苦，平，无毒。祛风除湿，消食利水，聪耳明目，泽颜止渴。洗风痒干燥，疗水气香港脚，
除
水气香港脚，炒香，煎服。（验方第一）
风热臂痛。同上。（第二。）
遍身风痒，水煎洗之。（第三。）
四肢拘挛，内服外洗。（第四。）
甘，平，有小毒。止崩中带下，衄血泻血；开 癖症瘕，月闭血凝。
麸炒。陈久者良。
苦，酸，微寒，无毒。入足阳明经。下气消食，开积破结。除胸胁痰癖，疗心腹痞满。
退皮内之风痒，除胃中之湿
热。止泻痢而平喘嗽，通停水而散败血，长肌肉而利脏腑，除阴痿而止胁痛。逐痰饮，消痞
食，有冲墙破壁之力也。
生河内川谷，洛西江湖皆有之，以商州者为佳。木如橘而小，高五七尺，叶如橙，多刺。
春
月采者为实，皮浓而小。九十月采为壳，完大而薄。
猝胸痹痛，末服。（验方第一。）
小儿久痢。同上。（第二。）
妇人阴肿坚痛，炒碎，包熨
奔豚气痛，炒末服。（第四。）
小儿头疮，烧灰，猪脂合敷。（
枳术散 枳实 白术
散服。治心下坚硬如盘，症脉实者。（诸方第一。）
枳薤桂枝汤 枳实 浓朴 栝蒌 薤白 桂枝
治心胸结满，胁下抢心。（第二。）
枳实芍药散 枳实 白芍
为末。治产后腹痛。（第三。）
Bitter, neutral, non-toxic. Dispels wind and removes dampness, promotes digestion and diuresis, improves hearing and vision, moistens the complexion and relieves thirst. Used for washing wind-induced pruritus and dry skin, treating edema (Shuǐqì) and Hong Kong foot (Zúchuāng), eliminating Hong Kong foot caused by water qi; stir-fry until fragrant, decoct and take orally. (Verified Formula 1)
Arm pain due to wind-heat. Same usage as above. (2.)
Generalized body pruritus, decoct with water and wash externally. (3.)
Tetany of the four limbs, taken internally or washed externally. (4.)
Sweet, neutral, slightly toxic. Stops metrorrhagia and leukorrhea, epistaxis and hematochezia; resolves accumulations and masses, unblocks amenorrhea and blood stasis.
Nourishes blood and calms the fetus, stops metrorrhagia and galactostasis. Calms carbuncles and treats traumatic injuries, strengthens sinews and bones and treats lower back pain.
Stir-fried with wheat bran. Older stored material is superior.
Bitter, sour, slightly cold, non-toxic. Enters the Foot-Yangming Stomach Meridian. Directs Qi downward, promotes digestion, opens stagnation and breaks accumulation. Eliminates phlegm-rheum in the chest and hypochondrium, treats epigastric and abdominal fullness and distension. Relieves cutaneous pruritus, clears damp-heat in the stomach. Stops dysentery and calms wheezing, promotes urination to remove retained fluids and dissipates blood stasis, promotes muscle growth and benefits the Zang-Fu organs, cures impotence and relieves hypochondriac pain. Drives out phlegm-fluids, resolves masses and food stagnation, possessing the power to break through walls and fortresses.
Grows in rivers and valleys of Henei, and lakes and rivers of Luoxi; that from Shangzhou is best. The tree resembles a citrus tree but is smaller, five to seven chi high, leaves resemble orange leaves, thorny. Harvested in spring are the fruits, with thick and small peel. Harvested in the ninth and tenth months are the shells, complete, large and thin.
Sudden angina pectoris (Xiōngbì), take as powder. (Verified Formula 1.)
Chronic dysentery in children. Same usage as above. (2.)
Swelling, hardness and pain in the female genitalia, stir-fry, crush, wrap in cloth and apply hot compress.
Turbid Qi (Bēntún) pain, stir-fry, grind into powder and take. (4.)
Cephalic sores in children, burn to ash, mix with lard and apply topically. (5.)
Zhishi Zhuzhu San (Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Powder): Composed of Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange) and Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala). Grind into powder and take. Treats hardness under the heart resembling a plate, with excess pulse. (Various Formulas 1.)
Zhixie Guizhi Tang (Bitter Orange, Macrostemon, and Cinnamon Twig Decoction): Composed of Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange), Houpo (Magnolia Bark), Gualou (Trichosanthes Fruit), Xiebai (Macrostemon Rhizome), and Guizhi (Cinnamon Twig). Treats knotting and fullness in the chest and heart, Qi rushing from the hypochondrium to the heart. (2.)
Zhishi Shaoyao San (Bitter Orange and White Peony Powder): Composed of Zhishi (Immature Bitter Orange) and Baishao (White Peony Root). Grind into powder and take. Treats postpartum abdominal pain. (3.)