What Are the Benefits and Effects of Qingpi?

Green peel is a common type of traditional Chinese medicinal herb. It belongs to the same plant species as tangerine as Chenpi. Green peel refers to the unripe peel of the fruit, and it has excellent therapeutic effects on various diseases. When using green peel to treat diseases, it is necessary to follow the guidance of a doctor and avoid self-medication. In daily life, most people do not have a deep understanding of green peel, let alone its specific functions and effects. Below, we will introduce the benefits and uses of green peel.

1. Soothing the liver: Green peel has bitter and pungent properties, which can warm and unblock the liver meridian. It can be used in combination with different Chinese herbs to treat liver qi stagnation, chest and rib pain, hernia pain, and mammary gland diseases.

2. Digestion and stagnation elimination: Green peel has both bitter and pungent properties, which can promote digestion and relieve pain. It is often used in combination with other herbs to treat food stagnation and qi stagnation, as well as abdominal distension and pain.

3. Breaking up qi stagnation: Green peel has strong bitter and pungent properties, which can break up qi stagnation and dissipate masses. It can be used in combination with other herbs to treat qi stagnation and blood stasis, as well as chronic abdominal masses and other symptoms.

4. Adjusting gastrointestinal functions: Green peel decoction can enhance the peak electrical activity of the rumen pylorus, duodenum, and jejunum in sheep, shorten the cycle of small intestine migratory myoelectric complex, prolong the duration of phase III of jejunum migratory myoelectric complex, trigger pseudo-contraction of the small intestine, and promote bowel movement and urination.

5. Promoting bile secretion: Intravenous injection of green peel extract can increase bile excretion in rats, relax isolated gallbladder smooth muscle in guinea pigs, and antagonize gallbladder contraction caused by carbamylcholine. Oral administration of green peel decoction can promote bile secretion, increase bile flow, and protect liver cells in both normal and carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury rats.

6. Relieving asthma: Intravenous injection of green peel alcohol extract in anesthetized cats can antagonize bronchial constriction caused by histamine and relax isolated airways in guinea pigs. Green peel injection can also relieve histamine-induced bronchial spasm and reduce the decrease in bronchial and lung perfusion caused by histamine in guinea pigs.

7. Treating shock: Intravenous injection of green peel extract can produce a pressor effect in anesthetized cats, rabbits, and rats. It is effective in treating traumatic shock, endotoxin shock, hemorrhagic shock, transfusion shock, and pentobarbital sodium-induced toxic shock in these animals. It also has a certain protective and preventive effect on acute allergic shock and histamine-induced shock in guinea pigs and rabbits.