酸、涩、温。治痢摄精。疗崩中带下，止肠风下血，祛筋骨风痛，除目流冷泪，洗脚疮
湿烂
。得茄梗，治肠血。（血在粪前者效。）配槟榔，杀虫。
勿犯铁。或煎用，或焙用，或烧炭存性用。
千叶石榴花
酸、涩、平。治心热吐血。得蜀葵，烧炭吹鼻，治衄血。同锻石，敷金疮。
生痰聚气，病患不可食。若皮赤而味甘者，食之可化痰除热。
橘核
苦，平。入足厥阴经。治 疝。得杜仲，炒研末盐汤下，治腰胁痛。配荔枝、川楝、
山楂、茴香诸核，治下焦积块。（以核治核也。）
去壳炒用。
橘叶
苦，平。入足厥阴经。行肝气，导胸膈逆气，消肿散毒。乳痈胁痛，用之引经。捣汁
饮，治肺痈。（吐出脓血即愈。）
捣烂，敷乳痈。
怪症∶喉间生肉，层层叠起，不痛不痒，臭气从窍而出，饮食日减，肌肉日瘦。煎橘叶
汤连
服之愈。
橘皮
即黄橘皮，一名红皮，年久者曰陈皮。产广中者曰广皮，尤良。
辛、苦，温。入手
足太阴经气分。导滞消痰，调中快膈，运胃气，利水谷。止呕逆，通五淋，除膀胱留热，去
寸白虫蛊。解鱼腥毒。得川连、猪胆，治小儿疳瘦。得麝香，治乳痈。（研末酒下。）配干姜
，治寒呃。配竹茹，治热呃。配白术，补脾。配人参，补肺。配花粉，治咳嗽。配炙甘草、
盐，治痰气。配藿香，治霍乱。配槟榔，治气胀。佐桃仁，治大肠血秘。佐杏仁，治大肠气
秘。合生姜、半夏，治呕哕厥冷。
去白名橘红，消痰下气，发表邪，理肺经血分之郁。留白和中气，理脾胃气分之滞。治
痰，
姜汁炒。下气，童便炒。理下焦，盐水炒。虚人气滞，生甘草、乌梅汁煮炒。汗家，血家，
痘疹灌浆时，俱禁用。
青皮
辛、苦、温。入足厥阴、少阳经气分。破坚癖，散滞气，消积食，除疝瘕。柴胡疏上
焦肝气，青皮理下焦肝气。配浓朴、槟榔，达膜原之邪。配枳壳、肉桂，治胁痛。佐人参、
、鳖甲，消疟母。和酒服，治乳内结核。
橘未黄而青色者。醋炒黑用，能入血分。最能发汗，（皮能达表，辛能发散。）气虚及有
汗者
禁用。
Punica Granatum Pericarpium (Shiliupi)
Acid, astringent, warm. Treats dysentery and secures essence. Cures metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, stops intestinal wind bleeding, dispels wind-pain in bones and sinews, removes cold tears from the eyes, washes wet and ulcerated sores on the feet. Combined with Solanum Melongena Caulis (Qiegeng), treats intestinal bleeding (effective when blood precedes stool). Paired with Arecae Semen (Binglang), kills parasites.
Avoid iron. Can be decocted, baked, or charred to retain its properties.
Punica Granatum Flos (Qianye Shiliuhua)
Acid, astringent, neutral. Treats hematemesis due to heart heat. Combined with Malva Verticillata Herba (Shuhui), charred and insufflated into the nose, treats epistaxis. Applied externally with Calcined Ferrum Oxydum Rubrum (Duanshi) for metal weapon wounds.
Generates phlegm and gathers qi; patients should not consume it. If the peel is red and the taste sweet, eating it can resolve phlegm and clear heat.
Juglandis Fructus Semen (Juhe)
Bitter, neutral. Enters the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Treats hernia. Combined with Eucommiae Cortex (Duzhong), stir-fried and ground into powder, taken with salt water, treats waist and hypochondriac pain. Paired with Litchi Chinensis Semen (Lizhi He), Toosendan Fructus (Chuanlian), Crataegi Fructus (Shanzha), and Foeniculum Vulgare Fructus (Huixiang) seeds, treats accumulations and masses in the lower jiao. (Treating nuclei with nuclei.)
Remove the shell and stir-fry before use.
Citrus Reticulatae Folium (Juye)
Bitter, neutral. Enters the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian. Promotes the flow of Liver Qi, directs rebellious Qi in the chest and diaphragm downward, reduces swelling and dissipates toxicity. Used as a guiding herb for mastitis and hypochondriac pain. Crushed and juice drunk, treats lung abscess (cured when pus and blood are expectorated).
Crushed and applied externally for mastitis.
Strange syndrome: Flesh growths in the throat, layered and stacked, neither painful nor itchy, foul odor emanating from orifices, daily reduction in food intake, daily emaciation. Decoct Citrus Reticulatae Folium (Juye) soup and take continuously until cured.
Citrus Reticulatae Pericarpium (Jupi)
Also known as Huangjupi, alternatively Hongpi. Aged ones are called Chenpi. Those produced in Guangdong are called Guangpi, which are especially good.
Pungent, bitter, warm. Enters the Qi level of the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian. Guides stagnation, eliminates phlegm, harmonizes the middle, relieves chest fullness, moves Stomach Qi, promotes digestion of water and grain. Stops vomiting and rebellion, unblocks five types of strangury, clears residual heat in the Bladder, expels Taenia saginata (Cunbai Chong) and gu poison. Resolves fishy smell toxicity. Combined with Coptidis Rhizoma (Chuanlian) and Sus Gallbladder (Zhudan), treats pediatric malnutrition and emaciation. Combined with Moschus (Shexiang), treats mastitis. (Ground into powder and taken with wine.) Paired with Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Ganjiang), treats cold hiccups. Paired with Bambusae Medulla (Zhuru), treats heat hiccups. Paired with Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma (Baizhu), tonifies Spleen Qi. Paired with Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen), tonifies Lung Qi. Paired with Trichosanthis Radix (Huafen), treats cough. Paired with Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle (Zhi Gancao) and Salt, treats phlegm-Qi obstruction. Paired with Pogostemonis Herba (Huoxiang), treats cholera-like disorder. Paired with Arecae Semen (Binglang), treats Qi distension. Assisted by Persicae Semen (Taoren), treats large intestine blood constipation. Assisted by Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Xingren), treats large intestine Qi constipation. Combined with Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens (Shengjiang) and Pinelliae Rhizoma (Banxia), treats vomiting, retching, and cold extremities.
Removing the white pith yields Juhong, which resolves phlegm, directs Qi downward, releases exterior pathogens, and regulates depression in the Blood level of the Lung Meridian. Retaining the white pith harmonizes the middle and regulates stagnation in the Qi level of the Spleen and Stomach. For treating phlegm, stir-fry with Ginger Juice. For directing Qi downward, stir-fry with Child's Urine. For regulating the lower jiao, stir-fry with Salt Water. For deficiency with Qi stagnation, boil-stir-fry with Raw Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Sheng Gancao) and Phyllanthi Fructus (Wumei) juice. Contraindicated for those with excessive sweating, blood loss, and during the pustule-filling stage of smallpox/rash.
Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Qingpi)
Pungent, bitter, warm. Enters the Qi level of the Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian and Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian. Breaks firm accumulations, disperses stagnant Qi, eliminates food retention, cures hernia and mass formations. Bupleuri Radix (Chaihu) soothes Liver Qi in the upper jiao; Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Qingpi) regulates Liver Qi in the lower jiao. Paired with Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Houpo) and Arecae Semen (Binglang), drives out pathogens from the Membrane Source. Paired with Aurantii Fructus (Zhiqiao) and Cinnamomi Ramulus (Guizhi), treats hypochondriac pain. Assisted by Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma (Renshen) and Testudinis Carapax et Plastrum (Biejia), eliminates malaria mother (splenomegaly associated with malaria). Taken with wine, treats intramammary nodules.
Harvested when the citrus fruit is unripe and green. Stir-fried black with vinegar for use, enters the Blood level. Has the strongest sweating effect (because the peel reaches the exterior, and pungency disperses). Contraindicated for Qi deficiency and those with spontaneous sweating.