orange two money, meat three money, Sichuan five points. A total of research fine powder, water before meals, divided into two service. (collection of TCM prescriptions in Qinghai Province)

⑥ Treatment of rectal prolapse: children under the age of 10, daily with one or two Fructus aurantii, licorice one to three money. For adults, one to two taels of Fructus aurantii, three coins, two to four coins of roasted licorice, Taiwan ginseng and raw licorice are used every day. According to the strength of the body, the amount is increased or decreased appropriately, and the decoction is taken twice. (Shandong Medical Journal (11): 91962)

⑦ Treatment of postpartum intestinal does not receive: Orange two Liang. Decoct the soup and soak it for a long time. (empirical formula)

⑧ Treatment of uterine prolapse: five dollars for one Fructus aurantii and five dollars for castor root. Fried in water with chicken soup, twice a day. Five for two oranges and one for Cimicifuga. Take it in water. (compendium of simple prescriptions of herbal medicine)

⑨ It is used to treat children's convulsion due to convulsion, vomiting, obstruction of phlegm and saliva, and eye strabismus. At the end of the day, each serving a word, or even half a dollar, is taken in a hurry, in a natural juice, in a slow surprise, in soup, at three or five o'clock, and three times a day. (BUJING pill in Treatise on prescriptions for infantile pox and rash)

⑩ Treatment of children's Secret astringency: Fructus aurantii (simmer, to the edge), licorice each one money. Take it in water. (Quan You Xin Jian)

(11) treatment of rubella and itching: three liang of Fructus aurantii, stir fried with wheat bran, remove the flesh as the end. Take 2 yuan per serving, one cup in water, fry until 6 minutes, then take it. (behind the experience)

(12) treatment of tooth pain: soak Fructus aurantii in wine and gargle. (Sheng Hui Fang)

Treatment of soft boils in children: a second Fructus aurantii, white, smooth grinding mouth, to paste the edge, close the boils, from the pus and blood, no scar. (Shi Yi De Xiao Fang)

[clinical application] treatment of uterine prolapse

Take 1 jin of Fructus aurantii, add 1500 ml of water, fry it to 500 ml, add appropriate amount of granulated sugar (add 2.5 pairs of Cimicifuga for the elderly and the weak, add 2000 ml of water, fry it to 1000 ml), twice a day, 25 ml after each meal, 10 days as a course of treatment. Or use 1.2 liang of Fructus aurantii every day, add water to fry it into 100 ml, take it after eating three times. According to clinical observation, most of the cases have a certain short-term curative effect.

In addition, the clinical use of large doses of Fructus aurantii in the treatment of anal prolapse, gastrointestinal weakness dyspepsia, hernia, gastric distention, etc., also has a certain effect.

[discussion by famous experts] 1. Zhang Yuanyuan: "if you use Fructus aurantii for Qi tingling, you can see what channels are divided and guide it with drugs. It can also be used to break stagnant Qi, but it can damage the highest Qi in the chest

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