Citrus medica
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Citrus medica
Citrus medica in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Xiangyuan
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Citron Fruit
Specific Name : Fructus citri
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in autumn when ripe, cut fresh, dried in the sun or at a low temperature. The fruit of Citrus wilsonii can be use wholly or cut in the middle into two parts, dried in the sun or at a low temperature.
Description : Fruit of Citrus Medica: rounded or oblong slices, 4 - 10cm in diameter, 0.2 - 0.5cm thick. In transverse slices, the exocarp yellow or yellowish green, the edge sinuous, scattering with sunken oil spots, mesocarp 1 - 3cm thick, yellowish white, with irregular reticulated prominent vascular bundles, huice vesicles separated in 10 - 17 loculi. In longitudinal slices, the stele relatively thick. Texture soft and pliable, odor aromatic, taste slightly sweet, bitter and pungent.
Identification :
Processing : Break the whole one to pieces, soften the slices thoroughly. Cut into slivers and dry in the air.
Action : To regulate the flow of qi in the liver, spleen and stomach, and to resolve phlegm.
Indication : stagnation of the liver and stomach qi manifested by distending pain in the chest and hypochondria, fullness and stuffiness sensation in the epigastrium, vomiting and belching, cough with copious expectoration
Precautions :
Dosage : 3 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a cool and dry place, protected from mould and moth.
Synonymns for Citrus medica
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Citrus medica
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Citrus medica in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
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Veerendra Kumar Verma, Avinash Pandey, Anbazhagan Thirugnanavel, Heiplanmi Rymbai, Niharika Dutta, Amit Kumar, Tshering Lhamu Bhutia, Anjani Kumar Jha, Vinay Kumar Mishra
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Front Plant Sci: 2024, 15;1379637
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E A Chayani Dilrukshi, Tatsuki Ogino, Mami Ishikawa, Hiroki Kuroda, Shusaku Nomura
Assessing the usability of aromatic mouthwashes in alleviating physiological stress responses.
Front Oral Health: 2024, 5;1343937
[PubMed:38638174]
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Kira Sorochkina, Willm Martens-Habbena, Catherine L Reardon, Patrick W Inglett, Sarah L Strauss
Nitrogen-fixing bacterial communities differ between perennial agroecosystem crops.
FEMS Microbiol Ecol: 2024;
[PubMed:38637314]
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Tao Wang, Huan Liao, Jinghan Lin, Mingkai Zhang, Baosong Chen, Ruopeng Yin, Jingzu Sun, Huanqin Dai, Hongwei Liu
Antidiabetic action of the Chinese formula Shouhuitongbian and the underlying mechanism associated with alteration of gut microbiota.
Phytomedicine: 2024, 129;155575
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Wenqing He, Yunfei Huang, Shengquan Zhou, Joe M Regenstein, Lufeng Wang
A composite gel formed by konjac glucomannan together with Nano-CF obtained by FeCl3-citric acid hydrolysis as a potential fat substitute.
Int J Biol Macromol: 2024;131618
[PubMed:38631593]
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