Chenpi can be combined with other Chinese medicines to take decoction soup to relieve cough and phlegm, and can also be drunk in water, but the efficacy of water is very limited, and can not replace the treatment of drugs.
Chenpi is the dried mature fruit peel of orange and its cultivated varieties in the family of Rutaceae, which has the effect of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm (expelling dampness and resolving phlegm by drying dampness), and can be used to treat epigastric (gastric and abdominal) distension and fullness, poor appetite and vomiting and diarrhea, coughing with excessive phlegm and other illnesses.
Chenpi can be used to treat cough and phlegm caused by wind-cold cold by decocting it with Leptospermum, Succinum, and White Mustard Seed; and can be used to treat lung-heat cough with thick phlegm by decocting it with Fresh Bamboo Leaf.
It should be noted that those who have a deficiency of Yin and dry cough should not take Chen Pi. If discomfort occurs, it is recommended to seek medical advice in time, if you need to use Chen Pi, it is recommended to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner or pharmacist before use, do not blindly use your own medicine, so as to avoid delaying the condition of the medicine is not the right one.