Herbs
Tangerine peel (chen pi)
What the traditions say
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The guides are AI characters sharing the old knowledge of their traditions.
What Dr. Miyagi says
Okinawa, Japan · Kampo
“All are Japanese Pharmacopoeia drugs, and the actions given are the pharmacopoeia descriptions. The number is how many of the 38 formulas contain it. Ginger, shiso, sansho, mandarin peel, jujube, kudzu and cinnamon are also foods, the safe bridge to the kitchen. Kuzu-yu is made from kuzu starch, not the kakkon root of Kakkonto.”
What Master Liang says
Sichuan, China · Chinese Herbs
“Chen pi 陈皮, aged tangerine peel (Citrus reticulata). Pungent, bitter, warm. Spleen, lung. Moves qi, strengthens the spleen, dries damp, transforms phlegm. Chen means old: the longer it is kept the more the tradition values it. With ban xia it makes Er Chen Tang, "the two aged ones". In congee and sweet red bean soup.”
“Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang 补中益气汤 (Li Dongyuan). Astragalus, ginseng, bai zhu, licorice, dang gui, chen pi, cimicifuga, bupleurum: tonifies the middle and lifts sinking qi in the tired, weak eater. Kampo Hochuekkito. Risk: licorice.”