Red orange

Red orange

(discerning medicine and distinguishing micro)

[synonyms] Huapi (Miscellaneous records of Lingnan), Huazhou Juhong (Essays of Lingnan), Huazhou Chenpi (Materia Medica from the new), pomelo peel Juhong (records of traditional Chinese Medicine), Maohua (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the outer pericarp of immature fruit of Yun spice plant Huazhou pomelo or pomelo.

[plant morphology] 1. Huazhou pomelo, also known as Huazhou Xianju (Miscellaneous records of Lingnan).

Small evergreen trees, about 3-3.5 m high. The branches are stout and oblique, and the young branches are densely pilose with tiny needles. The leaves are oblong, 8-13 cm long and 3-6 cm wide, with rounded or slightly concave apex, blunt base, shallow wavy margin, and pilose on both main veins. The leaves are thick and soft. The flowers are very fragrant, solitary or axillary inflorescence; calyx 4-lobed; petals white, oblong; stamens 20-25; ovary round, style columnar, stigma very large. The fruit is round or slightly flat, generally 10-15 cm high and 11-13 cm wide. It is lemon yellow, with large and obvious oil chamber. The young fruit is densely covered with white villi. The top of the fruit is round and obtuse, the top is concave, and the pedicel is slightly ribbed around. The peel is not easy to peel, and the thickness is about 2 cm. The pulp sac is 16 petals, the central column is full, the flesh is light yellow, and the juice cells grow like spindles, and the taste is sour. Seeds more than 80, oblate, chalazal light purple. The flowering period is March. The fruit period is from August to September.

It is cultivated in Guangdong (Huaxian) and Guangxi (Yulin).

The flower (pomelo flower) and immature fruit (marmalade) of this plant are also used for medicine.

② Pomelo, see "pomelo" bar.

[collection] from July to August, pick up the immature fruits, put them into boiling water and scald them slightly, then take them out, cut the peel into 6-7 pieces, remove the pulp and mesocarp, and then dry them in the sun or bake them; then moisten them with water, fold them in half, press them with wood and bake them.

[medicinal materials] the dried exocarp is in the shape of folded heptagonal, hexagonal or pentagonal star, with a diameter of 13-20 cm and a thickness of 2-3 mm. The outer skin of Huazhou pomelo is yellow or yellowish green, densely covered with hairy, wrinkles and small pits, which are often made into seven corners, commonly known as "yellow seven claws" and "green seven claws"; the outer skin of pomelo is yellowish brown, light but without hairy, which also has wrinkles and small pits, which are mostly pentagonal, commonly known as "big five claws"; those processed into hexagons are called "six claws red", and those with single willow leaf shape are commonly known as "sharp red", or "willow leaf orange red". The inner surface is mostly yellowish white with veins. It is brittle and easy to break, with uneven section. There is a row of irregular oil spots on the outside and yellow white on the inside. It is slightly fragrant and bitter. Thick skin, hairy, strong smell is preferred.

Mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[processing] remove impurities, brush them clean, and break them in time.

[chemical composition] the fruit contains naringin and naringin, and the peel contains citral, geraniol, linalool, methyl phosphoaminobenzoate, etc.

Bitter, pungent and warm.

① "The taste is bitter and pungent. "

② "Lingnan caiyao Lu": bitter and pungent in taste, mild in nature, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: resolving phlegm, regulating qi, strengthening stomach and eliminating food. Treatment of phlegm stagnation in the chest, cough, asthma, vomiting, hiccup, food stagnation.

"Gangmu Shiyi": "treat phlegm syndrome, eliminate greasy food and grain accumulation, sober up, wide in, detoxify crab poison. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan; or into pills, powder.

[should avoid] Qi deficiency and yin deficiency with dry phlegm should not be taken.

Chinese PinYin : Hua Ju Hong