The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine Pi Pi

The bark of the tangerine peel is slightly warm in nature and pungent in taste. It is a diuretic and detumescent drug classified under the category of diuretic and dehumidifying drugs. So, what is the effect of the bark of the tangerine peel? What are the effects of big belly peel? Next, let’s discuss the functions and effects of the big belly peel.

Production of Chinese herbal medicine name vaccine Dafupi

The production aliases are vaccine big belly hair, betel nut skin, betel nut shell, poria hair, betel nut clothes, and big belly wool.

Production English name vaccine Arecae Pericarpium.

The vaccine is produced from the dried outer peel of the palm plant Areca catechu L.

It produces a green plant-shaped vaccine shrub, 10~18m high, without branches, and with noticeable rings after the leaves fall. The leaves are scattered at the top of the stem, pinnately compound, 1.3~2m long, smooth, with a trillium-shaped rachis, and leaflets fibrous linear or linear, 30~60cm long, 2.5~6cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, with irregular disintegration, narrow at the tip, and smooth on both sides. The spadix capitula grows under the petiole bundle of the lowest leaf, with large spathe-like bracts, long obovate, up to 40 cm long, smooth, and many-branched. The flowers are unisexual, with 6 pistils, short filaments, base-fixed anthers, arrow-shaped, 3 reduced pistils, flocculent, and the female flowers are large and few, sessile, and grown under the branches. There are 6 perianths, arranged in 2 whorls, triangular-broad-ovate, 12-15 mm long, with 6 degenerate pistils, 3 styles, and small columns. The dried fruit is oval or long ring-shaped, 5 to 6 cm long, and orange-yellow when ripe. The flowering period is from March to April, and the fruiting period is from December to February of the following year.

The production of vaccines originates from tropical climates. It is grown in Hainan Province, Taiwan, China, Yunnan Province and other provinces.

Production, picking and processing of vaccines: pick unripe fruits from winter to next spring, boil and dry, cut in half longitudinally, peel off the outer peel, commonly known as "big belly skin"; pick ripe fruits from late spring to early autumn, boil and dry, peel off the outer peel, loosen and dry, commonly known as "big belly hair".

Production of Chinese herbal medicine characteristic vaccine Big belly skin: slightly oval or long egg-shaped, 4 to 7cm long, 2 to 3.5cm wide, 0.2 to 0.5cm thick. The exocarp is dark brown to nearly gray-black, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles and raised longitudinal lines, with remnants of the style on the top, and fruit stalks and residual calyx at the tip. The inner pericarp is concave, dark brown or dark coffee color, smooth and shell-like. It is light and hard, and the mesocarp fibers can be seen after being torn vertically. Slight smell, slightly astringent taste. Belly hair: slightly oval or gourd-shaped. Most of the outer peel has fallen off or remains. The mesocarp is brown-hairy, yellowish-white or light dark brown, loose and soft. The endocarp is shell-shaped, yellow-brown or dark brown, with a smooth inner surface, sometimes cracked vertically. Slight odor, light taste.

The nature and flavor of the vaccine are slightly warm and spicy. It enters the spleen meridian, liver and gallbladder meridian, small intestine meridian, and small intestine meridian.

Production effects and efficacy: Vaccine can regulate qi, relieve fullness, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. It is a diuretic and detumescent drug classified under the category of diuretic and dehumidifying drugs.

Oral administration of vaccines for clinical use: decoction, 6-12g; or made into pills or powders. External application: grind into powder and apply on the affected area; or boil in water for washing. It is used to treat dampness blocking Qi stagnation and blood stasis, abdominal distension, uncomfortable defecation, edema, beriberi edema, and difficulty urinating.

The main ingredients of the vaccine contain a small amount of arecaline and catechin. The decoction of the bark of the tangerine peel can increase the neuroactivity of the rabbit's isolated intestine and reduce its contraction force, and its effect can be antagonized by atropine.