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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:29.954802+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qing pi</name>
    <name type="chinese">青皮</name>
    <name type="latin">Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride</name>
    <name type="english">green tangerine peel</name>
    <name type="japanese">jyohi</name>
    <name type="korean">cheongpi</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Gallbladder</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Spreads Liver Qi and breaks up Qi stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Liver Qi stagnation with distending pain of the chest, flanks or breasts</indication>
      <indication>Breast lumps from constrained Liver Qi</indication>
      <indication>Hernial (Shan) disorders with bulging pain, including Cold-type hernia</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain, or prolapse of the intestine, when Liver Qi is stuck</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses accumulations, resolves nodules and reduces Food Stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Accumulated food causing pain, distension, fullness or a stuffy feeling in the epigastrium or abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Severe Food Stagnation</indication>
      <indication>Masses, nodules and lumps where stagnant Qi has led on to Blood stasis</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dries Damp and transforms Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Malaria-like disorders with Phlegm-Damp</indication>
      <indication>Breast abscess</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
