Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen (regulating qi and strengthening the spleen), drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm in the body with dampness-drying medicines). It can be brewed with a variety of Chinese herbs such as Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Fructus Crataegus, Hovenia Citri Reticulatae and Ginger to drink.
1. Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, etc. in water: it can relieve distension and pain in the epigastrium (abdomen) caused by cold and dampness in the middle jiao, nausea and vomiting.
2. Pericarp and hawthorn, Shenqu and other water: can relieve food stagnation (food indigestion and stagnation in the stomach) stagnation and other diseases.
3. Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae and Citrus Aurantium Citri Reticulatae, Ginger, etc. in water: it can relieve chest paralysis (stuffy pain in the chest) and stagnation of Qi in the chest and ribs.
The adverse effects and contraindications of Chen Pi are not yet clear. It should be noted that the medicinal efficacy of Chinese medicine in water is limited, can only be used as an adjunctive means of treatment, can not directly treat the disease, and the Chinese medicine needs to be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the evidence, blindly taken on their own may lead to undesirable consequences.