The difference between Citrus aurantium and Citrus aurantium is mainly in the drug source, efficacy and main treatment.
1. Drug source: Hovenia dulcis is the dried young fruit of the rutaceae plant lime and its cultivated varieties or sweet orange. Hovenia dulcis is the dried immature fruit of lime and its cultivated varieties in the Brassicaceae family.
2. Efficacy: Hovenia dulcis has the efficacy of breaking qi and eliminating stagnation, resolving phlegm and dispersing lumps, which can be used in the treatment of stagnation, plumpness (stomach distension and discomfort), bloating and pain, diarrhea and dysentery, inability to pass stool, phlegm and qi obstruction, pectoral paralysis, knotty chest, and prolapsed organs.
Citrus aurantium has the effects of regulating qi and relaxing zhong (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), moving stagnation and eliminating flatulence, and can be used in the treatment of stagnant qi in the chest and ribs, painful distension, food stagnation (accumulation of poorly-digested food in the stomach) that does not dissolve, phlegm and drink (pathological products of impaired metabolism of fluids and liquids) that stops up inside the chest and prolapsing of the visceral organs.
In addition, Citrus aurantium dulcis and Citrus aurantium dulcis should be used with caution in pregnant women.
If you need to use Citrus aurantium dulcis or Citrus aurantium dulcis, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for consultation and treatment under the guidance of a professional physician to identify the symptoms.